HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPANT and NeXT Emulation... Comming Soon?
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:10:41 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

sevigny@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Benoit Sevigny) writes:

>No, the NeXT machine uses the Mach kernel developped by the Carnegie Mellon
>University.  This kernel can support any kind of operating system frontend
>(the NeXT has a BSD frontend, that's what you meant).  For those
>interrested, the kernel has been ported on the Amiga (there were some
>postings some weeks ago, look at ftp.nic.funet.fi), but there is still no
>frontend.  People should be working on the BSD4.4 frontend right now and
>maybe some day we will have an AmigaOS frontend, running side by side with
>BSD Unix.  So if Mr. Drew hopes to 'emulate' the NeXT, then he should take
>a look at Mach.  I think that he would only have to write the Amiga drivers
>to have NeXTStep running on the Amiga, no hardware hacks (if so, then I
>suspect that it won't be done by Mr. Drew :-)

Actually, there would have to be "hardware hacks" to provide an alternative to
the NeXT's DSP system as well as its other machine-dependent equipment.  After
it finally got running (wishful thinking to the extreme), any NeXTstep
applications might still require recompilation - certainly the OS would.

>\XX/  Benoit W Sevigny, software engineering student, sevigny@info.polymtl.ca

Wulf                    | "Martha, it's another one of those CS majors asking
jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu |  if cow chips are pin-compatible with 68040s..."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: cikan@edwin.par.univie.ac.at (Edwin Cikan)
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard User Mailing List - Good Idea ?
Reply-To: cikan@par.univie.ac.at
Organization: University of Vienna
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:29:49 GMT

Hi,

In article <1992Oct1.015458.24320@gbrmpa.gov.au>, matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt) writes:
|> Hi,
|> 	After spending a lot of time setting up my Bridgeboard, I'd like
|> to propose a mailing list for BB users.
|> 
|> Exchanging information regarding the configuration or types of hardware
|> added would probably be benificial to everyone who's got a BB, and even
|> better for new users/owners.
|> 
|> What's everyone think?
|> 
|> matt.

I agree, as there are already some kinds of BB around it would be very interesting.

Regards,

-- 
Edwin CIKAN
Systems Administrator

University of Vienna
Department for statistics and computer science
Bruenner Strasse 72
A-1210 Vienna, Austria (EUROPE)

e-mail: cikan@par.univie.ac.at (Internet)
Tel.:   +43 1 392647-206
From: Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Jarrett Volzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: PcTask with Modem
Date: 27 Sep 92 09:00:29 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

I just got version 1.11 of PcTask, and was trying it out on a few programs
that I use on my AtOnce Plus.  I am unable to get it to work with any
communications software however.  The Terminal Ready light (TR) on the
modem never comes on, so obviously I can never get an OK after an AT. 
There is one program that I use to call Cornell Univ with that I have to
use to be able to download (otherwise I'd just use an Amiga VT-100
emulation), so any help would be appreciated.  Thanks
 
Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us
 
=> I believe in the Big Bang Theory...God spoke and *BANG!* is was. <=

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
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From: sboutwel@sandbox.kenn.wa.us (Scott Boutwell)
Subject: Re: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Organization: The Sandbox, Public Access HP-UX
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:57:06 GMT

I've been following the Emplant thread for a long while and I also am
beginning to get rather tired of the rantings and ravings buy several of the
nets users.  Frankly Mr. Drew take as long as you need to make your product
work.  Just make sure it works well when it is released.  Don't allow some of
the idiots that are posting flames directed at you or your product make you
release Emplant before it is ready or before you are ready.  As for the flames
Someone get a bucket of water.  This stuff it really getting out of hand.
-- 
Scott Boutwell -+- [Sboutwel@sandbox.kenn.wa.us]

*-------------------*-------------------------------------------------*
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From: Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPLANT, NeXT and Mail Fraud
Date: 4 Oct 92 09:34:07 GMT
	<BvKrJ2.Cqp@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.emulations: 4-Oct-92 Re: EMPLANT,
> NeXT and Mail .. Jake Rose@csugrad.cs.vt. (1152)

> >Can you say 'practicing law without a license'? I knew you could.
> >Can you say 'slander'? I knew you could.

