Supra Ships PC Emulator
7 messages in this thread
Kenny –
Pardon me if I'm way off base, but it boggles the mind that people are
still trying to emulate a technology that was abandoned several years ago.
The real world of PC's today are 386 and 486 machines…and they're getting
cheap. My reason for wanting a good emulator is to save valuable desktop
space — my apartment is just too cluttered with my Amiga AND a PC. But I
really can't conceive of doing anything serious on today's software with an
XT. Put a 486 on a board and sell it for under $1000 and I think you'll
sell a lot of boards.
I agree with your assessment, except for the price – it's hard enough for
Amiga hardware developers to make cost-effective hardware, they couldn't do
it for that price. Sad but true. The economies of scale present in the PC
market that make it possible to sell really nice systems for $2800 do not
exist in the Amiga market. On top of the troubles of hardware development,
add software to "bridge" the two together. Commodore's not going to help
because they've got their own board. Why CBM doesn't make a contemporary,
flexible BridgeBoard is beyond me. They're the one company who could:
they've got a lot of A2000s in the field, and they're ripe for this.
John,
Have you hear Commodore has finally announced a 386 BB? It's not available
as a stand-alone yet, though–Commodore says it's back-ordered for the
A3000 + 386 configuration.
Marion
CROSSINGS
Newsletter for the Bridgeboard
Cory
First, we didn't design or make this product. We are only distributing it
here in the states.
As for making a 386/486 emulator, there much more serious problems doing
this, the first big one is power requirements. The standard 500 can't
hardly handle a couple of floppies, let along a 486 processor and
supporting hardware.
Kenny Supra Tech Support
Kenny, I caught this part way through the thread. Are you marketing the PC
Board made by KCS BV of Dordrecht, Holland? If so, I've been using one for
some time (bought in the UK from Bitcom Computer Products) and am very
pleased with it. It's running now in fact, on an Amiga, because I prefer
Tapcis to Whap! – not that it's necessarily a better package but I find the
offline operations altogether quicker.
Bill
Yes, Supra is acting as a distributor for the PC Board made by KCS.
By the way if you like TAPCIS, you should try OzCIS. I have been using it
for 4 months now and love it.
Kenny Supra Tech Support
Understood, and I didn't mean to point fingers at you folks. You've always
been a great company.
Just doesn't meet my needs, is all.
Hoopy