Re: Macintosh emulator?

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From: Philip Machanick
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 10:24

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In article <1992Dec31.061321.1900@netcom.com> John Nagle,
nagle@netcom.com writes:
>>There was talk months ago about a soft-mac for SGI.  Does
>>anyone know if this has happened?
>
>      Unlikely.  Apple would sue.  That's why there are no Mac clones.

I've seen at least 2 Mac software emulators on Sun machines. Both as I
recall were limited to about a Mac Plus in performance and capability
(no colour), and couldn't run System 7.

In July, Quorum Software had a settlement of a lawsuit against Apple
which apparently cleared the way for them to go ahead with software
emulation of a Mac (though my understanding is that they do not
implement the Mac look and feel). When I first heard of Quorum, SGI
was on the list of planned platforms, but I've heard nothing more
specific since.
--
Philip Machanick                   philip@concave.cs.wits.ac.za
Department of Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand
2050 Wits, South Africa
phone 27(11)716-3759 fax 27(11)339-7965

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