Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!leek Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Rumors...AMAX Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Tuesday, 20 Feb 1990 21:31:22 EST From: Message-ID: <90051.213122LEEK@QUCDN.BITNET> References: <22212@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <46200026@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> > It work exactly the same as its hardware counterpart, except that the 128K of > ROM is used by RAM. It = illegal version - 100% software version of Amax I would assume that even the real hardware version of Amax would load the Mac ROM into ram at one point. It is just a real pain to access the ROM via some slow IO chips every time. I think all the illegal hack did was to replace the part of the code that reads from the floppy interface to one that reads from a disk file. On the side of Mac drive does anyone know how to make a DSDD 720K Sony drive into a Mac drive. At $50 a piece for a Sony drive vs $199 for a clone Mac drive, it might be worth while to look into such a project. The amount of money saved would almost covers the cost of the Amax. Can anyone one point me the direction to find the specs for the Mac drive ? K. C. Lee (I am no way connected with anyone nor any organization. My view (if exists at all) must be pure coincident and I am the only one responsible.)