A-MAX-II Info

[beller]

You probably won't be able to use A-MAX on a Minimig because it doesn't use the standard Amiga disk format. You can't make an ADF of an A-MAX Mac boot disk.

I agree, that would be a real problem.  I prepared the last set of docs for the A-Max 4.0 when it went to supporting color Mac screens.  Wish I still had that board!

You can find the old docs and support for A-Max here:

http://crossconnect.tripod.com/AMAXHOME.HTML

Bob

[beller]

Hey Bob,

I saw your A-Max page and it is quite nice.  I wondered if Simon Douglas ever contacted you?  

I met Simon Douglas at one Amiga show.  We talked for quite a long time and he was facinating to listen too.  He told me that when MagicSac said that a Macintosh emulator for the Amiga was impossible (they were working on it after the success for the ST one) he thought they were idiots.  

Simon said he was able to get the core emulation up in a weekend (where it was asking for a disk).  The hardest part was getting the whole disk drive thing worked out since Apple 400/800k drives are goofy.

I was just a kid back then but I would love to talk with him now.

Did you ever hear from him or know where he went?

Cheers!
-P

Wish I could claim the A-Max site as mine, it's not.  I found it one day via Google!  I've written the site owner and congratulated him on the fine job!  I moved to real Macs shortly after doing my work on the A-Max IV docs.

I would have liked to meet Simon.  I guess he didn't do West Coast/California Amiga shows.  We talked a bunch via phone while I was working on the documentation.  Your version jives with my recollection of Simon's explanation of how he got in the emulator business.  Haven't heard from him since.  Hope he is well.

Bob