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From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Re: Mac Emulator, what to buy?
Message-ID: <9003040502.AA28710@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
References: <2309@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Mar 90 05:01:43 GMT
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In article <2309@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins) writes:
>We have a 1040 ST here in the lab at Sussex, and will shortly have a few more. 
>We are  interested in buying a Mac emulator, and we gather that those which
>use Mac roms are better than "pure" software emulations.
>
>1) Is this correct?
>

   I think the real dope on that is that one cannot copy the Mac roms onto a 
   disk without risking an immediate (they have shown the willingness) lawsuit.

>2) Where do we buy said emulators (UK or USA preferred)?. (Names of the
>product etc. also needed).
>

   Dave Small's GCR is probably the way to go, since it is the only one I know
   of that reads Mac disks directly.  For that matter, I think Aladin has gone
   out of business, which only leaves the Magic Sac (old Dave Small hack), 
   Spectre 128 (much better Dave Small hack, everything the GCR is without the
   disk compatabiliy), and the GCR.  Also, Magic Sac is no longer supported
   by Dave (a company change).

>
>Nick
>-- 
>Dr. Nick Watkins, Space & Plasma Physics Group, School of Mathematical
>& Physical Sciences, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, E.Sussex, BN1 9QH, ENGLAND
>JANET: nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk   BITNET: nickw%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac


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