Re: So, what do you think? real IIgs or emulated IIgs?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

!smentzer@pacbell.net (Steve Mentzer) wrote:

>There is no substitute for the real thing. I have worked on XGS/32 for one 
>reason. It is a geek thing. The tech aspects of being able to emulate a peice 
>of silicon at a decent speed is pretty cool.
>
>But, my interest diminishes every time I have to deal with a "disk image". 
>Frankly, PC based IIgs emulation is going to die a slow death, unless we find
a 
>way to make the reading and writing of Apple formatted disks a reality.

Steve, is there a way to start the process by letting XGS/32
read and write the Apple II storage formats that CAN be
supported by the PC hardware?  Namely, 1.44MB floppies,
Zip disks, and hard disks?

KEGS and Sweet16 can do it.  Given that they can and the
capability is hardware independent, they are set for when
hardware to read and write the 800k and 143k formats ARE
released.