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From: Thomas_E_Zerucha@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: The New Chips (really 8088 emulation on the 68020)
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Date: 7 Feb 88 20:37:00 GMT
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I have an Atari ST and run PC Ditto which is an IBM PC Software emulator.
It helps to have file compatibility between the ST and the PC.  It runs
slow, but not that much slower than a 4.77 Mhz PC (I would guess 20-70% of
that speed) on my 8Mhz 68000 system.  Graphics slow down a lot, but things
that are compute intensive (PKXARC) run at a tolerable speed.  It doesn't
replace a PC (especially since the speeds are normally greater than 4.77
even on the cheap clones), but to run a few PC programs it is more than
enough.  Since this program should be available, I would suggest taking a
look for yourself to see what can be done.