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Article #3643Re: 486 PowerMac emulator
From: Lars Gudiksen
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 05:00
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 05:00
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In article <3b0mku$gjs@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU> jhoward@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Jeremy Peter Howard) writes: >From: jhoward@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Jeremy Peter Howard) >Subject: Re: 486 PowerMac emulator >Date: 24 Nov 1994 11:27:10 +1100 >gareth@civeng.unsw.edu.au (Gareth Swarbrick) writes: >>Last July I read in our Australian version of MacWorld (p19, lower right) >>that a company called "Utilities Unlimited International" was developing a >>486 emulator for the PowerMac that will support DOS, Windows, Unix, OS/2 >>and Win NT. It also said that this emulator will give Pentium performance! >>Can anyone confirm this? I would also appreciate any information >>concerning this company - address, phone fax etc. >It's complete vaporware at the moment... The guy has written a great >emulator for Amiga, but it took twice as long as he promised, and was full >of bugs for quite a while... >/==============================\ >| Jeremy P. Howard | "Logic must take care of itself." >| jhoward@ariel.unimelb.edu.au | Ludwig Wittgenstein >\==============================/ Tractatus Logico-Philisophicus May be so but Apple are releasing an Intel chip base add on card that will run DOS/Windows conurrently with the Apple systems (note to fit a Power PC) There are also available from apple and others Softwindows that will run DOS/Windows applications on Power PC's as well as (the name escapes me now but I think it is) SoftDos to run on DOS/Windows on Traditional Motorola base Mac's. They may be third party developed but they are being packaged onto systems by Apple. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lars Gudiksen | Email l.gudiksen@uws.edu.au Computing Centre, | Snail Mail P.O. Box 555 University of Western Sydney - Macarthur | Phone (61-46) 203 259 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 2560 | Fax (61-46) 266 937 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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