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Article #491Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II?
From: Anthony Chang
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1989 05:37
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1989 05:37
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I have run SoftPC on the mac II. The min config. is 2 MB w/ 68020 board. The prog seems to run well--it includes dos and gw basic. Although I do not know dos, I was able to get space war running on the mac and had some fun blowing up a friend. The only thing I noticed different was that the screen flickered a little and controls might have been sluggish (this might have been caused by our simultaneous typing of keys). The prog was created to run perfectally with WordPerfect and other major IBM programs (Lotus, etc). Other progs are said to run too (at least for spacewar it was true). The prog makes the mac believe it is the ibm running msdos. Within your HD, the prog creates a IBM hd (just like a normal file). Files are stored within the IBM HD or in mac. With multifinder, this makes a great arrangement for transporting between mac and ibm (especially w/dynafile or superdrive). SoftPC is by Insignia and the price has gone down. Hope this helps.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!indri!aplcen!jhunix!ins_aayc From: ins_aayc@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Anthony Chang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II? Message-ID: <1966@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 22 Jun 89 05:37:12 GMT References: <137@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <391@arc.UUCP> <14371@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: ins_aayc@jhunix.UUCP (Anthony Chang) Distribution: usa Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 12