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From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari St ---> Amiga?
Summary: Well isn't that nice! ST emulator is even less then rumour...
Message-ID: <779@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 11 May 88 17:33:46 GMT
References: <31@csc.anu.oz>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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In article <31@csc.anu.oz>, cjs900@csc.anu.oz writes:
> Is there any truth to the rumour that there is forthcoming
> an Atari-St Emulator for the Amiga? This may be another in
> the longish line of 'Emulator Rumours' - but i'd like to know
> whether this has any substance. 
> 
> The idea is akin to putting a VW engine in a Porsche 8-D ,
> but i have seen some nice ST proggies that i would like to
> run, (mostly games...)

Well gee Chris. I'm glad you like some of those 'nice proggies' enough
to be midly interested in the emulator. Of course an ST emulator is
quite impossible, unless it will include much hardware. The ST clocks a
little faster than the Amiga so it would probably be a lot slower. There
used to be a rumour about an Amiga emulator for the ST! The program even
existed, but it was just a joke.

I'm not sure if you realize that your comment about the VW engine is not
really that funny. See, the Atari ST is becoming a more and more popular
computer every day. It has certainly outsold the Amiga. Nobody laughs at
the IBM-PC although both the ST and Amiga are superior computers.

Also, you may note that not all of the 'nice proggies' are games. The ST
has better music programs and better word processing than the Amiga.

Why is it that Amiga users get so pompous? I recall seeing a message on
the Atari Co. BBS where a frustrated Amiga user had a lot to say to all
the Atari ST users. It was really very silly, and only makes the Amiga
users look bad.

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