> Can you say 'This is an open conference'? C)
> Can you say 'prove he posted that message'? :)

> Can you tell I hate idiotic slander laws - I mean it's not like he's
> going
> and saying "This man is lying, and I'm a lawyer, and these are the
> facts!"


Since these aren't voice posts, it wouldn't be slander, anyway, it'd be
libel. 

If people are going to post nonsense (and I think we can all agree that
this thread, this post included, has become nonsense), could they at
least post sensible nonsense!?

:-)

michael
From: mascot@bnr.ca (Scott Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant and Amiga World
Summary: Flame on Amiga World AMAXII+ review.
Date: 25 Sep 92 23:19:48 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

In article <1992Sep24.003626.20523@news.iastate.edu> taa33@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>TO Mr. Drew,
>
>   I would be very interested in purchasing your Emplant.  First, however
>I would like to see Amiga World have a unit to test and review

I don't know why. I read the recent AW review of AMAX II+ and was very
disappointed.  To me it read like a post for c.s.a.advocacy. Our Amigas
are great; anything made for our Amigas are great; this AMAX II+ thingy
is great.

I would have appreciated some background on the Mac product line. After
reading the article, I asked a Mac knowledgable co-worker to fill me
in. It seems that there are distinct classes of Macs. The Mac Plus
appears to only address 4M of memory and is useless around our offices.
Accellerator board HW and MMU hacks have increased memory to 10M, with
some contiguous memory problems but reasonable compatibility.  How much
Mac memory can AMAXII+ assign? Mac ROMs seem to come in three
generations: BW, Colour Quickdraw, and something higher w/ more colour
support. Applications which require color quickdraw don't run on BW
Macs. I thought that they would run in BW, but since the ROM routines
are not there they don't run at all. AW could have mentioned this.

They call AMAXII a hack, and imply that it was unstable.  Otherwise,
they gave no overview of the AMAX product line.  What if you have a
previous product? Usually in an update, the new features are the first
to be mentioned. What if you are considering a previous product? Are
they that bad?

And are there *no* bad points to AMAXII+, except that some games don't
run?

All in all, I was very disappointed but not surprised since IMHO AW has
a near zero technical content.

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Scott Mason                          P.O. Box 3511 Station C
Internet: mascot@bnr.ca              Ottawa, Canada, K1Y 4H7
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From: karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias)
Subject: Re: NOW Jim Drew has my money
Organization: Merck Research Laboratories
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 16:01:59 GMT

achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe) writes:
: Hi,
: I just got my monthly Letter from MASTERCARD.
: At the 7th of September Utilities Unlimited takes my money.
: 384,9 $ for EMPLANT with Option C and Sybil.
: I really hope, that my Emplant will arrive here in Germany in some days.
: If not, I will sent my big brother to Jim. :-)
: Achim

I'm pretty sure that he must ship the product if and when he charges you for
it.  Thus, I wouldn't worry about it unless he's risking mail fraud.
From: achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: NOW Jim Drew has my money
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 16:40:31 GMT
Reply-To: achim@video1.bs.open.de  (Joachim Gothe)
Keywords: emplant
Distribution: world
Organization: Mix Broadcast Video and Computer
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel1

Hi,

I just got my monthly Letter from MASTERCARD.

At the 7th of September Utilities Unlimited takes my money.
384,9 $ for EMPLANT with Option C and Sybil.

I really hope, that my Emplant will arrive here in Germany in some days.

If not, I will sent my big brother to Jim. :-)

Achim

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    Joachim  Gothe	   ///	 Home: achim@video1.bs.open.de
     Neuer Weg 1a     __  ///	 Work: FH Hannover, FB Kunst & Design
FRG 3300 Braunschweig \\\/// Zerberus: videomaster@bdb.zer
 VOICE +49 531 41502   \XX/ * I own three Jeans, now I want my Indigo *
From: mueller@carissimi.cs.unc.edu (Carl Mueller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPLANT, NeXT and Mail Fraud
Date: 4 Oct 92 23:45:35 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <Jim_Drew.0dkb@cryo.RAIN.COM> (Jim Drew) writes:
>It is obviously true that not all color NeXT systems use this
>board, but as I have stated, I have never seen a NeXT that didn't.

