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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

262.0. "64 ==> Amiga transfer?" by NISYSE::GREENIDGE () Wed Jan 21 1987 09:55

    Will Commodore release a tool to upload software/data from
    a 64 format to the Amiga?  I have heard about the IBM emulator,
    but a 64 emulator would be nice so people can make the upgrade
    without having to retype all of their old data.  Is it possible
    to transfer the data out of the serial port on the 1541 to the
    Amiga, or is this a crazy pipe dream?
    
                              Thanks,
    
                              Superclam

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
262.1		PLDVAX::SMCAFEE	Steve McAfee	`Wed Jan 21 1987 14:11`	8
	Sometime back at the Commodore Show in Marlboro I saw a brief demo (ie simply startup) of a product like transformer for the 64. I believe it was called "GO 64!" but I could be wrong. Anyone else have any real info? steve mcafee
262.2		WJG::GUINEAU	W. John Guineau III	`Mon Dec 07 1987 13:45`	20
	> < Note 262.1 by PLDVAX::SMCAFEE "Steve McAfee" > > Sometime back at the Commodore Show in Marlboro I saw a brief demo > (ie simply startup) of a product like transformer for the 64. I > believe it was called "GO 64!" but I could be wrong. > > Anyone else have any real info? > > steve mcafee I just got into this conference,(I'm about to get an Amiga 500) so this may be old stuff... There is such a thing and it is called GO 64! Costs about $60. It's a board that plugs into the (serial?) port and the 1541 plugs into it. It comes with software to emulate the 64 and claims it does FULL 64 graphics, I think sound etc... Im getting one! I'll post the results here in a while.
262.3	GO 64 vs The 64 Emulator, any experiences?	BOMBE::MOORE	dial 911, make a cop come...	`Tue Dec 08 1987 04:17`	4
	There's another one called The 64 Emulator from ReadySoft, Inc. ($60 with serial interface) They claim it runs GEOS, etc. I'd be very interested in hearing anyone's experiences with either of these emulators (or similar products)...
262.4	GO 64! gets a no go	COGITO::MURATORI	Rich	`Tue Dec 08 1987 13:49`	6
	GO 64! got a very bad review in the latest issue of Amazing Computing. It claimed that it ran 64 BASIC programs at 30% speed and 64 Assembly programs at 10% speed. The were several bugs and poorly implemented features that were mentioned (I can't remember them offhand). The conclusion was that it was impressive as a programming effort but was not very useful in practice.