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From: beard@wuibc.UUCP (James Beard MD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can I run IBM PC software on Mac II?
Message-ID: <363@wuibc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 89 03:47:27 GMT
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Reply-To: beard@wuibc.UUCP (James Beard MD)
Organization: Washington University in St. Louis
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Yes, you can run IBM PC software on a Mac II.  The program that does
this is SoftPC.  It offers performance no better than that of a PC/XT,
due to the fact that a single 80x86 command may take multiple 68020
commands to emulate.  Reportedly it can handle the great majority of
applications (as distinct from TSR utilities).  Unfortunately I don't
know the publisher (but felt obliged to respond in view of a reply
that suggested there was no software-only way to run MS-DOS programs
on a Mac II).  If no one on the net names the publisher for you, try
paging through a recent MacUser magazine.

AST manufactured an IBM-PC emulator card for a while (I think they
have very recently stopped), but the software method is far less
expensive and obviously much easier to install.