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- From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799... WHO CARES! Just emulate it.
- Message-ID: <10113@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 23:17:22 GMT
- References: <1992Sep02.184109.8805@microsoft.com> <1992Sep3.135327.6117@cs.ruu.nl>
- Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au
- Reply-To: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au
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- >>>> darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka) (DM) writes:
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- DM> In a few days I'll be release a shareware program called Gemulator.
- DM> It's a 68000 emulator that runs on MS-DOS, and with the appropriate
- DM> Atari ROM chips plugged into your PC, it emulates an Atari ST. Give me
- DM> a few months to add 68030 emulation and you'll have yourself a Falcon
- DM> emulator. Don't waste your money on the real thing and hell, why even
- DM> lose sleep over it. Chances are slim that you'll see Falcons flooding
- DM> dealer shelves any time soon.
-
- Surely my-favourite-loser was joking here (I never saw the full post).
-
- Good to see someone loyal to their company, but 68030 and DSP emulation
- is way out of reach of a wimpy little PC. He'd have more hope emulating
- a SoundBlaster card on an ST!!!
-
- Of course, Darek is just another loser who is trying to make gains by
- lying to people and ripping them off.
-
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