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Re: Info on Soft PC

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From: Dave Wells
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1989 01:57
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In article <1989Sep12.190934.7210@aucs.uucp> solid@aucs.UUCP (Tomasz Muldner) writes:
>Through my MAC I have access to PC file server over Appleshare.
>Question: Would SOFTPC be able to execute software stored on a PC file
>server, or does it have to be on a SOFTPC disk? Also, I am interested in
>current prices and a place where SOFTPC can be bought.

SoftPC allows you to define an E: drive which can be any desktop-mounted Mac
volume (or a directory/folder on that volume).  This can be a real disk, or
an AppleShare server volume (or equivalent).

From DOS, E: looks like a DOSinized :-> version of the real Mac directory.
If it is really a DOS volume, it just gets un-Macinized (this is getting fun!).
The Mac files are readable, and PC programs that happen to reside there act
just like they're on a PC volume.  You can execute them or whatever.

-Dave (Macinized at first sight) Wells

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!apple!dwells
From: dwells@Apple.COM (Dave Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Info on Soft PC
Summary: SoftPC can access AppleShare volumes
Keywords: SoftPC, AppleShare, DOS
Message-ID: <34682@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 89 01:57:00 GMT
References: <1989Sep12.190934.7210@aucs.uucp>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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