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From: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: pc emulatior
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Date: 2 Dec 89 03:32:38 GMT
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In article <1989Dec1.134629.23217@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rahardj@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
>Ok, there is a program called "SOFTPC" that emulates IBM on a MacII.
>Now ... thinking of this, it should be possible to write a program that
>does the same thing for Sun machines (for example).


SoftPC.  Insignia is the name of the company who makes it.  It
emulates *DOS* which is probably what you meant by "IBM".  Works great
on ULTRIX on VAXes and RISC machines.  Very nice under X11 on same.  I
don't know if they make a version for SunOS and NeWS.

Insignia is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Fred