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I've a question for the Atari folks about the MS-DOS emulator.  Will this
device be interruptable from the ST?  It would be very useful for the ST to
work with it like a debugger board.  For example, I write a program for the
MS-DOS environment and wnat to debug it, but my code bombs under MS-DOS and
I can't find why.  Enter the ST.  With a simple double click on the right
mouse button, the ST stops the 8088 and saves its state.  An MS-DOS
debugger takes over on the ST side and displays the line of errant code
with the SEGMENT:ADDRESS.  This would let the ST run as a Periscope (c)?
type product.  I've used a few co-processors before, and the most annoying
problem with them is the lack of programming control that the host has over
the parasite board.  I think this debugger suggestion is useful because
many of the ST users who would buy the emulator want it for software
development.  I know I would sure appreciate a feature like this for the
times when I need to write an MS-DOS utility but don't want to go into the
office and scrounch up a machine.  Who in her right mind would want to run
PC software when she had an ST?

BTW: I ordered my 1040 ST from a local dealer one month ago.  The hard drive
came in in a week.  But the dealer *swears* ATARI will not return his calls
or give him a definite delivery date.  To coin a phrase, "I want my ST!"

Robert Royar
Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292

BITNET: rdroya01@ulkyvx