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From: rhyde@feller.ucr.edu (randy hyde)
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Subject: Re: Mac Lc vs IIgs A+
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Date: 6 Feb 91 21:38:13 GMT
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I use softpc on my Mac IIfx (40 Mhz) every now and then.  It runs about
as fast as an eight to ten mhz 80286 (remember, 80286 chips are about 2-3
times faster than an 8088 running at the same clock speed).  SoftPC is much
better than the PC emulator running on the Suns (DOS Windows).  SoftPC will
be quite interesting running on the Next Machine.  It will probably be as
fast as a 16Mhz 80386sx system, which ain't too shabby.  I'm waiting to see
RDI's Macintosh emulator on the Sun.  It would be nice to be able to run
UNIX, PC, and Mac software from the same machine (a Sun) which only costs
about $3,000.  Of course, if someone would do a Mac emulator for the Next
(so the code could execute on a real 680x0 CPU rather than being emulated)
I'd get even more excited.  Surprisingly enough, the Mac SoftPC runs quite
a bit faster than DOS Windows on the Sun SparcStation.  I suspect the Sun
version was written in C rather than assembly (which is the only sane language
to use for such a simulation).