You'd hope that someone who was talking about coming up with an
emulator for a particular machine would know what models of that
machine exist before he begins spouting off....

>Why on earth would you need a 21" monitor unless you are blind.  Monitors
>made today in the 6 inch range are able to produce the same kind of
>resolution as 21 inch CAD monitors.

Anyone who does serious programming can appreciate the benefits of
having a large screen monitor, with 17" (1024x768) being a practical
minimum.  This allows for having two 80x48 windows open at once, so
that one can view header files or other source in one window while
working on new source in the other.  Once you use such a system, you
can never go back to plain 80x24!!

The argument about the size is pointless.  It's a combination of
resolution AND size that matters.  The 21" CAD monitors have resolutions
in the 1280x1024 - 1600x1280 range.  What good would that do you on a
6" screen?

To hear such poor arguments does make one wonder about credibility.

>A DSP can be emulated through
>software well enough to provide sound (not as good of a quality though).

It's not a matter of quality, it's a matter of speed (well, I suppose
with real-time sound, that can translate into quality).

>People who already own a NeXT will already have the OS, others will have
>to find a way to buy it...which can be done.

But practically?  (And to those who point at the 486 version: so what?
Do you have any idea how slow a 486 software emulator will be, compared
with native 68040 code?)

>we have started shipping

I would certainly like to hear from someone who has one.  Please post!

>Jim Drew - Vice President, Utilities Unlimited, Inc.

-Carl (mueller@cs.unc.edu)
From: tomb@hplsla.hp.com (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant and Amiga World
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:43:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: hplsla.150730002
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA

mascot@bnr.ca (Scott Mason) writes:

>And are there *no* bad points to AMAXII+, except that some games don't
>run?
>
>All in all, I was very disappointed but not surprised since IMHO AW has
>a near zero technical content.

Hear, hear.  I dropped my AW subscription some time ago because of this
sort of thing.  I found I could not trust their reviews.  Case in point:
I had been using XCAD for some time when I read their review.  The
review was actually quite negative, but the specific negative things
were things I could not duplicate!  They didn't list the release so I
could check if mine was newer or older or the same.  The failed to list
any significant number of things I really, really liked in the program,
nor did they list _any_ of the real problems I had found!  From that
point on, I had no faith in AW reviews.
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Is my bridgeboard dead?
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:21:49 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <styx.718300246@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> styx@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Allan Hirt) writes:
>2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>
>>Parity error on main circuit board.
>>Fatal error - Computer stopped.
>
>I've got the same problem, and now my Amiga won't recognize that Janus
>is on my HD.  Help!!!!

This should go into the FAQ:

If you ever get mysterious problems with a bridgeboard, check the contacts,
*all* of them! Draw the BB out, lay it flat on a table, look at every chip.
If it seems not to sit centered in its socket, take it out and press it
back firmly and accurately. Else at least press it firmly into its socket.
Press on *every* socketed chip. - Finally drop the BB back into your
Amiga. Press it firmly into its slot.

If this doesn't help, repeat the *whole* procedure. If ca. 5 retries don't 
help, *then* you've got a serious problem.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to \\  Only my personal opinions...
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Epson printer drivers for Amax
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:10:38 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

>Where is this wuarchive site that I keep hearing about?  Is this an
>anonymous FTP site???

Yes!  The full addr is: wuarchive.wustl.edu
IP addr: 128.252.135.4

One thing to warn you of though, it is often hard to find the file you're
looking for.  The directory structure is a little confused.  I periodically
download the ls-lR file in the amiga section and use an editor to search
for files to find the directory it's in.

once you get in, type:  cd systems/amiga

Good luck!


Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: blocker@dominic.ssc.gov (Rich Hall)
Subject: Re: Epson printer drivers for Amax
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:58:12 GMT


I have successfully used GDT Softworks' POWERPRINT for the Mac. I bought it from Computer City (a Mac/PC
store) for $95. For US residents, this might be easier and faster (and less expensive) than ordering the
software package from ReadySoft ($99.95+$10 P&H). I use it with a color 24-pin Star Micronix printer
that uses Epson LQ emulation. I am VERY impressed with this driver. It gives you all of the LaserWriter
options (inverted image, nagative image, enlargement/reduction) PLUS the ability to create custom paper
configurations, such as exotic label sizes. On a Mac, I had tried to print 4"x1.5" labels on
an ImageWriterLQ with Microsoft Works, PageMaker, SuperPaint, ad nauseum, and nothing worked right (most
of them printed one label centered on a 8.5"x11" page). With POWERPRINT, using custom page/label sizes
is easy. Color is fully supported. Aspect ratios are perfect. Any setting that the printer can make is
accessible from POWERPRINT's dialog box. It even includes screen fonts for draft mode printing, giving
you WYSIWYG printing in draft mode! After two years of trying unsuccessfully to get A-Max Epson
emulation to work, POWERPRINT was definitely worth the price. 

  -- Rich Hall, Technologist
     Superconducting Super Collider
     Dallas, Texas
     Email to blocker@dominic.ssc.gov ONLY

My views are my own, and do not represent those of my employers, URA, the Department of Energy, or any
branch of any governmental entity or contractor.
From: styx@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Allan Hirt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Is my bridgeboard dead?
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:50:46 GMT
Organization: Brandeis University

2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:


>I recently deleted my Pseudo Hard disk and wanted to reinstall the software,
>after spending countless hours trying to get another Pseudo HD to work the
>computer stopped working,  now every time I boot up it comes up with the 
>message:

>Parity error on main circuit board.
>Fatal error - Computer stopped.

>Does anyone now what in the world is going on with my A2286?

>Thanks! for anyone who might help me.

>-Mario Acevedo, Marquette University-


I've got the same problem, and now my Amiga won't recognize that Janus
is on my HD.  Help!!!!

Allan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: jone@vipunen.hut.fi (Jouni Pekkanen)
Subject: Re: Amax Users
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date:  4 Oct 92 20:09:24 GMT

In <styx.717996319@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> styx@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Allan Hirt) writes:

>Did anyone get Fuzz to work?  It crashes Amax when I have it in the
>system folder.

It works only with version 2.06 of Amax. I hacked the Amax executable until
I found out where it stores the address of its copper list and then used
that information to create the patch.

Amax 2.5 either stores the data somewhere else or uses a different copper
list structure.

I am not planning to get the new version of Amax, but if someone is willing
to dig the information out of his Amax I'd might be able to make an updated
version.

--
Jouni Pekkanen  jone@vipunen.hut.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: mrubino@csws14.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael N Rubino)
Subject: Re: Printing with A-MaxII+.  Is it fixed?
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:48:44 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.133636.43415@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>How's the A-maxII+'s printing?  Is it improved over the 2.05 or do we
>still get 40% more page for the dollar?-);

A-Max II v2.5x still prints with weird proportions.  This is due to the fact
that you are using an Image Writer driver with an Epson compatible printer
which has a different X & Y dpi.  The only way to remedy this problem is to
use a printer driver which is specifically designed for your printer.  GDT
Softworks offers the PowerPrint package which suppors over 850 printers.  It
can be purchased from ReadySoft for $99.95 (if you are a registered A-Max
user).  There is also a PD Epson printer driver who's name escapes me.

- Mike
From: Jim_Drew@cryo.RAIN.COM (Jim Drew)
Subject: Re: Emplant..Is it really shipping.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 03 1992)
Date: 3 Oct 92 15:43:23 PDT
Organization: Cryogenic Software - Portland, OR


In <1992Oct2.225011.10354@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>, blanke@bigboy (Mark Blanke) writes:
> I called UUI yesterday, and I was told that the Emplant boards were in the 
> middle of being shipped.
> 
> Jim, is this true?
Yes


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: ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Bibliographic database solution?
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:01:31 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In article <1992Sep26.104537.26450@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, 
agb16@mbuc.bio.cam.ac.uk (Alan Baxter) writes:
> There is an ARexx basd ref data base for the Amiga. It is shareware
> and while I don't use it myself, it appears to be quite good. I
> think I have a copy which is fairly old that I could try to dig
> up if you like.

