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- From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
- Subject: Re: Amiga software emulator for PC?
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Distribution: world
- References: <8166@orbit.cts.com>
- X-NewsSoftware: Amiga Yarn 2.0, 1992/06/25 01:41:36
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- Message-ID: <mwm.1bxd@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 17:38:03 PST
- Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
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- PROHVK38@TREARN.BITNET (Cem Turgay) writes:
- >In <1992Jul24.125046.16117@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de>,
- >markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer) wrote:
- >> Anyway, the hardware of the Amiga can't be emulated by software.
- >
- >mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer) saids;
- >> How about "Can't be legally emulated" or "Can't yet be emulated at
- >> reasonable speed". If you want to fund it, I'll write the emulator for
- >> you. Just don't expect to run as fast as say, PC-task on an A500.
- >
- >May you can write it only in your dream. B-)
-
- In my dreams I have the money to fund such a project. Other than that
- - and having better things to work on - there's no good reason it can't
- be done.
-
- >IBM has a fund. Go and say; 'I will write an Amiga emulator for
- >you, if you give me more money...' to IBM guys.
- >I bet, they will only laugth to you. They have money but
- >they have also knowledge about the Amiga hardware...
-
- I bet they'd laugh at me, too. Because they *know* that an Amiga
- emulator has almost no commercial viability, and would be a waste of
- money.
-
- >It is imposible my friend.
-
- It is possible, and I try to chose my friends from those who aren't so
- narrow minded.
-
- >If you don't trust me, go and try my comments. IBM has a more
- >funds for R&D. (about 5,000,000,000 dollars)
-
- If you don't trust me, send me a check to start developement.
-
- >So, real system programmers never come with the project of Amiga
- >emulator, because they know software and hardware capable of PCs.
-
- No, real product developers would never bother with an Amiga emulator,
- because they know it would never be a commercial sucess. In fact,
- building an emulator that you could make money on selling for less
- than the cost of an Amiga might be impossible in the current market.
- Building one that runs at more than .1% of the speed of an Amiga might
- be impossible with current technology.
-
- But one that works, damn the cost and damn the speed? That's easily
- possible. Just not worth the trouble. If you think otherwise, I'd be
- glad to get started for a small fee (say US$1,000,000).
-
- <mike
-