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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A64 program/emulator
From: cwhi2@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Craig Dean          Whitmore       )
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:12:12 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <BuJ98t.Doo@acsu.buffalo.edu> v122kzkw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS) writes:

>Greetings.
>Within a few days, I will be making another order to a mail-order company
>that specializes in Commodore products (Tenex). In the Tenex catalog, there
>was mention of a product for the Amiga that would emulate the C64. It even
>comes with a cable so that I can use the programs from my 64 on the Amiga
>through the 1541 disk drive.
>Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone has this emulator, could tell me if I
>should go ahead and purchase this or save my money by purchasing a different
>C64 emulator.
>Thanx.
>T.

The best Commodore C64 Emulator that I have found is a shareware one called
The A64Emulator.  This is much better than the commerical one out (Called
GO64(This program is very slow!!!!!!)).  But there are a few problems with
this program. 1)It only works on a 68000 - sorry if you have a 3000
	      2)No sound support yet(well not on my version)
You can pay money to somewhere in the states and you will get the interface
that will allow you to connect a 1541 disk drive to the computer.  With this
there is quite good compatibility with most programs but without this drive
you can transfer programs onto AmigaDOS Disks and read them off them.
If I was you I would pick the shareware version up from a local PD company
and if you like the program pay out for the hardware to connect it
up.
I hope that helped you.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Soundblaster emulation for BB.  Is it possible?
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 03:45:05 GMT

In article <lav690INN19t@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> levi@cs.utk.edu (David Levi) writes:

[ ]
>
>Okay, this is what I've been wanting to see for a long time.  But where
>can we find this card?  Would it be advertised in a Computer Shopper mag,
>and about how much does it cost?

It's from ATI(in Toronto, Canada). They sell lot's of PC graphics' boards
including the ATI Ultra. 
 
I've seen it advertised in PC World/Magazine for around $235 or so. The board
without VGA costs $100 roughly up here.

e-mail me if you can't find a source. PC Zone and other mail order places
carry it, I believe.
 
Good luck,
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: 486 emulation with Emplant...
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 07:30:32 GMT

In article <Jdrew.09yt@nesbbx.rain.COM> Jdrew@nesbbx.rain.COM (**) writes:

[ ]
>
>The IBM emulation will be software that relies heavily on our hardware to
>handle memory usage, timers, and interrupts.

Then it'd have to be slow re graphics, etc...Is SCSI, etc...and other i/o
supported? What about sound?
> 
>We can also plug (with an adapter card) a 386 or 486 processor into the
>SIMM socket on the EMPLANT board.

This makes more sense, but where's the graphics going to come from. Geez, IBM
graphics are already slow!
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
From: Charles_Holt@a68k.denver.CO.US (Charles Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Mac emulation & color - a fantasy?
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Sep 92 08:37:10 MST
Organization: The Arvada 68K BBS- Westminster, CO

   Only the parts of the screen that change are updated?  Is this a Mac
thing, or an Emplant thing?  I hadn't heard of that before.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: Vince@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Vince Koh Kia Keng)
Subject: Emplant yet?
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 05:30:40 GMT

Hey Mr. Drew,                                                             
                                                                          
        I'm sure all of us who read comp.sys.amiga.emulations are eagerly 
awaiting Emplant.  What is this latest news that you haven't been able    
to get production boards of Emplant yet?                                  
                                                                          
        OK, so Emplant got FCC approval on August 24.  What's the delay   
then?  You know you've got a hot product on your hands and it would do    
you well to get them on the shelves.  I think I recall you replying to    
some earlier criticism of Emplant by saying that "wait 'till they see     
it at WOC, then let the amazement begin" or something to this effect.     
Are you going to defend this statement?                                   
                                                                          
        Don't get me wrong, I believe that Emplant is no longer vaporware,
but I'm getting a bit frustrated from waiting, since the "3rd week of     
July" announcement.                                                       
                                                                          
        If I'm wrong, then PLEASE do a followup on this request...        
                                                                          
-Vince


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: jts@krk.fi (Janne Siren)
Subject: Re: ATonce With WB v2.04
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:23:21 GMT

: The version of the PCB is Rev.2, the software is version 1.1-12/90.  Will this 
: stuff work in a machine with the 2.04 ROM in place?  In not what version of 
: software will I need and where might I get it from?

