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- From: ken@msor.ex.ac.uk (Ken Powell)
- Subject: Re: Amigaemu.zip
- Message-ID: <DMAzF3.Co8@exeter.ac.uk>
- Sender: news@exeter.ac.uk (news admin)
- Reply-To: ken@msor.ex.ac.uk
- Organization: At Exeter University - no chance
- References: <DM3JJ4.M17@iglou.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 12:45:02 GMT
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- In article <DM3JJ4.M17@iglou.com>, sledford@iglou.iglou.com (Steve L. Edford) writes:
- >MagerValp@Goth.Org writes:
- >You mean "Useless Amiga Emulator"? Where do you suppose that name came
- >from? When I first heard of this was in the emulator FAQ. They stated
- >that it ran very slowly, but they couldn't simulate the disk, so it
- >couldn't boot. Now, could someone explain to me how something can run
- >slowly when it won't start at all? :^)
-
- UAE boots from file disks (like FMS-devices) which is partly why it's slow.
- The web page states that its really slow but that some stuff (even some demos)
- do work. In theory it should be ok as long as the program is OS freiendly/safe
- - after all DraCo works with no custom chips and graphics cards replace the
- graphics chips so its possible - not fast and not for copper tricks, but possible.
-
- Ken
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- Ken Powell - University of Exeter - Dept. of MSOR - ken@msor.ex.ac.uk
- Mail me for a copy of the comp.sys.amiga.games FAQ
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