#Quickem on Amiga
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Well if your not set on using the MSDOS version of Quicken, you might consider
running one of the Mac emulators like ShapeShifter. I've been using Quicken for
quite some time now and it works great. Plus, if you use a Mac version it will
run considerably faster than a PC emulation like PC Task.
// John (Warp 4040 & ShapeShifter Quadra 840)
\X/ jgager@BMI.NET
John,
< Well if your not set on using the MSDOS version of Quicken, you might
consider running one of the Mac emulators like ShapeShifter.
I like that idea! Never cared much for PC's anyway. I have a need to run
Quicken and I'm looking for the least painful (and cheapest) way to do it. I
have a copied version of Quicken for DOS, an incomplete version of MSDOSv3.3,
and a questionable copy of PCTaskv1.12. Well…IT DON'T WORK.
I'm willing to buy new versions of whatever I need to make it work (short of
buying new hardware).
About the Mac, (a closer cousin to the Amiga than a PC), I have heard of
ShapeShifter but I was confused about the fact that you need to have Mac ROMS
and OS (both not included) . Am I totally in the dark? Or is it easier than I
think it is? Any Suggestions would be appreciated. BTW what is Warp 4040 &
Quadra 840?
thanks,
Paul C. Zawisa
"About the Mac, (a closer cousin to the Amiga than a PC), I have heard of
ShapeShifter but I was confused about the fact that you need to have Mac ROMS
and OS (both not included) . Am I totally in the dark? Or is it easier than I
think it is? Any Suggestions would be appreciated. BTW what is Warp 4040 &
Quadra 840?"
No, you are not in the dark. You do need a MAC ROM image and the Mac OS before
you can use ShapeShifter. The ShapeShifter package contains a Mac program that
you can transport to a Mac. When executed, this program will dump the ROM to a
file that you then transport back to the Amiga for use with ShapeShifter. Not
exactly ethical if you don't own a Mac, but if you feel uncomfortable about
this, you can buy the ROM's from Amiga mailorder outfits that sell the Emplant.
Then you need to purchase the System 7.5 OS, or use System 7.1 that is freely
distributable and available on the nets. I bought 7.5 and it seems to work fine
with ShapeShifter. Some of the programs I've purchased and use with
ShapeShifter include PhotoShop 3.04, KPT Bryce, BlackBox Filters 2.0, Quicken
5.0, PrintShop Deluxe Ensemble (CD), Myst, and a bunch of other games/flight
simulators.
A Warp 4040 is the MacroSystem US accelerator for the 4000, actually called the
WarpEngine. It has a 40mHz 68040 and includes a SCSI-II FAST controller. The
ShapeShifter emulation is equivalent to a Mac Quadra 840 in speed tests so that
explains my signature <g>.
// John (Warp 4040 & ShapeShifter Quadra 840)
\X/ jgager@BMI.NET
John,
> use System 7.1 that is freely distributable and available on the nets.
The only net I subscribe to is Compuserve and since I only have the demo
version of autopilot 1.80 I'm only active in the Amiga forums. If you could
point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
THanks,
Paul C. Zawisa
well download amosaic 1.2<tcp version>,amitcp3.0b,iitcis.lha,ppp1.30,install
these programs
get mui2.3 user archive
install these apps to your amiga
then goto mosaic home pagefor 1,3 or 1,4beta versions
the the shapeshiftr bootfile is available from
ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/amiga and shapeshifter 3.1 is from the aminet
at wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/misc/emulations
and ftp.netnet.net/pub/aminet/misc/emulations
John,
How does shapeshifter perform on an unaccelerated 4000/030. Slower yes but is
it workable.
Andrew Letchford, Plymouth UK.
"How does shapeshifter perform on an unaccelerated 4000/030. Slower yes but is
it workable."
Yes, it should be very workable Andrew. What I've found is that the speed of
your Amiga system gives you about the same speed as a comparable Mac system
except in the Video display. To really get good speed out of ShapeShifter, a
graphics card helps considerably.
// John (Warp 4040 & ShapeShifter Quadra 840)
\X/ jgager@BMI.NET
to think of the graphics speed is most mac lc or mac2 x speed in graphcs