Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!otter!ljc From: ljc@otter.HP.COM (Lee Carter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MacSac for Amy Message-ID: <620003@otter.HP.COM> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 11:44:59 EST Article-I.D.: otter.620003 Posted: Wed Nov 25 11:44:59 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:52:31 EST References: <18477@amdahl.amdahl.com> Organization: hplabs-brc Bristol,UK. Lines: 53 / otter:comp.sys.amiga / kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) / 1:15 am Nov 20, 1987 / [ Lineeaters ... just say NO! ] Pete Jordan posted the following on our internal Amiga conference. Kinda interesting, if you wanna run some Mac programs ... /kim > Mac emulation on Amigas & Sam Tramiel > > I just called Data Pacific in Denver (303-733-8158). They did confirm > that the Mac emulator for the Amiga (magic sac or whatever) will be > coming out as a real product 1st quarter of 1988. I don't know about > you but I find that very exciting. The Amiga will have the best of > three worlds (Amiga, IBM, & MAC). Spread the news on all bulletin > boards. > > I've heard that Commodore is interested in the product > but *cannot* help at all because of potential lawsuits with Apple and > who wants that. > > I listened to Sam Tramiel of Atari on the Computer Show (Nov 17). > He did a pretty good job except one comment that really bothered me: > He said that he considers the Amiga a good color machine but *not* a > business machine because it doesn't offer 640 X 400 monochrome mode!! > That was very upsetting to me since I have been running my Amiga 500 > in 640 x 400 interlace mode with a medium persistence monitor for > quite awhile now with business packages such as WordPerfect, LosistiK, > Draw Plus, Workbench, Online!, etc. So I take offense to Sam's > erroneous statement. In other words, with a high persistence monitor > or a multi scan monitor with a deinterlacer, the Amiga makes an > *excellent* business machine. In fact I think its the best *technical* > price performance machine on the market. But then I'm pretty biased. > Other than that, Sam put on a good show for his ST line with a little > tidbit about their powerful new transputer as well. > > I'm hoping that within a month or so Commodore will be a guest on the > Computer Show and put on an extremely powerful Amiga display to dazzle > everyone with super games to powerful business stuff, and maybe > some exciting hardware announcements as well. Their current > ad campaign and push for expanding Amiga outlets is promising. Don't > stop now. -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,ihnp4,uunet,oliveb,cbosgd,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CIS: 76535,25 ----------