| From: | Paul Hill |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2000 at 09:12:51 |
| Subject: | Re: Linux? Tell me more. |
Gerald Mellor wrote:
>
> Hi Matthew, on 03-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
> >> I have lots more questions but I want to keep your attention, so
> >> here are just 3. Can it multi-task? Does it use windows? Does
> >> using Linux mean bye-bye to existing software on my Amiga?
> >
> > It multi-tasks, it has a graphical user interface (but it's probably
> > not worth bothering unless you have a reasonably fast 680x0 or a PPC
> > and a graphics card) and it doesn't run Amiga software.
>
> But it doesn't mean saying 'bye bye' to existing software. If you
> install Linux on your system you can still run your Amiga software, it
> just means rebooting into AmigaOS. I know you know this, Matthew, I'm
> just letting John know :)
An Amiga emulator that run under Linux would be cool. I'm not talking about
UAE here but something more along the lines of DOSEmu for x86's. I believe
there is a 'native' Atari emulator for Linux/68 (though I think it uses a
replacement GUI).
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