Re: IIgs emulation...

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Dan Yertzell (Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: On 26 Nov 1997 04:08:13 GMT, beavis0005@aol.com (Beavis0005) wrote:

: >I know this is off topic, but I want to know something. Which 
: >is the best IIgs emulator? If I can get my hands on a copy of 
: >Gus, Apple's infamous emulator, am I better off? I've got a ROM-1
: >GS, but I need a ROM-3 with over 1.25 MB of Ram and a 1.44 Mb 
: >floppy. Will Gus provide this? Does anyone know?

: Only 1 person here will think this is off topic, so don't worry about
: it.

: For IIgs emulation on Windows, DOS, or Unix, XGS is available.  I use
: the Windows 95 version, it supports ROM 01 and ROM 03, 8 megs, hard
: drive images, 5.25 and 3.5 disk images.  It's not finished yet
: (version 0.50) but is quite stable and useable.

The only problem with XGS (at least on the Mac) is that if you've got
sound turned on with any decent demo, it slows down to a crawl, even
compared with a real IIGS.

And that's on one of the new Mac G3's (233MHz) !

For example, Modulae is TEN times (10x) faster on an unaccelerated IIGS
than it is on a 233MHz XGS Mac.

The real answer to the original question is that a IIGS is better than
an emulator.

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