Re: MS-DOS on the MAC?

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From: David Williams
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 1990 17:28

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jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson): responds
>Dear John -
>  Instead of getting a NuBus board, go out and buy Soft PC from Insignia
>Solutions Inc. It will run on the Macintosh II, Macintosh SE/30, and
>Macintosh Portable.  It has an SRP of 399.00.
>  It comes complete with MS-DOS (3.3), GW Basic (3.0).  Any program that
>will run on an XT will run on Soft PC.  I hear tell that they are working
>on an AT version.

Dear Jordan,

I agree! SoftPC is the way to go...and they do have an AT version with
EGA resolution. Now all I need to do is save up for that IIfx
motherboard upgrade. I should be ready about the time the 040 macs are
out. ;)

-David
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Subject: Re: MS-DOS on the MAC?
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