PC Emulator

[Varthall]

@sim085

They are much more suited to run MSDOS.

Varthall

[Varthall]

They were used to run any of the thousands of serious applications that the Amiga lacked, like the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, Autocad, TurboPascal compiler, various business software (invoicing, payments, etc.), even games that haven't been ported to the Amiga. I have been using PCx (a software emulator) for some time on my 030 A1200 to play the original MSDOS Tetris (still my favourite version of Tetris) and for BBS messaging (Amiga lacked for a long time a good freeware Bluewave reader).

Varthall

[Varthall]

sim085 wrote:
Well, if I could install Windows 3.1 then I would consider buying it ... Windows 2.0 would also be nice I guess!

To run Windows 3.1 a 040/060, or a 386 card, is required to have a decent speed.

Varthall

[Varthall]

sim085 wrote:

Varthall wrote:

sim085 wrote:
Well, if I could install Windows 3.1 then I would consider buying it ... Windows 2.0 would also be nice I guess!

To run Windows 3.1 a 040/060, or a 386 card, is required to have a decent speed.

Varthall

hmmm ... but didn't these cards come with their own processors? or they still made use of the Amiga processor in order to function?

Yes, they have their own CPU. The 040 I mentioned was in case a software emulator is used.

Varthall