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From: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: request for info on Mac-emulators
Summary: hard drive not supported
Message-ID: <1570@zen.co.uk>
Date: 20 Apr 89 13:52:44 GMT
References: <12916@louie.udel.EDU> <13240020@hprmokg.HP.COM>
Reply-To: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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In article <13240020@hprmokg.HP.COM> alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) writes:
>I don't recall the company name (I can find out) but the Mac emulator is
>due out any day now.  It should be under $200 and will run Mac software
>*faster* than a Mac.  To take full advantage of it you should hook a Mac
>drive up to the expansion box (cartrige).
>
>Here's the catch.  You need a Mac bios!  Good luck on getting one of those
>(legally).

There's another catch, at least according to an ad for A-Max which appeared
in a U.K. magazine that I saw this week; the small print in the ad (of which
there is a lot) said that while the emulator was running, only the floppy
drives were accessible.  As far as I'm concerned, that kills the product
for me; I want any product like this to work with my hard drive too.  I
appreciate the problems involved, but nevertheless a floppy-only Mac wouldn't
be useful to me.
--
Frank Wales, Systems Manager,        [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank]
Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217