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- From: DAVIDM@cup.portal.com (David W Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: MACPRO Comments #2
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 10:40:04 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Message-ID: <149996@cup.portal.com>
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- All:
-
- Here are my comments about MacPro V1.0 based on UUI, Inc.'s press release.
- My comments start with >>. I want to find out if other users have gotten
- any of the new features to work yet! :-)
-
- David
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- Date : 11-15-95 12:39:49 Number: 1530
- From : SYSOP Status: Public Message
- Subject: MAC Emulation Professional
-
- November 10th, 1995 - Official Press Release
-
- Utilities Unlimited International, Incorporated is pleased to announce
- it is now taking orders for their latest emulation module for EMPLANT.
-
- The new module is named, "MAC Emulation Professional" and offers a
- wider range of Macintosh emulation capabilities. Although much of
- code is based on the previous MAC emulation, the new code is completely
- new, smaller, and faster. Besides the standard features you have
- come to expect from our previous MAC emulation, these additional
- features make this emulation module worth having:
-
- * Completely new OS2.x+ style guide compliant user interface, using
- gadtools.
-
- >> New interface is nice. Although when changing one drop down gadget
- >> for floppy drive internal 0 my A4000 hung.
-
- * Opens on a public screen. No more custom screens.
-
- >> Initially opens on Workbench with is a public screen.
-
- * ASL is now used for all file requestors.
-
- >> Yep. And I am glad about that!
-
- * Built-in help when using OS3.0 or later.
-
- >> Yes. But would be nice if this feature could be toggled on/off for
- >> speed.
-
- * Support for all known 512K-1meg 680x0 color MAC ROMs. This
- includes ROMS from: MAC II/x/cx/ci/si, LC, LCII, LCIII, color
- classic, Quadra 700-950. All ROMs work with CPU caches on.
- All ROMs will support an FPU, whether designed to or not.
-
- >> FALSE. The Quadra 900 ROM that I tried hung the computer. Although
- >> the panel to setup the ROM recognized it. Funny the same ROM works
- >> with ShapeShifter 3.3
-
- * Virtual memory support!
-
- >> This option appeared on the Mac's control panel for memory. However
- >> once it was active and I rebooted my machine CRASHED. So this does
- >> not appear to work yet either. Of course if there were docs I could
- >> maybe get it to work. Intuition is not working.
-
- * MAC OS is partially re-written so it does not constantly busy loop,
- giving the Amiga side more CPU time and allowing lower priority
- tasks to run (such as screen blankers and auto disk changes).
-
- >> Have not tested this yet. To busy trying to get it to work!
-
- * Support for EtherTalk and other EtherNet based applications when
- using a SANA-II compliant EtherNet driver.
-
- >> Cannot test this here.
-
- * Built-in support for CD-ROMs not connected to EMPLANT's SCSI port.
-
- >> I have Emplant SCSI which still works. :-)
-
- * Faster interrupt and exception handling.
-
- >> Unknown!
-
- * Enhanced video driver support (larger sizes, more colors).
-
- >> Yep lots more. But be careful the wrong memory setting starts your
- >> MAC with NO VIDEO!
-
- * Enhanced file transfer capabilities (ability to set filetype and
- creator, filename filtering, and more).
-
- >> Not tested yet.
-
- * Enhanced multitasking code prevents amiga serial.device lockups.
-
- >> Not tested yet.
-
- * Enhanced sound support. You can set the emulation to use the
- Amiga's audio exclusively, or shared (audio channels can be stolen
- by the Amiga if necessary).
-
- >> Not tested yet.
-
- * New custom logic chip improves bus timing, boosting performance
- and reliability of EMPLANT's VIA interrupts, serial communications,
- and SCSI operations.
-
- >> Unknown!
-
- * New utilities, and much, much more!
-
- >> I dunno about this part, but the only part that was a new utility
- >> was ROMDUMP and that was the same as 5.5 of the Mac Emulator.
- >> So we get a big FAT zero here as well.
-
- This package includes the new software, updated documentation, and
- a new custom logic chip that replaces and existing chip on your
- EMPLANT board.
-
- >> NO DOCS WERE SHIPPED WITH THIS!!! To find out where the new custom
- >> logic ship went I had to look on the Floppy disk for a README! Thats
- >> bad especially if I already had my machine apart (which I did not)
- >> but who knows how excited user's can get when they get their new
- >> toy!
-
- We are offering the package for only $34.95. You may place your order
- by contacting our office:
-
- Utilities Unlimited International, Inc.
- 3261 Maricopa #101
- Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406
- (520) 680-9004 Voice
- (520) 453-6407 FAX
-
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- | David W. Martin c/o The OpCode Factory tm Seabrook, Texas USA |
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- |Email: davidm@cup.portal.com WWW: http://www.portal.com/~davidm|
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