Subject: Re: A2 Users:  Endanged Species?  I think not.
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Supertimer wrote:

> The RAMFast can do this.  You just need a couple of empty partitions
> to set up your test volumes.  Then while booting up, hit the number of
> the partition and it'll boot it.
>
> One thing I dislike about the current breed of emulators is how UN-GS
> they are.  They all seem to make certain assumptions.  For example,
> I tried setting up XGS to mirror my real GS, so naturally I wanted 1GB
> worth of HDVs.  Well, the ProDOS partitions were not a problem, but
> when I tried to set up an HFS partition, I discovered that I could not
> make one larger than 32MB.  HELLO!  HELLO!  Real GS users VERY
> often have much larger partitions than 32MB.
>
> When I first got my Win 95 unit, I had illusions of how it would run
> all my GS software.  I thought...well, I'd just use emulators like how
> PowerMac folks use their old 68k Mac software under emulation.
> Well, I soon discovered that not all emulation was created equal.
> While the PowerMac's motherboard was DESIGNED to transparently
> emulate the 68k Mac (much like the IIGS motherboard was
> DESIGNED to emulate the IIe transparently), XGS was anything
> BUT transparent.  Not only was it painfully slow (especially to the
> eyes of a TWGS user), but it crashed well over half the stuff I tried
> to run on it and I can't even print from it or set up my HDVs to be
> just like my real GS hard drive partitions!
>
> The current emulators are novelty items.  They don't seem to be
> designed for people who really do still want to boot up AppleWorks
> GS or WordPerfect GS to do some work on the old programs.  I'm
> such a user.  Just like a Win 95 user who occasionally wants to
> do some work on a DOS program or a PowerMac user who wants
> to do some work on a 68k Mac program sometimes, I do boot up
> my IIGS regularly to use it for word processing and some page
> layout, among other things.  Give me an emulator that can do what
> my IIGS can do that I'm satisfied with and I'll switch.  That means
> it has to be AT LEAST as good as SoftWindows for the PowerMac
> can emulate a Pentium running Windows 98 (now Windows and
> Pentium emulation on the PowerMac...THAT's an after market
> emulation that can nearly match the designed for 68k Mac
> emulation built into the PowerMac).
>
> Dude, as a former user of the PC Transporter, even the PCT's IBM
> XT emulation is more transparent than current IIGS emulators.
> You could set up aliases of DOS programs on the IIGS Finder
> desktop.  Double click on them and the PCT proceeds to run the
> DOS program, almost as if it were an Apple II or IIGS program!
> One thing I'd demand from a good IIGS emulator is the ability to
> set up an icon of an application in the Windows Explorer desktop.
> AppleWorks GS, for example.  Then I could just double click on
> the icon, the emulator would kick in, and AWGS would be
> launched.

One more note before I quit pestering Supertimer. If you use windows
you ought to try the Apple Oasis Emulator system. For those of us
who dreamed of a super Apple II in the early days, this emulator is
the best. It supports a built in clock, over 1 meg of RAM (Apple slinky
support is planned also) Multiple hard drives and or floppies, CPM
emulation, supports printing through Windows as well as modem access.
It has some very useful utilities included in the package. Is actively
supported by the developer.  All video modes. All slots are configurable
to the device you desire. It emulates the IIe or the II+ with a 65c02.
The latest versions are remarkably bug free. Not a bad Apple for $25.

Sorry supertimer, it's not a gs but you can click icons (disks) in
Windows. It's a start.

Phoenyx