Re: Info on Deja ][ - the AppleWorks Mac emulator program

["Henrik Gudat" <emutech@magnet.schweiz>]

In article <8HY_3.2394$qy2.15072@newsfeed.slurp.net> , "Forrest" 
<bctimes@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> TEXAS II - AppleWorks <a2mg@aol.comNomail> wrote :
>>Except for non-Power PC users and a few unique features, Bernie largely
>>superceded Deja ][
>
> One very important feature: DII worked with the native file system.  You
> could work on the same text file with AW and, say, WordPerfect, and not have
> to bother with moving it to and from a special emulator disk file.  (Can
> Bernie do that?  Anyone?)

Hi Forrest,

There's no HFS->Prodos on-the-fly conversion in Bernie. That is mostly
due to very different implementation. Deja II is a high-level emulator
(relatively) and Bernie is a low-level emulator which means Bernie has
to deal with block level access and disk controller hardware as well.
(I do not know the internals of Deja II but that would be a reasonable
approach given its focus on AW.) Bernie is mostly tuned for GS/OS
where HFS support comes for free. You can drag &drop files from the
IIgs to the Mac and vice versa at will and share SCSI disks, though.

later,
- henrik
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