Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!princeton!phoenix!mpsimon
From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: aim emulator
Message-ID: <985@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 18:53:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: phoenix.985
Posted: Tue Oct 20 18:53:43 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 22-Oct-87 02:55:09 EDT
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
Lines: 18
Keywords: joke


I have noticed at least 4 messages concerning "the long awaited Amiga
emulator". In at least one of them, the program was described (briefly),
but apparently people either did not pay attention or did not understand.
Let me re-iterate:  THE AMIGA EMULATOR PROGRAM IS A PRACTICAL JOKE, AND
NOTHING MORE. The program does not (!!!!) run Amiga software on the ST.
When run, all it does is bring up a fair replica of the Amiga desktop
on the ST (color systems only, I think), and allow you to "run" one
program, an Atari ST emulator for the Amiga, which, true to form, crashes.

Puhlease, netters, do not think this program is serious. I spent the better
part of an hour trying to download this program from ATARINET several weeks
ago, found out what it could do, cursed for about 15 seconds, chuckled for
oh 30 more (was I had, or what?), and promptly forgot about it. I advise
those of you who don't feel particularly compelled to waste your time
on some programmer's practical joke to do likewise (i.e. forget about it).
Then again, now I've ruined the surprise for those of you who like
practical jokes :-).