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From: CSJR@acad.cut.oz (Steve Rollinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Running Mac programs on an IBM PC
Message-ID: <496@acad.cut.oz>
Date: 3 Jul 89 08:27:31 GMT
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Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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In article <862@zehntel.UUCP>, edward@zehntel (Edward Llewellyn) writes:
> I would like to know if there is a package (hardware or software or both)
> allowing one to run graphics programs developed on the Macintosh (512K
> or Plus) on an IBM PC.  Has somebody implemented the Mac toolbox routines
> for an IBM PC, or a clone?  Actually, it may not even have to be an 
> IBM or IBM-clone, perhaps just a non-Mac machine would do.
> 
> The reason we want to do this is because we're trying to sell a software 
> package to a company in Brazil, and because of Brazil's import restrictions, 
> the company can't import Mac's, but apparently can get IBM PC's or 
> maybe clones.
> 

What? You want to emulate a 68000 non-segmented memory machine using an 8088
segmented machine? You won't do it real-time. Then you have the problem of the
extremely limited address space of MS-DOS.

Maybe the NEXT computer would be a suitable choice.

BTW the ATARI does have a very good MAC emulation package (Alladin) which I
have seen work. (Very impressive too) It runs on the ST series.

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