Re: Reply from Woz

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Supertimer wrote:

> One thing to note about SimSystem is that it seems to
> require real DOS, not the DOS Window that Win95/98
> provides.  I used to run it from a DOS 5 partition.  I have
> not tried it on any DOS later than DOS 5.  Thus, if you
> have trouble trying out this emulator, you could use it
> temporarily with an old DOS 5 boot disk.
>

I have run it with Dos 6.2 and 'Dos 7' from Win 95. It has
to do with the way the software works with the hardware.
Windows hates it when programs try to do low-level
hardware stuff. This is the same for ApplePC.

> The emulated IIe screen is very convincing in this
> emulator.  Unlike most of the other Apple II emulators,
> SimSystem emulates the Apple II video faithfully by
> spacing out the scan lines to simulate an Apple II
> display.  It has to be seen to be appreciated.

I think this accounts for part of the slowness. With newer
PC's it's too bad. I'm not sure if there is any support
from the authors though.

Phoenyx