13 Jun
2002
13 Jun
'02
4:24 p.m.
Hi Sellam....
MagicSAC was designed by a guy named David Small... you plug original
Mac ROM's into the module and it plugs into the cartridge port on any Atari
ST system and runs Mac software perfectly.... it was a great emulation
system. Interesting story.... David was pulling ROM's out of the
dumpsters at Apple and reselling them, Apple got wind of this and sued David
and stopped throwing the ROM's away and started to sell them to resellers.
The suit was dropped and MagicSac continued on into the early 90s
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:59 PM
Subject: PET and Magic Sac+
I found two interesting items today.
One is a PET 2001-8. It has the regular keyboard. Inside was an
"expandaram" board that added additional RAM and some peripheral slots for
the PET. The cards plugged in looked a lot like Apple ][ cards in their
form factor but I assume this is some proprietary bus. Anyone have info
on this?
Also, found a little module that apparently plugs somewhere into an Atari
ST. It's called the Magic Sac+ and on it it says "Turns your Atari into a
Mac". Anyone ever use one of these? Where on the ST would this plug in
to? Or is it for the Mega ST perhaps?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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