You can get your work done at home by using your ST to mimic the Macs at the office, or share files with Mac-using friends and co-workers.įor me, the best thing about Magic Sac Professional is that I can use my ST to manage communications between Mac and IBM computers. Why would a self-respecting ST owner transform his computer into a Mac? Two good reasons are compatibility and an outstanding software selection. All three products can be bought separately, or as a package deal-the Magic Sac Professional. There's also the Magic Printer Driver, which makes it possible for your Mac software to use an Epson-compatible printer instead of the default Apple ImageWriter printer. Now the legend continues with the arrival of Translator One, a hardware device that enables your ST disk drive directly read and write Mac disks. The current version, Magic Sac Plus, includes a clock/calendar chip and improved software.
The idea of running Macintosh software on an ST brought cries of heresy from Apple users-and smug grins from Atari users. From that central idea-and months of frenzied programmingÑ-came the Magic Sac.Įven before going on sale, the Magic Sac had become legendary in the Atari community.
Dave Small and co-conspirators reasoned that since the Apple Macintosh and ST computers are based on the same microprocessor, transplanting the Mac boot ROM chips, with supporting software, into the ST should let it run Mac software.
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