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From: greg@travis.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS)
Subject: Re: NeXT emulation?
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Date: 22 Apr 91 14:06:29 GMT

In <18521@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> rblewitt@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt) writes:

>A while ago, there was mention of a group that was porting the MACH
>kernal to the Amiga.  With this in place, a nExt emulator would
>certainly be possible,  although its likely that sound would have to
>be left out.  The display could go to a 2410 or a superbitmap type
>screen. 

Let's have a reality check here, OK?  Ok, the Amiga has enough bitplanes
to emulate a grey-scale NeXT but scrolling a screen around to see all 1180x
840 pixels is going to be a bit boring.  And, as you said, the Amiga
lacks a DSP, so all the sound is out.

A A2410 and DSP board you say?  Well, I'd rather just buy a NeXT at that
rate, thanks.  It would be cheaper.

I'm not even going to get into the effort required to re-do NeXTstep so
that your Apps could compile.  Or licensing DisplayPostscript.

greg

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