2 Dec
2009
2 Dec
'09
8:22 a.m.
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
The original Amiga demo in 1985 had a segment where
the Amiga was running
DOS software. On the screen, it says [sic]
Amiga Transformer
Copyright 1984,1985 Simile Research
Beta Version 3.5
Please insert a DOS diskette in drive A:
press RETURN to start the DOS
or
press ESC to return to the Amiga DOS
The operator inserted a floppy, booted the system, and then started
Lotus 1-2-3. Speed seemed reasonably competitive to me for 1985.
Ahh yes, Transformer. I ran that years ago.
It was a software-only solution. It wasn't perfect, and yeah, it seemed
pretty slow.
AMAX-II, which was a Macintosh emulator, was much much better.
Keith