Magazines Archives Amazing Computing ( EN ) Amazing Computing Vol 01 08 1986
Amiga Turbo Pascal Will the Amiga ever run Turbo Pascal? Borland promised this in the first few months of 1986. The Macintosh version was set for release in the middle of September, and inside sources said the Amiga and ST versions were to follow the Mac version. Other sources close to the company claim version 4.0 for the IBM is a higher priority than the Amiga and ST versions. ln other words, forget it for at least six months, maybe longer. Jet and Flight Simulator SubLogic is readying Amiga versions of Jet Flight Simulator. SubLogic employees attend their local Amiga user group meeting, and mention features of the new versions. Fortunately, the Amiga versions will be enhancements instead of straight ports. Since the Amiga disks hold more information, more scenery will be included. Both programs will support a two-player mode, through the serial port. Beta versions used high baud rates and a direct link between two machines, but many people claim you will be able to dogfight across town. with your modem. PC/ET emulator Remember PC/ET, the other IBM emulator? According lo Alfonso Guerra, president of SoftTeam, the alternative software IBM emulator Is not ready, and may not be ready for several months. On a message posted to several networks, he apologized for taking money before the product was ready, and offered an immediate refund to an unhappy (prospective) customers. He claimed they were surprised by the 'openness' of the Amiga architechure, whatever that means, and this hampered development. 54 Volume 1, #8 RAM and hard disks Many people have been waiting, waiting and waiting for Amiga hard disks and memory expansion.
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