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Re: I wouldnt take Executor for granted
rahim@rassay.keble.ox.ac.uk (Rahim Nathwani) writes:
> Chris Jarvis <101612.3365@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
> >There is already an Amiga emulator (68000) called UAE
> >Slow due to special chip emulation chunky planer graphics.
> >There is already a mac emulator for the amiga again slow due to
> >chunky planer probs but good.
> >Using the 680*0 emulator they could also emulate the mac using
> >users own roms this would stuff Executor the commercial product.
> No it wouldn't. Bot only would it be illegal, but it would be slow,
> too. I think the FAQ mentions the latter, but I'm not sure.
Providing you already own a Mac and only run one copy of the ROM at a time
the Apple license seems to allow you to use copies.
> As for the amiga emulator, doesn't UAE stand for unusable amiga
> emulator? Don't you reckon if someone could easily (or otherwise)
> write an emulator in this way they would've done it yonks ago?
It's nearly there, it needs a copy of the Amiga ROM but it does seem to run
Workbench - according to reports.
> I don't know which Mac Emulator for the Amiga you are talking about.
> I didn't think there was one. Can anyone reject or confirm this?
There are two - ShapeShifter (shareware) and Emplant (commercial) see
comp.sys.amiga.emulations for further discussions. I use Shapeshifter
occasionally and it performs nearly as well as real mac.
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