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- From: bthompx@es.co.nz (bthompx)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Amiga emulator
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 04:36:09 GMT
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- Alex Scotti, regarding your message ' Re: Amiga emulator' -
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- >bthompx@es.co.nz (bthompx) writes:
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- >>I've been lurking around here for a while now also. And latly I have
- >>noticed some very unimformed rambling from people who know little of what
- >>they talk about...
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- >>As I understand it, the much talked of UAE emulator of the amiga is just a
- >>experiment. It's not useful. As I have read here, it seems to only emulate
- >>shell based programs, and even then, only at 1/10 the speed (on anything
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >case in point.
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- Of what ? Your inability to verbalise your commentory ?
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- >>Another point: it is inherantly stupid to try to emulate a complex OS on a
- >>machine under a less complex (or able) OS. Trying to emulate amigados under
- >>a pc, be it running msdos, linux, or even os/2, is a foolish undertaking.
- >>You will have to contend with a dual os with layers between you and the
- >>hardware that must total somewhere around 10 or 12 (layers), translation of
- >>os calls, memory handling, etc.
-
- >do you pull these numbers from your rear?
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- No, actually I got them 'off the top of my head'. I would gues that to be
- about right though. You _know_ better ? If so, stop being a usless prat and
- tell us.
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- I do remember pulling your attitude from my rear, though.
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- >*making a note for future reference*.. unix is less complex/able than
- >amigaos.
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- Thats right. Now your catching on. See if you can upgrade your attitude -
- or go back to playing with the kids.
-
- ...... Brendan
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