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Article #535Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II?
From: James Beard MD
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1989 03:47
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1989 03:47
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Yes, you can run IBM PC software on a Mac II. The program that does this is SoftPC. It offers performance no better than that of a PC/XT, due to the fact that a single 80x86 command may take multiple 68020 commands to emulate. Reportedly it can handle the great majority of applications (as distinct from TSR utilities). Unfortunately I don't know the publisher (but felt obliged to respond in view of a reply that suggested there was no software-only way to run MS-DOS programs on a Mac II). If no one on the net names the publisher for you, try paging through a recent MacUser magazine. AST manufactured an IBM-PC emulator card for a while (I think they have very recently stopped), but the software method is far less expensive and obviously much easier to install.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!wugate!wuibc!beard From: beard@wuibc.UUCP (James Beard MD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II? Message-ID: <363@wuibc.UUCP> Date: 23 Jun 89 03:47:27 GMT References: <137@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <391@arc.UUCP> Reply-To: beard@wuibc.UUCP (James Beard MD) Organization: Washington University in St. Louis Lines: 13