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Subject: Re: Soft PC
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.012509.10735@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 91 01:25:09 GMT
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bskendig@light.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:

>In article <1991Mar19.175950.21215@nrc.com> mikey.nrc.com writes:
>>With all the talk of Soft-PC here, I was wondering if there is a demo
>>disk of this software out.  Any information (technical or otherwise) regarding
>>SoftPC is most appreciated....Thanks

>A demo disk would indeed be nice to see, but I have a couple of
>questions: can you run Microsoft Windows on the Classic / LC version
>of SoftPC?  Is it even bearably fast?  How much memory and disk space
>does SoftPC it require?  Will it directly recognize MS-DOS disks put
>into a Mac high-density drive?

>     << Brian >>

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1) Since it supports extended/expanded/exploded/expounded/whatever memory,
   in theory it ought to run Windows. (but WHY?!)
2) On my IIci, SoftPC AT is about as fast as a 12 Mhz AT.
3) It does recognize IBM-format disks.
4) It uses large quantities of hard-disk spce, since it creates a virtual disk
5) It needs 2 Megs of RAM, if I remember correctly.  (haven't used it in awhile)6) It is hilarious to run, since they've even digitized the sounds of an AT
   starting up. (buzzz...whirrr...clicka clicka...boop)


ombra
aka

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