From: darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka)
Subject: the "real" Gemulator 2.0 features
Date: 22 Dec 92 02:07:41 GMT
Organization: BraSoft

This message is to clear up some confusion. Two German magazines have
published rather bogus reviews of Gemulator because they either didn't wait
until we shipped them review copies of the product or as in the case of
ST Magazin, got a total idiot to do the review which ended up being full of
incorrect statements, including incorrect system requirements, incorrect
benchmark results, and even listed the wrong price and wrong dealer! The
price in Germany is not 555 DM and the distributor is NOT Richter. My sources
indicate that Richter is actually cloning the Gemulator boards and selling
pirated versions of it. ST Magazin at no time contacted us to verify their
facts nor did they inform us that they were even reviewing the product!

ST Nieuws magazine in Holland and Computer Paper magazine in Canada have already
published reviews of the 2.0 product and they give more accurate reviews.

THESE are the facts:

Gemulator is the Atari ST emulator for use on 386/486 DOS based computers that
provides emulation of color and monochrome screen resolutions, floppy disk
and hard disk support, printer support, TOS 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 and 2.06 support,
and runs such ST programs as Calamus SL, Pagestream, First Word, Prism Paint,
Degas Elite, Silhouette, and many others on your DOS or Windows based PC.

Gemulator is available from dealers in the U.S. and Canada. French, German and
U.K. versions (with French, German, and U.K. TOS 2.06 ROMs respectively)
will be available at Atari dealers in Europe in January. European users
need not purchase the North American version since the European prices will
actually be lower than the current U.S. price of $299.95.

Gemulator has the following features and improvements when compared to
the version that was reviewed in ST Magazin and Atari Journal:

 - full speed ST emulation on a 25 Mhz 486SX (formerly required a 33 Mhz 486DX)
 - emulation on a 386/33 is 2/3 the speed of an ST
 - emulation on a 486/50 or 486/66 is over 2 times the speed of an ST
 - read/write access to multiple partitions on the PC's hard disk
 - requires 4 Mb of PC RAM (formerly 8 Mb)
 - emulates 512K, 1M, 2M, 4M and 8M of ST RAM
 - faster load time due to smaller EXE file size (1.7 meg vs. 2.9 meg before)
 - real time clock support (file timestamps are now correct)
 - smoother and more responsive mouse, and compatible with Maccel 3
 - support for TT medium resolution graphics (640x480 in 16 colors)
 - one keystroke resolution changes between mono and color
 - floppy disk reads are 50% faster than before
 - improved compatibility. Now runs GFA Basic 3.6 and other programs.
 - automatic configuration using INI file

If anyone is aware of pirated versions of Gemulator being sold anywhere,
please contact us immediately in writing or FAX at 206-885-5893.

- Darek

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