Re: So, what do you think? real IIgs or emulated IIgs?

[sporadic@my-deja.com]

Well, if I had enough physical desktop, I'd pickup my GS from my
parents' house and have it up and running.  But since I don't, I find
the XGS/32 is a perfectly wonderful way of bring back pleasant memories.

Aside from that, I sold off a few pieces of the GS when I migrated to
the AMD 486DX-40 PC (traded the RAMFast SCSI for an Apple II SCSI Rev
C.; sold the ZipGSX 8 MHz 32K, sold the recording half of the SuperSonic
card, and sold off some excess memory from the 8MB AE memory expansion
card; not to mention a whole bunch of games, programs, books, and
magazines.)  Money was tight back then when I was a starving college
student, and as much as it pains me to part with those precious
components at the time, it was a move I do not regret.  I suppose I
could go on ebay and try to rebuild the system, but it seems rather
pointless to me.

So my vote is for better emulation.  Nice to be able to run the GS on a
fast PC with a 19" monitor.  I don't think I can get used to the small
Apple RGB monitor now. :-)


Regards,

Jimmy

In article <3875E3AD.8631A049@blakespot.com>,
  Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:
>
> 	I just wanted some feedback from the crowd.  I was in a chat on
> Delphi's A2 section when the subject of emulation came up (perhaps not
> too rare a thing over there).  There were those that much preferred
the
> emulated IIgs--being able to run @ 15MHz or so right off on a PC or
Mac.
>  And emulation is much more solid today than it has been in the not so
> distant past--I must say the DOC emulation, for instance, is rather
> solid.  And I don't even have the latest Bernie, I believe.  One
person
> made the statement "the Apple GS's future is emulation," or something
to
> that effect.
>
> 	While it's clear that we'll not likely see more IIgs' rolling
off the
> assembly line, and that the only increase in the number of "IIgs
> machines" would have to occurr people taking hold of IIgs emulator and
> diving into the scene, I must say that I am not a fan of the emulator.
> For me, personally, I really enjoyed the Apple II as emulated by
> "ApplePC," an emulator that was MS-DOS based, and REALLY does and
> EXCELLENT job of emulating the machine (an 8-bit IIe/IIc/II+).  But
that
> is becuase (and this will make people angry!) I did not expect
anything
> out of that IIe expereience buy being able to play some old games
> (Conan, Rescue Raiers, Airheart, etc.)--and that worked out fine.
With
> the GS, however (I'm assembling a rather full-featured GS presently
(not
> emulated!)), I am expecting more.
>
> 	Given that I am expecting more--not just looking to play a game
or two,
> but looking to get into the whole experience of using the IIgs--the
feel
> all the way around, I must say that the thought of doing it with an
> emulator, even tho it is lots faster and costs way less, just has no
> appeal at all.  Something about the real machine, even if it is going
to
> run way slower, places it worlds above an emulated experience.  And
it's
> more than just the feel of a GS keyboard and mouse--it's just the
whole
> "I'm sitting in front of this fine machine" thing.  Actually adding
> boards into it.  Maybe, say, the TransWarp I found will only run at
7MHz
> - but I am holding it in my hand and will place it in the machine and
> fire it up, etc.  Zen and the Art of Apple IIgs Maintenance, etc.
>
> 	I guess this explains why I spent ~$100 on a full IIgs system,
and in
> less than two tweeks had gotten so carried away with the expansion
thing
> that I've spent another $500 in adding everything to this machine.
But
> it's great fun, etc.  I just don't think I'd be spending most of my
free
> time (these past few weeks, my wife could angrily vouch for this...)
> getting deep down into an emulated IIgs.
>
> 	So...I was hoping for some discussion here.  Opinions?  Great.
>
> bp
> --
> "Heisenberg may have slept here."
>


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