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From: hlt@iapic (Harold L. Trammel)
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Subject: Re: SoftPC, IBM PC XT or AT emulator for Mac, REVIEW
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Date: 10 Oct 90 15:10:30 GMT
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johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:


>Mac System requirements:  Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, SE/30, or '030 accel. SE)
>XT version requires 2meg Mac to run in Finder; XT uses 1730K in Multifinder.
>AT version requires 3meg in Finder; and a minimum of 3000K in Multifinder.
>With larger Multifinder partitions, the AT can use up to 4meg of LIM memory.

>Bill Johnston; 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
>(johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)

The biggest difficulty I had with SoftPC was being willing to
commit the 12mb of hard disk space to setting up a 10 mb PC.  Yes
it is cheaper than buying a PC, but users should consider getting
as large a hard drive as they can afford and be willing to
allocate a substantial portion to SoftPC.  I was looking at
getting a Syquest box and having one cartridge set up as a SoftPC
system.

Thankfully I don't have the need for the PC that I did at the time
so my poor CX has all of its disk back.


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