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news.ttu.edu!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.
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reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scs
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ing.switch.ch!yogi!schweizer
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From: schweizer@urz.unibas.ch
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Subject: SwissIIGSPizzaFest
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Message-ID: <1994Nov15.112815.44168@yogi>
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Date: 15 Nov 94 11:28:15 MET
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Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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** TRIP TO NOSTALGIA - TRIP TO PowerPizzaFest!
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Our group, formerly known as Bright Software, celebrated this saturday
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the fourth incarnation of PizzaFest, a relict from good old days.
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Because of the PizzaFest's global importance on computer sciences, we
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agreed on posting the most valuable results exclusively here on c.s.a2.
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Equipment:
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- pen, paper, 2 pizze "Quadra(R) stagioni" (sp?), 1x prosciuto e funghi
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(sp?), 1x pizza carabinieri
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- at home: GS, PMac 7100AV, 4 chairs
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Seminars:
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- Inside Harmony drivers: hands on their proprietary color matching
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algorithm
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"After installing the driver, I even didn't dare to send Bill a letter.
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I think he is color-blind."
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- Applied Engineering drives contain a self-destruction mechanism.
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Marc: "With AE drives, that's normal."
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- The GS toolbox and programming in the large.
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Cody: "That's why I never finished Chemix. I wanted to do EVERYTHING
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with the toolbox."
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- The speed of Shadow's new PowerPC-based GS emulator. (See below for
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more.)
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Marc: "How slow is it?"
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- Problems when writing Mac emulators for Amigas.
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Cody: " The Gestalt Manager would have to return MachineID=Amiga.
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That's not a Mac."
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** FULL GS EMULATION
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However, the most impressive demonstration was held by Shadow, the one
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who wrote ShadowWrite 1.3 and never sent it to me. He allowed us to
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take a first look at his full-featured APPLE IIGS EMULATOR RUNNING AT
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RISC SPEED. The setup was as follows:
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- A PowerMac 7100AV.
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- A complete IIGS system.
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- a cinch cable.
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Now plug the cable into the GS' monochrome port and connect it with the
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S-VHS plug of the AV board. Now launch Video Fusion and open the record
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window.
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You will see a window that mirrors the GS screen. Upon testing the
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emulator for about an hour, we found that the emulation was excellent,
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both supporting 65816 native programs (incl. The Manager) and ProDOS
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applications.
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Shadow's suprisingly stable and simple emulation software also goes
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further than most other competitive product such as SoftWindows or
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Apple's MAE. You can easily store a GS session as a QuickTime movie.
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And, you need not care about software updates since - according to
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Shadow - there is no emulation software involved.
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Live long and prosper! (er, that was the wrong one...)
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Apple II Forever!
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(yeah, that's a bit longer!)
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