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From: c60a-3hu@web-2a.berkeley.edu (Howard Jones)
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Subject: Re: running DOS pgm on Mac?
Message-ID: <1990Jun15.191838.12900@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 90 19:18:38 GMT
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In article <1990Jun12.201535.1272@ipsa.reuter.com> gchow@itcyyz.UUCP (george chow) writes:
>In article <90160.091715RP1VOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> RP1VOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET (Rob Pickering *******) writes:
>>SoftPC,
>> 
>>   SoftPC is a software based IBM emulator for the Macintosh.
>>It emulates an intel 8088 chip, CGA graphics, mouse, and other important DOS

The EGA/AT option allows the program to emulate an 286-based PC AT with EGA
and LIM. Strangely, it's about 40% faster and the program file is only about
half as big as the original! That shows that the original is not too optimized

>>type stuff.  You MUST have a minimum of 2 megabytes of RAM to run the
>>emulator, and it will run on any machine except the MacPlus, I believe.

I think the figure is closer to 2.5MB depending on the inits etc that you use

>
>SoftPC requires a PMMU equipped Mac. So, an upgraded II or any of the II*
>machine will run it. The SE/30 will also do it since it is essentially a IIx.
>

NO! SoftPC doesn't call for a PMMU. All it cares is that you need to have at
least a 68020. So anything from a Mac II to an SE/30 or even Pluses and SEs
with accelerators will work.