20 Dec
2000
20 Dec
'00
10:29 p.m.
At 08:07 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
Toad Computers (www.toad.net) sold a card for the PC
that ran ST software.
I think it was called the Gemulator.
I believe Toad is out of the Atari business now...the last time I checked
out their website, all of the Atari stuff had been removed. I've not been
up to their store in a number of years though. The 'closet' that housed
the 8-bit stuff was always pretty interesting to rummage through. I never
used Gemulator, which does sound correct for the name, but I did use the
8-bit emulator they sold.
Does Best Electronics still sell ST stuff? They were a bit pricey the
last time I looked, but they carried quite a bit. At the time when I had
only FIDO access they were the only place I could find a replacement ST/STE
keyboard for my MEGA.
Jeff
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21 Dec
21 Dec
11:49 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Jeff Hellige wrote:
At 08:07 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
True, Toad pulled out a few years ago. GEMulator is now free and does not
need any particular hardware. I think the author concentrates on Mac
emulation nowadays.
Toad Computers (www.toad.net) sold a card for the
PC that ran ST software.
I think it was called the Gemulator.
I believe Toad is out of the Atari business now...the last time I checked
out their website, all of the Atari stuff had been removed. I've not been
up to their store in a number of years though. The 'closet' that housed
the 8-bit stuff was always pretty interesting to rummage through. I never
used Gemulator, which does sound correct for the name, but I did use the
8-bit emulator they sold. Does Best Electronics still sell ST stuff? They were
a bit pricey the
last time I looked, but they carried quite a bit. At the time when I had
only FIDO access they were the only place I could find a replacement ST/STE
keyboard for my MEGA.
Best are indeed still in the business. Err, isn't there some US shop
called "Homa", too? Of course, there's the shady System Solutions of the
UK, as well as Keychange Music. And a range of retailers in Germany, of
course.
2:05 p.m.
At 06:49 PM 12/21/00 +0100, you wrote:
True, Toad pulled out a few years ago.
What ever became of Toad's inventory of stuff when they dropped it? Did
they continue selling it until it was gone or did they somehow get rid of
it all in a fairly small length of time? I remember a buddy of mine going
in there during one of our trips to the store and buying a couple of
hundred dollars worth of Lynx cartridges. They had a pretty decent
selection onhand. I generally got my TOS upgrades from them.
Best are indeed still in the business. Err, isn't
there some US shop
called "Homa", too? Of course, there's the shady System Solutions of the
UK, as well as Keychange Music. And a range of retailers in Germany, of
course.
I remember hearing about System Solutions but the other's don't ring a
bell. I guess since Toad wasn't more than 1-1/2 hours drive from where we
lived and my buddy and I made frequent road trips up to the store, there
wasn't much need to look much further for Atari stuff. The copule of times
I did, I generally went with Best.
Jeff
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22 Dec
22 Dec
3:50 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Jeff Hellige wrote:
System solutions are the English importers of the MagiC OS and publishers
of some hardware, such as rumoured PPC accelerators and PCI buses.
At 06:49 PM 12/21/00 +0100, you wrote:
IIRC, they had clearance sales until some years ago, but I suppose some of
the other Atari traders bought remaining supplies. I hope it didn't go the
same way as the Apple Lisa, at least.
True, Toad pulled out a few years ago.
What ever became of Toad's inventory of stuff when they dropped it? Did
they continue selling it until it was gone or did they somehow get rid of
it all in a fairly small length of time? I remember a buddy of mine going
in there during one of our trips to the store and buying a couple of
hundred dollars worth of Lynx cartridges. They had a pretty decent
selection onhand. I generally got my TOS upgrades from them. Best are indeed
still in the business. Err, isn't there some US shop
called "Homa", too? Of course, there's the shady System Solutions of the
UK, as well as Keychange Music. And a range of retailers in Germany, of
course.
I remember hearing about System Solutions but the other's don't ring a
bell. I guess since Toad wasn't more than 1-1/2 hours drive from where we
lived and my buddy and I made frequent road trips up to the store, there
wasn't much need to look much further for Atari stuff. The copule of times
I did, I generally went with Best. 
4:21 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Jeff Hellige wrote:
A guy in New England bought their remaining stock after a
clearance sale. He sold thru the newsgroup for a while. Don't know
if he is still doing it.
At 06:49 PM 12/21/00 +0100, you wrote:
IIRC, they had clearance sales until some years ago, but I suppose
some of the other Atari traders bought remaining supplies. I hope it
didn't go the same way as the Apple Lisa, at least.
True, Toad pulled out a few years ago.
What ever became of Toad's inventory of stuff when they dropped it?
Did they continue selling it until it was gone or did they somehow
get rid of it all in a fairly small length of time? I remember a
buddy of mine going in there during one of our trips to the store
and buying a couple of hundred dollars worth of Lynx cartridges.
They had a pretty decent selection onhand. I generally got my TOS
upgrades from them. Best are indeed still in the business. Err, isn't
there some US
shop called "Homa", too? Of course, there's the shady System
Solutions of the UK, as well as Keychange Music. And a range of
retailers in Germany, of course.
I remember hearing about System Solutions but the other's don't
ring a bell. I guess since Toad wasn't more than 1-1/2 hours drive
from where we lived and my buddy and I made frequent road trips up
to the store, there wasn't much need to look much further for Atari
stuff. The copule of times I did, I generally went with Best. System solutions are the English importers of the
MagiC OS and
publishers of some hardware, such as rumoured PPC accelerators and PCI
buses.
There's also an inventive guy in New Zealand, Mario Becroft, who
makes various adapters such as one that allows you to use your
ST with an SVGA monitor.
http://gem.win.co.nz/
ciao larry
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24 Dec
24 Dec
2:43 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Homa is a company based in Ottawa,Ontario. He sells
some of the
German programs. I think one of them is "Pixel Graphics" .
Or Photoline, the ST Photoshop clone.
There's also an inventive guy in New Zealand,
Mario Becroft, who
makes various adapters such as one that allows you to use your
ST with an SVGA monitor.
Anyone with a oldering iron can wire such an adaptor, but his recent
developments are much more interesting - an IDE interface and now an 8MB
VME graphics card with on-board ethernet.
Speaking of ethernet, does anyone have an RTL800* based parallel ethernet
adaptor they're willing to part with?
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