Re: IIgs emulation...

[Stavros Robert Karatsoridis <skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>]

Beavis0005 <beavis0005@aol.com> wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but I want to know something. Which is the best IIgs
> emulator? If I can get my hands on a copy of Gus, Apple's infamous emulator, am
> I better off? I've got a ROM-1 GS, but I need a ROM-3 with over 1.25 MB of Ram
> and a 1.44 Mb floppy. Will Gus provide this? Does anyone know?

If you can get your hands on a copy of Gus, you'll be pirating. Apple has
only released Gus to people who have signed a NDA (Non-disclosure
Agreement). 

The emulator you would want (which is available NOW, legally) is Bernie ][
the Rescue. Bernie is much better than Gus, and will provide support for
both ROM 01 and ROM 3 machines. It currently does not support 5.25" disk
images, but it will soon. PLUS, it sees the Mac floppy drive as a IIgs
drive (without PC Exchange).  It can be configured to give the Virtual GS
up to 8 megabytes of RAM.

Bernie is $25 shareware from FE Systems (Henrik Gudat and co.) it can be
found at the following URL:

http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/

I will say that the current version (1.0.1) is one of the best software
programs I have ever used.

Stavros