AMIGA MAC II EMULATOR DRIVERS
AMIGA MAC II EMULATOR SOFTWARE

Like its predecessor, the A-Max II uses the standard Amiga drives to create 800K A-Max-format disks that can be used while emulating the Macintosh. The file-transfer utility will translate text files, convert pictures between MacPaint and Amiga IFF format, transfer binary files between the systems, and convert PostScript files to Amiga format. With the A-Max II's file-transfer utility, you can transfer files from a standard AmigaDOS disk in DF0: to a Macintosh disk or from any Mac file to the Amiga disk. The A-Max II makes transferring files between Amiga format and A-Max- or Mac-formatted disks much easier. Most newer Mac programs use digitized sound files and work well under the A-Max II.

AMIGA MAC II EMULATOR SOFTWARE

Some older Macintosh software accesses the Mac's hardware to create sounds and won't provide sound using the A-Max II. The Macintosh operating system includes several system sounds that can now be played through the Amiga's sound system. The second major addition is support for Mac-digitized sounds. If your controller isn't on this list, you should contact the manufacturer to determine if it is developing an A-Max II driver.

AMIGA MAC II EMULATOR DRIVERS

Drivers for Supra hard drives and the ICD AdSCSI board are now available from the respective controller manufacturers. Drivers are shipped with the A-Max II for Commodore's 2090, 2090A, 2091, and A590 GVP controllers the IVS Trumpcard the Xetec FastCard and the Preferred Technologies multifunction board. Your Amiga hard disk controller must, however, be supported with an A-Max II-compatible device driver. The A-Max II now allows you to create Macintosh-format partitions on Amiga hard drives, as well as allowing access to Macintosh-specific SCSI devices attached to an Amiga SCSI controller. A Macintosh with no hard drive is no more fun to use than an Amiga with no hard drive, so ReadySoft addressed these shortcomings with the A-Max II. Unfortunately, the emulator lacked the ability to use Amiga hard drives and to play Mac sounds. After plugging a set of used Macintosh ROM chips into the A-Max cartridge, you plugged the cartridge into your disk drive port, loaded the A-Max software, and could run almost all non-copy-protected Macintosh software on your Amiga.

Last year ReadySoft released A-Max, a Macintosh emulator for the Amiga.

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