Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!ditmela!yarra!pta!teti!teslab!andrew From: andrew@teslab.lab.OZ (Andrew Phillips 289 8712) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: MS-Dos Clone Emulation in A3000 Summary: SoftPC for Mac requires a 68020 Keywords: PC Mac A-Max emulation Message-ID: <727@teslab.lab.OZ> Date: 30 May 90 07:44:09 GMT References: <90130.201225L98CC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <913@dsoft.UUCP> <319@tlvx.UUCP> Reply-To: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips 289 8712) Organization: Technology Evaluation Section, L.A.B., Sydney Lines: 24 In article <319@tlvx.UUCP> sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) writes: >[deleted stuff about software PC emulation and SoftPC for Macintosh] > >Apparently you CAN make a reasonable clone emulator [SoftPC for Mac] >under software, even on a 68000 based machine. As was mentioned in a previous article SoftPC for Mac requires at least a 68020. This, I think was a wise decision, since you CAN'T make a reasonable 8088 emulator on a 68000 - it requires a bit more power. >As for Soft PC, does that run under A-max? It might run under A-Max but you would need a 68020+, e.g. an A3000. >I wondered if they had to do something special to read/write using >Mac-compatible drives, and whether this worked with A-max. The Macs that it runs on I believe come with the new Super-Drive which can quite easily work with MSDOS diskettes but would be incompatible with Amiga drives under A-Max. Hope this helps. -- Andrew Phillips (andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au) Phone +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 289 8712