The following is a comparison chart of the major feature differences between MacPRO, ShapeShifter, and FUSION.
FUSION - Feature Comparisons |
|
Feature Description |
MacPRO |
SS |
FUSION |
| Selectable memory nodes, allowing any block of memory to be used. | YES |
NO |
YES |
| Full support of Amiga's MMU, including remapping of KickStart. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Support for Apple's Virtual Memory. |
YES1 |
NO |
YES |
| Picasso96 support. |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| CyberGraphX v3.x support. | NO |
YES |
YES |
| On the fly depth changing. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| On the fly resolution changing. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Support for up to 6 virtual monitors (displays). |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to change video refresh after emulation has been started. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| CD-32 video support using Akiko. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Fastest chunky to planar video refresh available. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| 'Thousands' and 'Millions' displays available with AGA hardware. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Support for AMIA disk drive interface with real Mac 800K drive. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Support for CatWeasal disk drive enhancement. |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Built in ability to create hardfiles. |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Support for remounting ejected volumes. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to force write protect any volume to protect it from corruption. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to run applications that are not 32 bit clean. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Multiple depth, scrollable, resizable, Workbench video driver. | YES |
NO |
YES |
1. Virtual memory did not work with all machine configurations, 68060 CPUs, and worked only with System 7.5.0.
|
Feature Description |
MacPRO |
SS |
FUSION |
| Support for EMPLANT hardware for midi, serial, LocalTalk, and timing. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Support for AMAX II+/IV hardware for midi, serial, LocalTalk, and timing. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Support for 256K, 512K, and 1Mb Macintosh ROMs. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| 8 bit low-level ASC audio emulation. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| 16 bit (14 bit simulation) support through AHI. | NO |
NO |
YES |
| True 16 bit audio board support through AHI. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Built-in CD-ROM support for IDE and SCSI CD-ROM drives. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Complete low-level Apple Desktop Bus emulation. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Support for EMPLANT SCSI port. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to set foreground and background priorities. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to set Macintosh machine ID. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to setup and use multiple configuration files. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to asyncronously use Macintosh resources from Amiga programs. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Built-in ability to mount any Macintosh volume as AmigaDOS compatible. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Support for both mouse buttons. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| OS compliant user interface. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Self configuring, easy to understand user interface. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to suspend emulation, giving 100% CPU time back to the Amiga. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to launch Macintosh applications from Workbench. |
NO |
NO |
YES |