(you requested this via email but I'll post this one)

ATonce (Classic/Plus) system software version 1.1 won't run under KS 2.04, at-
least not very well. Officially new version 3.0 is first to work with KS 2.04,
but I had no problems with the previous release 2.33. Software version 3.0 
supports also MS-DOS 5.0. I could mail you the system disk but I think you
should contact the Vortex and register, this way you will receive informa-
tion about future updates also.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: rmunoz01@mot.com (Rafael Munoz)
Subject: AmaxII v2.51 and C= A3070 Tape Drive
Organization: rpg
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:21:01 GMT
Keywords: AmaxII, A3070

Hi all!  I have been searching for a driver/backup program on the Mac which
will allow me to use my A3070 Tape Drive for backups.  However, I have not found
one yet.  Do anyone out there know of such a program either PD/shareware or
commercial?  Any info will be greatly appreciated.


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From: slbfn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: No Emplant - No U.U.  :  Steamed away?  Vapor rises you know.
Date: 14 Sep 92 01:44:30 MDT
Organization: Utah State University



 Mr. Drew:

   Are you actually going to show your face on the net again?
   If so, what happened?  Where's the board?

   Does it support AGA?  Does it support '040?  Does it support A4000?
   Does it support DMI resolver?  Does it support AMAX partitions?
   Hell, does it support Sybil?

   I'm begining to beleive it doesn't support Amiga at all.

 Greetings,

	Travis Carter
	slbfn@cc.usu.edu
From: Jim_Drew@cryo.RAIN.COM (Jim Drew)
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 03 1992)
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:19:43 PDT
Organization: Cryogenic Software - Portland, OR


In <1992Sep7.023408.14702@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>, 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
> 
>      Got news for yaz. If it's not known already. Emplant will not apear in the show at the end of this week !!! I don't see mr JDrew letting us know that.
> And a note to make. Will Emplant actualy run MAC as a task under Ados ?
>      George
> 
> 
Who the hell told you this????
 
              Seeya at the show!!
 
            Come by DMI's booth, that's where we'll be.


Jim Drew - Vice President, Utilities Unlimited, Inc.
           1641 McCulloch Blvd. Suite #25-124
           Lake Havasu City, AZ  86403
           (602) 680-9004     (602) 680-9006 FAX    (602) 453-9767 BBS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: 486-33 Bridgeboard...
From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Date: 12 Sep 92 09:17:45 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

In article <1992Sep10.110528.15691@news.cs.indiana.edu>, "Erik S. Kolar" <ekolar@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
> In article <1992Sep9.071331.3984@desire.wright.edu> fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu writes:
>>	I would hesitate tout the 486 module on the BB until I was sure
>>	it cured the A20/logic problems with the A2286 BB.  ( Thanks to
>>	Scott Drysdale and others who responded to my questions! )  I don't
>>	see how these problems might be cured by changing the processor
>>	anyway.
> 
> Well, I finally got a hold of somebody at Elite.  The 486-33 bridgeboard is
> based on the C= 386SX BB design.  It runs at 33MHz now, and possibly 36 MHz by
> time of release (Sept. 15).  Price is approx. $1300US.  They will be offering
> an upgrade for owners of the original 386SX BB, which will cost approx. $650US.
> The board is compatible with the 3000, and will use PC cards just like all the
> other bridgeboards.  Oh yeah, the $1300 price includes 3 megs of RAM, Janus
> 2.1, and MS-DOS 5.0.  If you give them a call, they will put you on their
> mailing list. 

	Thanks for the info...

	For what I want the A2286 is adequate,  I don't need to run windows.
	I just wish the darn thing didn't have the buggs.  I will probably 
	have to get a 386sx or a DOS box, either that or give up on the PC 
	stuff altogether -which I don't think will happen.

	There is a good chance here for Commodore to make some friends:
	Let me trade in my A2286 BB for a 386BB for a real decent price.
	A price significantly better than educational.  Commodore are you
	listening?

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From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A64 program/emulator
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 12:41:59 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Well, A64 isn't designed to run on an unaccelerated system. On my 68040 I
can run at least some C64 games at full speed. (Actually the CPU emulation is
must faster than a real C64, but the gfx are tough to emulate).
I had success with Donkey Kong and Hypa-Ball, to name two. The sprites
flickered, though, probably due to the difficulty of emulating
raster interrupts. The sound emulation was OK but not perfect. Overall
I was favorably impressed.

Dan
From: ch41@prism.gatech.EDU (ch41 ch41 )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: IBeM
Keywords: emulation
Date: 15 Sep 92 12:33:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

questions about a program called IBeM.  How well does it work?  How
large is it? And what are the requirements to run this program?

Are there any other programs I should look at for iBM pc emulation?

Thanks in advance for any answers to my question..

