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Re: Shapeshifter...
Monster Smurf wrote:
>
> Shapeshifter is an amiga software emulator. It appears to be a very
> good one, too, simply because it requires Mac roms (in the form of a
> snapshot file) to work.
>
> Now, I must ask this: Why not start send executor in this direction?
> Older apple roms (older macs actually run the newer OS versions) can
> be had for next to nothing,; I know a place where you can buy SE/30s
> complete w/ram and drive for like $250. Would this not ease the pain?
> You already have a fast, working CPU, right? Apples software is the
> problem. Well, if we bought the soft and firmware, would this not
> bring it all together?
I think there are a couple of problems:
* Many customers will be scared off if they have to buy used ROMs and
drives from a separate location. Many people will just stick to buying
and using SE/30 itself. Otherwise, ARDI will have to license MAC ROMs
from Apple. But this will raise the price and probably ARDI won't be
able to distribute the demo for free.
* Mac ROMs and system are written in m68k assembler. Emulating services
like QuickDraw might be much slower than implementing them directly in
C. ShapeShifter runs on m68k itself, so it doesn't have this problem.
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