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From: jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SoftPC for the Amiga 3000
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Date: 3 Sep 90 23:58:53 GMT
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pashdown@shotput.es.com@bambam.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes:


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>Anyway, being a potential user of SoftPC and also considering the 
>purchase of a bridgeboard for the 3000, I decided to check into
>the possibility of SoftPC being ported to the Amiga 3000.  SoftPC runs at
>4.77 mhz on a 16mhz Mac II, so I would imagine that it would give AT like
>speed on the 3000, as well as being able to multitask a lot better than
>the Mac version (which does run under MultiFinder).  In addition, the
>"EGA"-like productivity graphic modes would be ideal for this type of
>emulation.


Yeah.  SoftPC would be a good idea I think.  I played with it on a
Personal Iris.  It worked great, and even supported VGA graphics with
the propper ROM file.  And it supported access to the Unix filesystems
(and therefore remote NFS mounted filesystems) through an assigned MS-DOS
hard drive (I think it was the d: drive).  Things could work simalarly
(and of course better) on the Amiga.

The Amiga 3000 is a fast enough machine for running something like SoftPC,
and stable enough now with the MMU.  And with a 68040 card, it may even
do '386 speeds!  Having SoftPC ported would also mean CBM could stop
development on new BridgeBoards ('386 and '486.. If they're even in
the works), and put those resources back into the Amiga.

So just port it, a'ight ?  :-)

C'ya,
Jim
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