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- From: grubic@avicom.net (James Grubic)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: PCTask & other PC emulators
- Date: 6 Apr 1996 03:57:37 GMT
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- >I have a few questions regarding PCTask and PC emulators in
- >general....
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- >Most of the time when I hear of someone using PCtask.. they
- >have a 68030 or higher.. and a nice graphics card. I'm intersted
- >in knowing how well it runs on a very basic system.
-
- >I have an A-2000, 40 meg HD, 5 megs ram, 28mhz SupraTurbo (overclocked
- >68000 processor). ECS chips, standard Amiga low-density floppy.
-
- >I'm guessing that DOS will run fairly well on such a set-up.. but
- >am I dreaming (or perhaps having a nightmare) to think that I could
- >run Windows on such a system?
-
- >What are the best settings (graphics modes, memory, etc.) for ECS amiga
- >owners trying to run Windows on PCtask? Mono VGA? EGA? What Kind of
- >display mode is the most reasonable to use on such a set-up?
-
-
- >If anyone is actually running PCtask and Windows on a similar
- >set-up to mine.. I'd like to hear your experiances.
-
- >I realize that having a low-density floppy also causes a real
- >problem becuase most PC disks are HD floppy disks. And even though
- >you can use HardFiles... you still need a way to access the disk
- >data to make those files in the first place :) I'd like to
- >hear how those with low-density drives are getting arounf this
- >little problem.
-
- >I see hardware emulators such as ATonce-plus for sale at lower
- >prices than PCtask. Would this be a better choice?
-
- >And.. NO. I don't want a BridgBoard (even though I know that it's
- >the best sollution). If I'm going to spend that kind of money.. I'll
- >just buy a real PC.
-
- >Any help is appreciated.
-
- >Joey McDonald
-
- On that setup, PC-Task will run dog-slow...you'll be able to do basic DOS
- commands on a monochrome screen with decent speed, but as soon as you start
- using heavy-duty display modes, you won't even be able to use it. And when I
- say heavy duty, I mean CGA-EGA...A BridgeBoard-type device is the only thing
- that will run at a decent speed.
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