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From: pmjc@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Pam Arnold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Ever heard of a mac emulator?
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Date: 24 Oct 89 22:32:57 GMT
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In article <23793@sequent.UUCP> coryc@sequent.UUCP (Cory Carpenter) writes:
>Has anyone out there in the IBM PC world heard of an emulator for
>XT-class machines that runs Macintosh software?
>
>A friend of mine is convinced that this exists, and is determined to
>have it.  (In a polite difference of opinion I was forced to admit that
>it *might* be possible, but only with some kind of 68000-based card --
>he insists that his Grail is a piece of software, and that it is
>public-domain.)
>
>| Cory R. Carpenter

There is a product called SoftPC that runs PC software on a Mac II.

I have never heard of a software Mac emulator for the PC. First of all,
if there were such a thing, it would be ungodly SLOW! Think of the hassle
of translation all those 68000 linear addresses into Intel segmented
addresses! Possible, I suppose, but hardly a a pace that would satisfy
an XT user.

Secondly, a product of this complexity isn't likely to be public
domain. Let's not even discuss the commercial possibilities....
I strongly suspect that Apple would send their lawyers out after anyone
who issued such a product, PD or not. After all, it would have to include
a functioning clone of the fabled Mac Toolbox, which Apple has shown
their interest in protecting through legal means.

You may recall the fate of the 'Magic Sac', which was a product that
allowed Atari ST owners to run Mac software.


PAA