Shapeshifter
09-May-95 15:03:23
Sb: #196297-Shapeshifter
Fm: Kenny Green 100440,2550
To: gary goldberg 76236,3302
Well it promises emulation at the speed of a Mac IIci etc with an a3000, if
however you have an 060 model then zoom you're certainly better than a quadra
900. Mac II emulation is a basic standard, the faster your processor the better
the spec it emulates. Read the docs again. You can do as I did. In the filedisk
box you need to create a file (mine is a 100 mb file) on your partition which
the mac will use as a volume. This is somewhat slower than a hd but for testing
out the product is great. be careful with the figure you put in that box
because if you overstate it, it will fill your hd. (that's no prob anyway, just
delete the file and redo.)
What then happens is that when you boot up with the disk tools diskette of
system 7.5/7.01, the system soft sees that filedisk as an unformatted volume
and then you just initialise (yup like the amiga) the vol on the mac side. Hey
presto a mac hd. It works great so far, I have Netscape for the Mac installed
and I have just tried a couple games, and Excel, great with my picasso. There
is little danger in this product except in the anger that may befall us from ye
God Emplant. In fact, I would go as far as to say once its legitimacy is
confirmed (neutral),it could be a product of the year choice.
Kenny Green
The Problem with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.