Re: IIgs emulation...

[pubpc1@library.ucla.edu]

matthew p. conte wrote,
in response to my reply:
> > Mr. Bozo, how about writing Bernie for us Pee-Cee users?  I admire
> > the PowerPC, but not all of us have enough money to own such costly
> > machines.  XGS sucks!  (It _is_ slower than a real unaccelerated
> > GS even on the fastest PCs or Macs.)
> 
> that's because XGS is written in C so it's portable and easy for people who
> want to add to the project to do so, NOT so whiny gimme-gimme types can run
> all the kEWl gaMEz at hyper-speed.

I'm sorry.  I did not mean to insult anyone.  I don't want to use an
emulator
for gaMEz, I'd like to use the PC to run GS apps _fast_ so that I can
word
process and page layout with it.  I have tons of GS data and I'm so used
to
GS apps that I still prefer it for many things.  Obviously WordPerfect 8
is
more powerful than AWGS, but because AWGS has been used for so many
years,
it is preferred for typing up some things now and then, as long as it is
not
super heavy duty.  For such a task, XGS simply does not cut it.  No
insult
intended.  Also, XGS can't print or modem, it seems.

> XGS runs a pretty good amount of
> software, and if you're so offended by the speed, i invite you to recode
> the 65c816 core and the graphics routines in ASM.
> 
> late/matt.

I can't program 80x86.  :/

Don't get me wrong, any emulator is amazing and worth praise, but it
takes
something like Bernie II to make people say "I'd gladly pay $25 for
this."
XGS does not pretend to be this, since it is freeware.

-Scott G.