Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!thomas From: thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: RE: Apple II emulation on a Mac II Message-ID: <8551@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 23 May 88 21:52:15 GMT Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 58 In-Reply-To: M- Thank you for your extremely helpful and well thought-out reply to my obviously ignorant inqiry into the possibility of Apple II emulation on the Mac II. But I have a few (and probably just as foolish) questions. I asked, for example: >> Why hasn't someone written an Apple II or IIgs emulator for the Mac II? And you so eloquently replied: >Becuase a Mac II needs to emulate an Apple II as much as an Amiga needs >to emulate a Vic-20. >Presumably, if you bought a Well, M, I wonder...When the Amiga first came out I seem to recall a dearth (that means lack ;-> ) of software for it. Perhaps it could have indeed benefitted from the ability to execute programs developed on an admittedly inferior machine. It may not have made full use of the computers abilities, yet those of us who were involved with pre-32 bit machines managed perfectly well with such "inferior" products. Maybe an Apple II emulator is a bit inferior machine. It may not have made full use of the computer's abilities, other programs for more obscure tasks like geneology or children's education well with such "obsolete" products. Maybe an Apple II emulator is a bit any of the other areas in which it is difficult to find native applications. I then asked said: >> This would give Mac II owners access to software like color games I then wrote: And you once again corrected my foolish ways with a hearty: >If you really wanted to play color games and can afford a Mac II, I >assume you could buy a small 8-bit computer just for that purpose. >The best way to emulate a particular computer is to buy it. > --M What a good idea! But what if I could only just afford a Mac II, and am now saving up for a modem? Should I buy an atari instead? Maybe they should through out the idea of a virtual machine, and merely have a different computer for every specific task. That'll be great! I'll have one with a really big screen and a math coprocessor for my spreadsheet, and then another one with throw out the idea of a virtual machine, and merely have a different computer one with a letter quality printer built in for WP, and another one with a modem for...But wait, wouldn't that get sort of expensive? Oh well, if you think it would be a good idea... Thanks again for correcting me, and I apologize to the net for asking such a dumb question... --T Thanks again for correcting me: It's helpful info like that that makes this network such a great place to exchange ideas. I apologize to the net for asking such a dumb question... thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu You get that for which you pay..." 81C0 thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu You get that for which you pay..."