Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!mjohnson
From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II?
Message-ID: <32560@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Jun 89 00:25:29 GMT
References: <137@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <391@arc.UUCP>
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In article <391@arc.UUCP> steve@arc.UUCP (Steve Savitzky) writes:
>
>I know of two ways of running PC software on a Mac: there is at least
>one plug-in board that emulates an AT, and there is a pure software
>emulator.  In both cases you need to get a 5.25inch disk drive; in the
>case of the software you will need an interface board for it (I think
>the hardware emulator has a disk interface on the board).
>

A newer version of SoftPC supports the internal FDHD drive in
the Macintosh IIx and newer machines, so you can use 3.5" disks instead
of spending the money on the additional 5.25" drive and card.



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