- Claye k. Hart (feel free to respond via E-mail)


-- 
Claye K. Hart
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ch41
Internet: ch41@prism.gatech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: WOC
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:38:37 GMT

In article <ANIL.92Sep14223553@chobi.cs.titech.ac.jp> anil@cs.titech.ac.jp (Anil Bhatia) writes:
>Thank god I did not book a flight to go.
>By the way, I asked for Emplant specs by fax 2 
>months ago, and I sure would appreciate
>a reply:
>81-44-411-9210
>Anil
>(in Tokyo, Japan)

I don't think anybody will reply your message by phone even you have
asked for 2 months.
From: slbfn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: EMPLANT at WOC?    Not There!
Date: 12 Sep 92 02:52:02 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


  Did anybody else notice that there was no sign of EMPLANT or UU at WOC?
  Went around DMI's booth... not there.

  What's the deal?

  I sure wanted to see Emplant...  must be up in the sky.
                                   Vapor is lighter than air.

  I wanted my Emplant.  :_ ^(

  (sobs and cries...)

  Greetings,

	Travis Carter
	slbfn@cc.usu.edu
From: Jim_Drew@cryo.RAIN.COM (Jim Drew)
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 03 1992)
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:28:03 PDT
Organization: Cryogenic Software - Portland, OR


In <1992Sep7.183629.42838@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, 2ftqkiln@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> In article <1992Sep7.023408.14702@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>, 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
> > 
> >    Got news for yaz. If it's not known already. Emplant will not apear in the show at the end of this week !!! I don't see mr JDrew letting us know that.
>                                                                   ^^^
> Where did you get this info?
> and why won't Emplant be making asn appearance? Because if it doesn't then
> it MUST be vaporsware, at least i wouldn't wait any longer for it if
> your putting off buying amaxII until you see Emplant because if its
> not at the show i'm not going to expect it to be out until 1995.
> I sure hope this poster was wrong!
> 
> > And a note to make. Will Emplant actualy run MAC as a task under Ados ?
> >    George
> > 
> > 
He was.  I have no idea where these people get these rumors from, perhaps
they have nothing better to do.
 
We will be at the show.  We are only a few hundred miles from Pasadena, so
I will ride my bicyle if I have to...EMPLANT exists and I want to prove it
(hey, isn't it suppose to be innocent until proven guilty?)  C'mon people,
ever wonder why so many Amiga developers switch platforms??


Jim Drew - Vice President, Utilities Unlimited, Inc.
           1641 McCulloch Blvd. Suite #25-124
           Lake Havasu City, AZ  86403
           (602) 680-9004     (602) 680-9006 FAX    (602) 453-9767 BBS
From: Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Jarrett Volzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Date: 7 Sep 92 03:31:13 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

In a message dated Sun  5 Sep 92 11:02, Dan_e_babcock@cup.portal.com wrote:

a bunch of arguments deleted...

 D> This is a nonsense argument. I already have a SCSI controller and the
 D> Amiga
 D> comes with a serial port.

>The SNES and GENESIS game carts (with an adapter socket) plug directly
>into the SIMM socket, allowing you to dump the data into the Amiga.

 D> You don't mention what possible use this data is in the Amiga.

My guess would be to run the programs.  I think that's a bit obvious.

>The IBM BIOS is necessary for COMPATIBILITY.

 D> This obviously isn't true. Millions of clones work just fine without
 D> an IBM
 D> BIOS.

 D> Ok, so now you admit your BIOS emulation will be slower than what's
 D> available
 D> now with CrossPC and PCTask.

Where did you get that idea?  He said no such thing.

Is there a reason you are attacking Mr. Drew?  Have you written a
multi-platform emulator lately?  Why can't you people just wait until this
thing comes out before you go slamming this emplant board.  Give it a rest
already!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
From: oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 9 Sep 92 02:30:07 PST
Organization: Church O' Lantern

In article <37797@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rblewitt@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt) writes:
> 
> Well, it could be that the production boards won't be there for
> sale, but he could still show off the prototypes.  If he doesn't, he
> is a fool.  Especially given the visiousness of the net.skeptics.
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
> Rick

Vicious foresight? :-) I like that word... Anyway, if Jim Drew does not
show up or send someone up to WoC, I'd be really surprised. Since pictures
of a prototype board have appeared, the only excuse would be the software,
and should the software not be at the point where some semblance of a
Mac II could be shown (any well-rigged demo should be undistinguishable
from magic), then Utilities Unlimited would be in deep doodoo as far as
the net goes.

