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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!darekm
- From: darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka)
- Subject: Re: Gemulator
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.193252.11681@microsoft.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 19:32:52 GMT
- Organization: BraSoft
- References: <13539@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Jul19.023643.11136@microsoft.com> <2867@isgtec.isgtec.com>
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- In article <2867@isgtec.isgtec.com> ken@isgtec.com (Ken Newman) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul19.023643.11136@microsoft.com> darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka) writes:
- >< Gemulator has 8 ROM sockets on it, which is capable of reading any ROMs, not
- >< just specifically Atari ST ROMs. So you can take that ROM out of your Deskcart
- >< cartridge or out of your Magic Sac cartridge and it can be read by the
- >< Gemulator board. Mac emulation is definitely planned for a future release.
- >
- >Of course, this will not allow reading of Mac disks, like Spectre GCR.
-
- 1/2 BUZZ! Check your facts. PC drives aren't capable of reading Mac 800K disks
- but they are quite capable of reading Mac II 1.44 meg disks. There are several
- commerical programs available for the PC that do exactly that - read and write
- files to Mac disks. The only reason that Spectre GCR has to use the extra
- cables is to read 800K disks, since STs do not come with 1.44 meg drives.
- Most PCs with 3.5" drives are using 1.44 meg drives.
-
- - Darek
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