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From: ins_aayc@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Anthony Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II?
Message-ID: <1966@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 22 Jun 89 05:37:12 GMT
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I have run SoftPC on the mac II.  The min config. is 2 MB w/ 68020 board.
The prog seems to run well--it includes dos and gw basic.  Although I do not
know dos, I was able to get space war running on the mac and had some fun
blowing up a friend.  The only thing I noticed different was that the screen
flickered a little and controls might have been sluggish (this might have
been caused by our simultaneous typing of keys).  The prog was created to
run perfectally with WordPerfect and other major IBM programs (Lotus, etc).
Other progs are said to run too (at least for spacewar it was true).  The
prog makes the mac believe it is the ibm running msdos.  Within your HD, the
prog creates a IBM hd (just like a normal file).  Files are stored within
the IBM HD or in mac.  With multifinder, this makes a great arrangement for transporting between mac and ibm (especially w/dynafile or superdrive).
SoftPC is by Insignia and the price has gone down.  Hope this helps.