Fast, unknown Amiga & ST emulator

s2325 · 26 July 2010, 09:50

http://www.zophar.net/atarist/fast.html

FAST just isn't a catchy name...this ST/STf/Mega ST/STe/Mega STe and Amiga 500/500+/600/1000/2000/3000 emulator was written in pure 486 protected-mode assembly. FAST also reached ST emulation firsts: Emulation of the HD6301V1P at hardware level and redirection of the floppy disk controller to the PC hardware floppy disk controller. Basically, it does everything, it does it well, it does it fast, and it does it accurately. Definitely worth the download.

Did someone try this emulator? What it can do? Why it's so small?

alexh · 26 July 2010, 11:23

1) It is not an Amiga emulator
2) Because it is rubbish compatibility wise compared to STeeM

For now, it only features an incomplete emulation of the Atari ST/STf.

The guy who wrote it was a very good coder though. He did the infamous disk2fdi which allowed reading of Amiga disks on a PC without an additional controller.

http://vincent.joguin.com/

s2325 · 26 July 2010, 12:55

thank you for information

jotd · 26 July 2010, 21:34

I confirm, his 68000 emulation code is very clear and excellent.

alexh · 26 July 2010, 21:56

He released his code?

Fabie · 27 July 2010, 10:07

also there's an unknown amiga emulator that partially works
however it is not an specific amiga emulator is a multiplatform emulator...named Mess
I tryed it some time ago and a few games worked...workbench 1.3 worked also
maybe now works better

prowler · 27 July 2010, 21:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabie

also there's an unknown amiga emulator that partially works
however it is not an specific amiga emulator is a multiplatform emulator...named Mess
I tryed it some time ago and a few games worked...workbench 1.3 worked also
maybe now works better

MESS emulates the following Amiga configurations:
Commodore Amiga 1000 (NTSC-OCS)
Commodore Amiga 500 (NTSC-OCS)
Commodore Amiga 500 (PAL-OCS)
Commodore Amiga CDTV 1.0 (NTSC)
with some limitations.

02 August 2010, 23:45

MESS is a greater emulator for older machines that do not have dedicated emulation software for them. I recall a time when it was the only reliable way to run Vectrex games on a WinNT/2000 system.

I met Vincent at a conference last year and bumped into him again a few weeks ago. If anyone is interested, he's currently working on the EU-funded KEEP project. See http://www.keep-project.eu/ezpub2/index.php for more info.

Minuous · 03 August 2010, 02:17

Quote:

Basically, it does everything, it does it well, it does it fast, and it does it accurately. Definitely worth the download.

Sounds like DOSFellow...except Fellow doesn't do ST emulation...

alexh · 03 August 2010, 11:10

Don't think you can describe Fellow as accurate.

26 July 2010, 09:50	#1
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Fast, unknown Amiga & ST emulator http://www.zophar.net/atarist/fast.html FAST just isn't a catchy name...this ST/STf/Mega ST/STe/Mega STe and Amiga 500/500+/600/1000/2000/3000 emulator was written in pure 486 protected-mode assembly. FAST also reached ST emulation firsts: Emulation of the HD6301V1P at hardware level and redirection of the floppy disk controller to the PC hardware floppy disk controller. Basically, it does everything, it does it well, it does it fast, and it does it accurately. Definitely worth the download. Did someone try this emulator? What it can do? Why it's so small?

26 July 2010, 11:23	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	1) It is not an Amiga emulator 2) Because it is rubbish compatibility wise compared to STeeM For now, it only features an incomplete emulation of the Atari ST/STf. The guy who wrote it was a very good coder though. He did the infamous disk2fdi which allowed reading of Amiga disks on a PC without an additional controller. http://vincent.joguin.com/ Last edited by alexh; 26 July 2010 at 11:30.

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26 July 2010, 12:55	#3
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	thank you for information

26 July 2010, 21:34	#4
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27 July 2010, 10:07	#6
Fabie Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: France Posts: 478	also there's an unknown amiga emulator that partially works however it is not an specific amiga emulator is a multiplatform emulator...named Mess I tryed it some time ago and a few games worked...workbench 1.3 worked also maybe now works better

02 August 2010, 23:45	#8
garethk Posts: n/a	MESS is a greater emulator for older machines that do not have dedicated emulation software for them. I recall a time when it was the only reliable way to run Vectrex games on a WinNT/2000 system. I met Vincent at a conference last year and bumped into him again a few weeks ago. If anyone is interested, he's currently working on the EU-funded KEEP project. See http://www.keep-project.eu/ezpub2/index.php for more info.

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	Don't think you can describe Fellow as accurate.

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