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- From: tgreen@iastate.edu (Todd Greenfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: ATARI EMULATOR FOR THE PC? Please!
- Message-ID: <tgreen.721157421@vincent2.iastate.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 17:30:21 GMT
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- In <1df49vINNi9p@aludra.usc.edu> jleon@usc.edu (Juan Carlos Leon) writes:
-
- >Is there any Atari 8bit emulator for the PC? I've seen an emulator for the
- >apple II and as far as I know it uses the same microprocessor like atari.
- >I'm asking this because I've been an atari user for 8 years, now I have a 486
- >PC (I still have my 130XE) and I want to be able to use my hundreds of atari
- >programs/games on my PC.
-
- As I understand it, there was one written, but it was never released
- due to legal difficulties with the OS code. Not sure if it was
- completed, or just being developed.
-
- >Also, can anybody point me to a ftp site where to find a program that could
- >let me read atari disks on the PC?
-
- atari.archive.umich.edu is the site for 8bit stuff, in atari/8bit
- directory. It's also mirrored on wuarchive.wustl.edu, I forget
- which dir. There are several programs on the archive which will
- allow you to read and possibly write atari *double density* disks
- on the PC. I think the FAQ has descriptions of these (??)
-
- hope that helps.
-