Re: GS/OS for xgs emulator?

["Dan Yertzell" <Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net>]

Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat <GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH> wrote in article 

> 
> You should accept that there's a different point of view. Apple II
emulator
> users are primarily Macintosh or PC users who are used to a different
> environment with different tools. The complete user interface, disk
formats
> supported etc. are implemented with a typical user of platform x in mind.
These
> folks are no longer Apple II users. They use Macs or Wintels. They are
running
> Apple II software for fun, well, and luckily some are even doing some
> real-world productivity stuff. But still they are working with non-Apple
II
> software most of their time.
> 
> An emulator should IMHO make use of both emulated features and the
potential of
> the OS/system tools/hardware/whatever it's running on. If it's more
convenient
> using DiskCopy for making disk images, why stick with ShrinkIt? DiskCopy
comes
> with every macOS system release while some users might not have shrinkit
> around. It would be plain stupid ignoring advantages of the primary
platform.
> Nevertheless, the ultimate goal would be to support as many file formats
as
> possible, just for the end user's convenience. But as long as we do not
have
> unlimited resources, let's focus on what is most effective.


VERY well said.  I was thinking pretty much the same things.  Thank you.

Dan