Re: The best way to upgrade your IIGS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Lim <limtc@iname.com> wrote:

>Supertimer wrote:
>
>> See, emulator talk belongs in comp.emulators.apple2.  Saying
>> that an emulator is better than the real GS is kind of insulting.
>> I like and use Macs and I also like and use Wintel.  See what
>> it sounds like when I write about using Gemulator to run Mac
>> software on a PC?  That was the point...
>
>Unfortunately, it is true that running GS emulation in a PowerMac
>is better than the real GS itself.

Not if you have slot cards you want to keep.  ;-)

>Bernie II the Rescue has the
>compatibility and the speed (much much much faster). PowerMac
>provides the GS hardware - better 3.5" drive (superdrive),
>better RGB monitor, SCSI, etc. It is truely a better GS.

Regarding the speed...isn't it true that unless your PowerMac is
above 150Mhz, you can forget about perfect "N-sonic" emulation?

>PC running Gemulator cannot even match a real device (the Mac),
>just like Mac running Virtual PC is only running 1/10 of the
>real speed PC. So both are not really a better choice.

Not true...Gemulator on a Pentium II 233Mhz will run rings around
a real 40Mhz Quadra 68040...that's the target emulation
computer.

I am also pretty sure (based on what I have seen) that Virtual PC
is NOWHERE as slow as 1/10 the speed of a real PC.  On a G3
Mac, Virtual PC can pull a 75Mhz Pentium equivalency...

>If you could prove that a real GS is better than the PowerMac/bernie
>combo or PC/XGS (yes, I can prove the latter), then we can discuss
>on this.

It is real hardware...the emulation will never be the same!