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In article <678@hhb.UUCP>, rob@hhb.UUCP (Robert R Stegmann) writes:
> I just read in the August issue of Compute! magazine about an IBM PC
> emulator (in software) for the ST.  It is called "pc-ditto".
> Can anybody out there who has any experience with this product or company
> comment?  Does this emulator run at speed, or is it slow?
> Is it real or vapor-ware?

I haven't used it, although I briefly saw it running at the local dealer.
There is much discussion about it on CompuServe, with the concensus being
that it does indeed run almost everything. Its speed depends on the type
of program being run, but seems to range from 50% to 80% of a plain PC.
Some programs suffer from slowness (interpreted BASIC, action games, etc.),
but users report running the usual applications, including communications
programs.

There was some discussion that the author was going to halt production
after only one month, due to large-scale pirating, but the latest posting
says that he has decided to continue as long as sales remain good.

Hey, I don't know anywhere else to get an IBM PC for under $100! Now
you can buy an Atari ST and have an ST, a MAC, and an IBM!  :-)
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Gerry Wheeler                  {seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!watmath!mks!wheels
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.