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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:13:43 CDT
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- From: Dan Szkola <A02DJS1@NOC.NIU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Software IBM emulators/Windows
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- >Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:41:00 GMT
- >Reply-to: Info-Amiga List <I-AMIGA%RUTVM1.BitNet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
- >From: STST8138@IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE
- >Subject: Re: Software IBM emulators/Windows
- >To: Multiple recipients of list I-AMIGA <I-AMIGA%RUTVM1.BitNet@pucc.
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- >> HARD DISK : It emulates your dh0: You can even split your
- >> dh0: in particions and use other of them as PC-hard-
- >> drives and the rest as Amiga-drives !!!!!!!!
- >
- >
- >I do not have PC Task, but I believe that there is no need to partition your HD
- .
- >You can select a c: drive size from the prefs in megs. This will then create an
- >AmigaDos file on your hard drive of that size, which is a binary file but makes
- >sense to PC Task. This dead cool as it saves memory, and does not leave an ugly
- >unrecogniseable icon on your WB screen. Also I believe you can use the Amiga
- >mouse in PC mode, although I guess you would need a mouse driver. You'll have
- >to ask somebody else about that I'm afraid, but I know that it can be done.
-
- Can't comment on the hard drive part, but the mouse is emulated in
- programs that support mouse. No driver is needed. I have the demo
- and I plan to pay to get the accelerated version.
-