Re: SwissIIGSPizzaFest

[skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Stavros Robert Karatsoridis)]

In article <1994Nov15.112815.44168@yogi>, schweizer@urz.unibas.ch writes:
> 
> - The speed of Shadow's new PowerPC-based GS emulator. (See below for
> more.)                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oh really?

> ** FULL GS EMULATION

Uh-huh
 
> However, the most impressive demonstration was held by Shadow, the one
> who wrote ShadowWrite 1.3 and never sent it to me. He allowed us to
> take a first look at his full-featured APPLE IIGS EMULATOR RUNNING AT
> RISC SPEED. The setup was as follows:
> 
> - A PowerMac 7100AV.
> - A complete IIGS system.
> - a cinch cable.
> 
> Now plug the cable into the GS' monochrome port and connect it with the
> S-VHS plug of the AV board. Now launch Video Fusion and open the record
> window.
> You will see a window that mirrors the GS screen. Upon testing the
> emulator for about an hour, we found that the emulation was excellent,
> both supporting 65816 native programs (incl. The Manager) and ProDOS
> applications.

This, of course, is NOT an emulator. It is more like a VERY expensive
screen for the IIgs :)

> Shadow's suprisingly stable and simple emulation software also goes
> further than most other competitive product such as SoftWindows or
> Apple's MAE. You can easily store a GS session as a QuickTime movie.
> And, you need not care about software updates since - according to
> Shadow - there is no emulation software involved.

Goes further that most other emulation products? No, I don't think so. At
least with their products you don't have to actually have that type of
computer. The Mac emulates the hardware. No. The IIgs "emulator" is
nothing more than a monitor for the IIgs. So, of course programs will run
perfectly. They're running on a IIgs! I want to see an emulator that I can
use long after my GS has "died" (Some 20-30 years from now) 

Stavros