Alan L.M. Buxey (kc...@central.susx.ac.uk) wrote:this emulator for msdos is it for real???? thanks
: Jason Compton posted the following:
: : I don't think so, Alan. For one, you have to provide your own Kickstart
: : emulator. For another, the author readily admits that this is all it
: ....you have to supply your own kickstart ROM file actually....
: ...convieniently, this conatins the BOOT logo.
Like I said, the SOURCE CODE is there. You can look for yourself.
: - the first thing a real emulation should strive for is I/O access to be
: sorted (just like most speccy emulators work on tape sampling first)
: ....not some mythical instruction emulation.
Are you getting scared or something? All someone did was put together a
basic skeleton for emulating the Amiga and made it available for anyone
to work on in whatever way they want. Why are you so reactionary to this?
He was simply sick of "it can't be done" so he released a quick hack.
He's not even pretending to call it a final release. People often make projects available to the programming community to *accelerate*
development rather than try to tackle the whole thing alone. Why
criticise simply because he gives the source code and a nice start for free? --
+------------------------------------+ you'll never believe me so,
| Maxx Daymon -+- mda...@rmii.com | why don't you find out for yourself +------------------------------------+ then you'll see the glass
hidden in the grass... / Morrisey
Sysop: | Keyop |
---|---|
Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
Users: | 293 |
Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
Uptime: | 232:01:58 |
Calls: | 6,624 |
Files: | 12,171 |
Messages: | 5,319,447 |