Re: Finding Tony Diaz

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

Tony Kavadias wrote:
> > Anybody know how I can get ahold of Tony Diaz? I want to see if I can
> > discuss with him the idea of turning a eMate into a laptop //c. Anyone
> > else's input is also welcome.
>
> Why not make an Apple II emulator for the Newton?!
> While the Newton has ample power for such a task, there
> may be a few technical hurdles (like, implementing the
> entire Apple II emulator as a Newton driver, and using
> only monochrome graphics that look rather awkward), so
> I don't think the capacity to emulate an Apple II
> faithfully is there.
>
> Other open-source emulators exist... it may be possible
> to make a port of an Apple II emulator for the Newton
> via the C++-based driver layer.
>
> The display is the biggest challenge... driving an Apple II
> screen via NewtonScript will prove cumbersome if at all
> possible!


Someone was already supposed to have written an Apple //c emulator for
the Newton, but he's rather hard to get ahold of. I talked to Paul
Guyot, the leading authority on the Newton, and he says that the eMate
would be too slow for emulation. Still, I have found someone with an
emulator for the same kind of processor that's in an eMate, I guess I
could make an attempt to adapt it. One of the reasons I thought about
using an eMate was because of the monochromatic screen - most software
for the Apple // series was written for them. Two other reasons are
because of the battery life and the fact that eMates were built to
withstand the abuse of elementary school students. 


Ralph