Re: SoftPC and Color Emulation

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From: Pete Hoch
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 17:29

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Amanda Walker writes:
> John Nelson writes:
> > Let's see... if SoftPC emulates a DOS environment and NeXTStep will
> > soon run on IBM DOS machines then that means you can port NeXTStep to
> > the Mac!

> > It's too ludicrous to even be true.

> I dunno... a couple of us here have debated the idea of running the Prodigy
> PC software under SoftPC so that it'll be MultiFinder compatible :-)...

I have already tried this.  Guess what.  It did not work.  I called Prodigy
support and they said that their program does not work with emulators.  How
many DOS emulators are there?  Anyway I think they are useing hardware
handshaking to the modem and SoftPC can not deal with this.

Pete Hoch

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From: ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch)
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Subject: Re: SoftPC and Color Emulation
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Date: 13 Dec 89 17:29:35 GMT
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