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From: scott@hfserver.hfnet.bt.co.uk (Scott McRae)
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Subject: Re: PC-Emulation on Sparc!
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Date: 6 Jul 90 08:38:50 GMT
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In article <9614@brazos.Rice.edu>, srvarma@zookeeper.cns.syr.edu (* Sandeep Varma *) writes:
> I have come across 2 products which can emulate a PC on a Sun.
> 
> 1. DOS Windows: 
> 2. SunIPC (Sun Integrated PC): 

One disadvantage to SunIPC is that you need a SUN with a VMEbus to plug it
into.  Expensive!!! :-)

A cheaper alternative would be to buy a product called Synergy from Puzzle
Systems Corporation. This slots into a SPARC stations 1's internal SBus
and provides (as the man says) 80386 performance at a fraction of the cost
($1995 +vat + p&p.)

Other features include support for extended memory (which DOSwindows
DOSn't), Hercules, VGA and Super VGA graphics standards and a 16K cache of
SRAM.

Currently Synergy is only integrated with Sunview: we'll have to wait
until November time for the OpenLook version.

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