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From: 2ftqkiln@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Date: 8 Sep 92 00:44:20 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


>>> 	Got news for yaz. If it's not known already. Emplant will not apear in the show at the end of this week !!! I don't see mr JDrew letting us know that.
>>Where did you get this info?
>>and why won't Emplant be making asn appearance? Because if it doesn't then
>>it MUST be vaporsware, at least i wouldn't wait any longer for it if
>>your putting off buying amaxII until you see Emplant because if its
>>not at the show i'm not going to expect it to be out until 1995.
>>I sure hope this poster was wrong!
> 
> I'm afraid the post was correct.  The source being none other than Mr.
> Drew himself, in an email message to a friend with a board on back order.
> The exact quote:
> 
> "We don't even have production boards back from the board manufacturer yet.  
> I seriously doubt if we will have them in time for the World of Commodore
> show..."
> 
> Take that to mean what you will.
If Jim Drew doesn't show up at WOC just because he doesn't have the
production boards then Emplant is vaporware!!!  I want to believe
that it is real but not having production boards is a horrible 
excuse fornot showing up, Ever heard of showing prototype boards
running. He could take one of the development units to show if
stirring up interest is what he wanted to do at WOC.  So he
wouldn't have any to sell on the floor, big deal, he'd get plenty
more orders and interest would definately be stirred.  My point,
I'm not taking it to mean that he won't be there because not
having production units is simply not an excuse to be absent.
But i'll wait till WOC before I decide if its vaporware or not.
CIAO!
From: slbfn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Even More Latest Emplant Info
Date: 15 Sep 92 08:19:26 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


 I recently sent info to Mr. Drew via Email regarding an A2000/3000's
 bridgeboard slots being used with Emplant and IBM expansion cards.
 I recieved a reply yesterday stating:

    "A daughter card will come with 386/486 emulation upgrades that
     enable users access to the A2000/3000 bridgeboard slots."

 If this is so, then EXCELLENT!

 Still, nothing about Emplant at WOC, though.  I wasn't there on Sunday
 so I don't know if he showed it or not.  Somebody please confirm.

 Greetings,

	Travis Carter
	slbfn@cc.usu.edu
From: Jdrew@nesbbx.rain.COM (**)
Subject: Re: A-Max 2.5, System 7 and Sybil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 04 1992)
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:54:31 PST
Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System


In <1992Sep9.140541.24875@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
> 
> I just upgraded to A-Max2.5 (without the plus card) and I recently purchased
> Sybil.  A-Max2.5 seems to work fine with the original system software on
> my HD, but I've been having troubles getting System 7 onto 800K floppies,
> in a form that runs.  (I.e. just compressing/copying doesn't seem to work,
> but using install won't either, because those disks are 1.4M)
> 
> The next thing I tried was to use Sybil's patch function to speed rom loading,
> which was supposed to work with future versions of A-Max (beyond 2.06, I 
> suppose) but haven't been able to get that to work either--the screen goes
> black (instead of the Pre-A-Max green) and the Amiga boots back to AmigaDOS.
> 
> So, if anyone has A-Max2.5 going with either System 7 and/or Sybil, please
> let me know how it went.  I'm stuck.
> 
> thanks,
>       /L      dylan mcnamee          dylan@cs.washington.edu
>      /  L    
>    (o)   L   "Don't look at me...I didn't do it!"  K. T. Clown.
>    C (o) /     
>   /__   /     
>     \__/     
The AMAX patch for SYBIL is not compatible with AMAX II+ v2.5 or higher.
There will be a patch (at some point) to support the newer versions.

 
Jim Drew, Vice-President
          Utilities Unlimited, Inc.  1641 McCulloch Blvd Suite #25-124
          (602) 680-9004             Lake Havasu City, AZ  86403
          (602) 680-9006  FAX        (602) 453-9767  BBS
From: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: emplant @ world of am
Date: 5 Sep 92 15:59:03 EST
Reply-To: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


MR>In article <l9uu33INNma#utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> levi@cs.utk.edu (David Levi) writes:
>Well, considering that the A4000 has been officially announced (look in
>comp.sys.amiga.misc), and people have found scanned images of Emplant
>(somebody also posted it had passed the FCC), it doesn't seem so
>unlikely that both will be at WOC.

MR>And, while you may not be able to pick up a $400 24-bit card, Black Knight may
MR>make an appearance with its $299 32-bit Brightspark board :).

 Yeah I heard RCS (makes of fusion 40) are planning to release a $400 24 bit
graphics card. I called Black Knight about their $299 32 bit graphics card.
They didn't have any specs. They appear to be a distributer type company. They
put me on a mailing list and promised to send info when it is made available.
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