Andrew Collier wrote:
> 
> >They are just *emulator* enhancements to remove some of the awkward
<snip>
> He was talking about enhancements to the emulated virtual machine, not the
> host environment.

If we're talking about the same thing:
<quote>
> 1. fast reset
> 2. auto-boot SAD images (snapshots can do 1&2)
> 3. start from non-SimCoupe directory
> 4. faster disk emulation (DOS is poor, Win32 is faster)
</quote>


> Changes to the virtual machine are a bad thing. They would make SimCoupe
> unrealistic, and emulating something which never existed. Changes to the
> external GUI can be a good thing, if they make SimCoupe easier to use.
> 
> The loading system - provided you stick to using disk images, rather than a
> magic file store - is something *external* to the virtual Sam. Feel free to
> change it, but also note that you already can double-click on a disk image,
> which loads SimCoupe, and press F9, just like on a real Sam. Where exactly
> does your "click - click - click - tap tap tap tap tap - click" come in?
> Exaggerating doesn't exactly help your argument...

Bearing in mind that I've never done that.... I was referring to using
the GUI on the DOS version of SimCoupe - the only version I've ever
used, in which it certainly isn't an exagerration.. The only options
were to use the internal GUI, which involves a lot of clicking & typing
(tapping) (especially if the DSK image is in a different directory) or
to type it on the command line ..which is a lot of typing (tapping)...  
"click - click - click - tap tap tap tap tap - click" would only be 4
mouse clicks & 5 keypresses.... If anything, thats an understatement.

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