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From: gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Subject: FAST EDDIE 1.0b1 - Press Release
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Message-ID: <1996Dec22.133555.47228@yogi.urz.unibas.ch>
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Date: 22 Dec 96 13:35:55 MET
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Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Press Contact:
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Synergetix Henrik Gudat Andre Horstmann
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Missionsstrasse 38 Hoehenweg 3d
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4055 Basel 6300 Zug
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Switzerland Switzerland
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gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch andre.horstmann@unifr.ch
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Santa Claus is drooling:
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Apple IIGS Emulation for Power Macintosh Computers!
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*****
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Fast Eddie Labs releases Fast Eddie Beta 1
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Fast Eddie Labs, Switzerland - 12/22/96 - Fast Eddie Labs announced
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today the immediate availablity of a beta release of its Apple II
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emulation software code-named "Fast Eddie". This unique software
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product marks a new achievement in Apple II emulation history - Fast
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Eddie is the first publicly available emulator for Macintosh computers
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that emulates the most powerful Apple II computer ever, the Apple IIgs.
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Fast Eddie Labs has invested a tremendous amount of development time in
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order to provide the public with a reliable emulation software in 1996,
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the year the Apple IIgs celebrated its 10th anniversary. This public
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beta is the beginning of a series of updates that will bring you the
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most powerful, most versatile and most enjoyable virtual Apple II.
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Fast Eddie was started in 1994 by Andre Horstmann, a long-time Apple
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IIgs programmer with special interest in CPU design, but put on ice
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soon after that. During a developers' meeting in early 1996, Andre
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Horstmann and Henrik Gudat agreed on resurrecting the Fast Eddie
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project and turning it into a fully functional Apple IIgs emulator. Urs
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Hochstrasser joined the team and added debugging tools that greatly
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simplified development.
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Fast Eddie emulates a Apple IIgs computer with up to eight 3.5" disk
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drives, up to 8Mb RAM, keyboard, joystick and mouse. Furthermore, the
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user can choose between both ROM versions (ROM images not included) for
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maximum compatibility. It supports all video modes (40/80 text, mixed,
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hires, double hires, super hires) and a superfast memory management
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scheme for top performance. Contrary to other emulators, Fast Eddie
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features no-compromise Ensoniq sound emulation with mono, stereo,
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stereo enhanced and mind-blowing Dolby Pro Logic surround sound. On the
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peripherals side, you'll be pleased to know that you can mount up to 8
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disks of several gigabytes each. One device is reserved for the
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built-in disk drive that can deal with ProDOS, HFS and MS-DOS disks
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without requiring you to make disk images or activate PC Exchange.
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This beta has been released due to the incredible demand for such an
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emulation software. Fast Eddie protects your past investments in Apple
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II software and offers you a convincing way for painless migration to
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the Power Macintosh platform. Fast Eddie Labs is working on several
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additional components that will be released in due time, including
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emulation and sound core in PowerPC assembly language, low-level disk
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access, and much more.
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Fast Eddie is sold as a shareware product. To simplify payment, Fast
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Eddie Labs is cooperating with Kagi Shareware, a company specialized in
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processing shareware fees (http://www.kagi.com). A single user license
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is available for US$25. Please contact Fast Eddie Labs for site
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licenses and special pricing for educational institutions.
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Fast Eddie Labs is a spin-off of Bright Software, a renowned provider
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of productivity, entertainment and scientific software with over a
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dozen releases including the popular ShadowWrite, Hermes, The Gate
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(editor's choice), SpaceFox, ShadowDial, Symbolix, MultiView II, among
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others. Since 1989, Bright Software has been developing unique software
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products for Apple II computers, and the release of Fast Eddie gives
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evidence of our commitment to the Apple II platform.
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hg,12/22/96
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For a limited time, you can surf the EddieWeb at
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http://www.swix.ch/clan/shadow/eddie.html . We will move these pages to
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a new ISP very soon.
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Power Macintosh, Apple IIgs, Ensoniq, Dolby Pro Logic are trademarks of
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their respective holders. The Gate and Spacefox are trademarks of Seven
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Hills Software Corp., Florida.
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