Re: Anything like SOFTMAC available?

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From: Erik Kovach
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:08

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In article <93025.133917DGRAHAM@HARPERVM.BITNET> <DGRAHAM@HARPERVM.BITNET> writes:
>Is there anything available for OS/2 that will do MacIntosh emulation. Does
>anyone know if this is even possible. And if not, at least a utility to read
>in MacIntosh files. I tried the macutils found on hobbes, but that seemed to
>be for reading Mac files into Unix, and not OS/2. Thanks for any info.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY doubt that there is a Macintosh emulator
for two reasons: hardware and the Macintosh copyrights that they have been,
well, anal about.  Macintosh-formatted disks, I am pretty sure, cannot be
read by PC's (although if you have a Mac, PC disks can be read/altered, so
use a Mac to convert a file to FAT file system and THEN use the Macutils
program).

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Subject: Re: Anything like SOFTMAC available?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:08:08 GMT
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