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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 know of no products, but...

1) You'd need a 68000 processor card to do this, since Mac programs
   run on one, and even a 486 would have a hard time emulating it.

2) You'd need a set of ROMs (or disk images) to provide the Mac's
   Toolbox functions.  Real Mac ROMs wouldn't work, since they'd have
   to re-map their functions into something OS/2 could trap and use -
   otherwise, the board would need it's own memory and video circuits,
   and putting the Mac session in a window would be tricky, at best.
   Then again, maybe OS/2 could virtualize the Mac's display as well
   as it's own...

3) IBM's can read Mac 1.44MB format diskettes with software alone.
   The Mac's 800K format, however, is unique, and would require extra
   hardware to get a PC to read them.  At one point, Central Point
   software made a "Copy II PC option card" which would replace your
   floppy controller and (among other things) let you read Mac disks.



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