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Re: SoftPc Professional

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From: George Chow
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:59
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In article <1993Jan8.023036.24274@afit.af.mil> johair@afit.af.mil (John R. O'hair) writes:
>adunn@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:
>>I saw the ad in the latest NeXTWorld for SoftPC Professional.  Has anyone tried
>>it yet?  How well does it work under NeXTStep 2.1? 
>
>I called yesterday. It's not out yet. Should be released by the end of
>January. They are taking orders, and if your upgrading its $100.

So what makes this "professional"? Does it run at a realistic so that a
even professional would actually use it? :)

And what about the promise of the free 3.0 SoftPC upgrade for people who
bought the academic bundle back way in '90? (Did Insignia changed the
name to get out of that?)

George
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Subject: Re: SoftPc Professional
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