Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!botter!ark!Patrick From: Patrick@ark.cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Getting the Sac Message-ID: <867@ark.cs.vu.nl> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 11:03:07 EST Article-I.D.: ark.867 Posted: Tue Dec 16 11:03:07 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 19:16:36 EST References: <8612131706.AA11333@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: Patrick@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 28 Great News!!!! In Europe people succeeded in writing a *software* Mac Emulator. Which basically works the same as the hardware Magic Sac, but instead of needing a set of Macintosh Roms in the cartridge port, it loads the Rom contents into _memory_. Apart from this *everything* works the same. Mac Paint runs and so does all of the other stuff that could run on the Mac Sac. I'm inclined to believe that David Small (the inventor of the Magic Sac) just made a hardware version in order to boost his profits. Obviously, this works just as fine. BTW: A Mac emulator that uses the newer Mac (+) Rom's is under development. The good thing of all this is that the software emulator may be Public Domain! Ofcourse, it does not include the Mac Rom contents themselves. You will probably be requested to buy them and transfer them to disk. Needless to say that the software emulator alsu runs at 120% of the Macintosh. ------ I posted this for a friend of mine, who has no access to the Net. Any comments can be addressed to me directly. This guy (Paul Molenaar) does have a login on Bitnet (EARN), so he can be contacted there directly for further questions. He's there most evenings with the nickname 'Red'.