Do you mean the Citation_Base by Michael Arrowood? In fact I got the v.
1.1 from him a couple of yers ago, but because I didn't yet own Arexx it
was totally useless for me. Later, when I upgraded to OS 2.04 with Arexx
and was finally able to test it, it didn't work. All the Arexx-scripts
gave 'function not found' errors. Probably Arexx had somehow been changed 
from those days, and as a non-programmer I couldn't figure myself how to 
modify those scripts to work.

Do you remember the version number of your copy (if it is the same product)?
Does it work with Arexx included with OS 2.04?

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  Reijo Ronkko     University of Helsinki, Dept. of General Microbiology,
                   Mannerheimintie 172, 00300 Helsinki, FINLAND
                   Fax +358-0-4735426     Ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
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Subject: Re: Amax Users
From: bgundlac@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (bill gundlach)
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:56:23 EST

styx@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Allan Hirt) writes:
: Did anyone get Fuzz to work?  It crashes Amax when I have it in the
: system folder.

It works great for me.  I'm running a 2000 with 7MB, with Trumpcard 
Pro running an Amax "HD" off of a 44MB Syquest.  I'm using 128K
ROMs and the Amax ver. is 2.06.  Also, I have 1MB of chip mem.

Bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: unbugged HP Deskjet driver for AMAX?
From: mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (michael neylon)
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:02:20 EST


Does anyone know of a good HP Deskjet driver that is AMAX compat?
I tried a few that I saw on FTP sites, but it tends to print extranious
stuff half the time and doesnt form feed the rest....

TIA...

(please EMAIL response, Ill summarize if nec.)

-- 
Michael Neylon   aka Masem the Great and Almighty Thermodynamics GOD!
      //         | Senior, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Toledo
  \\ // Only the |   Summer Intern, NASA Lewis Research Center
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From: Jim_Drew@cryo.RAIN.COM (Jim Drew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPANT and NeXT Emulation... Comming Soon?
Date: 30 Sep 92 03:01:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: cryo.Jim_Drew.0d63
Organization: Cryogenic Software - Portland, OR
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 03 1992)


> IMO, you will NEVER have a NeXT emulator for the Amiga. The best you could  
> try to do is turn your Amiga into a NeXT (which would not be easy or  
> cheap). You are talking about two very different views of OS'.
> --                          __
> Brett Bourbin                \  / /(_  /\/  11440 Commerce Park Drive
>   brett@visix.com     \/ / __)/ /\  Reston, Virginia 22091
>   ..uupsi!visix!brett         Software Inc  703.758.8230
I disagree....turning an Amiga into a MAC was not easy, and I can see by
looking through the NeXT reference manuals that the NeXT will be as
difficult as the MAC was.
 
C'mon and have a little faith in the Amiga...


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: gfm@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (George Francis McBay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPLANT: Let's settle it!
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:05:22 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <1992Sep25.201311.10070@news.iastate.edu> taa33@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>   On the other hand, if you can not give us the patent #'s and names, and
>will not send one to AW, we can all assume you have just used up a lot
>of band width and the system of VaporWare.  So come on, Jim!  Settle it or
>get out of the Amiga development scene!

	Don't you stupid Emplant-bashers ever learn?  You act like the release
of Emplant is a life or death matter for you and/or Jim Drew. The only
mistake Jim Drew made with the design of Emplant was announcing it on
Usenet, where lots of jerks sit around all day just looking for things to
flame and call vaporware.  If you need to emulate a B/W Mac, buy Amax II(+)
and save yourself some wait.  If you need color, patiently wait for Emplant
or buy a real Mac.  Simple as that.  Jim Drew never signed a contract with
Amiga users saying Emplant would come out at such and such a time.  (Yes, he
did say it would come out a couple months ago, but ReadySoft announced
Amax II+ *IN NATIONAL MAGAZINES* a good year before it was even out, at
least Jim Drew only announced it in a non-format discussion board)

So, lighten up.