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From: ee161abt@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (Grobbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: IIGS emulation cards
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Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 20:55:58 EDT
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In article <8610161420.AA15953@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CDTAXW@IRISHMVS.BITNET writes:
>Expect to see Applied Engineering bring out an MS-DOS card which
>will basically "give you an MS-DOS compatible (clone) machine".
>They expect to have it out within a few months at a very reasonable
>cost, and it is expected to run all the software that works
>on other compatibles (Zenith, Compaq, etc)
>
>Mark

Many attempts have been made at giving II's MS-DOS compatibility,
most notably the Rana MS-DOS drive that Apple helped design.  (I
don't know if it ever hit the market, but it was announced.)  
Getting a II to run MS-DOS software involves attaching what is
virtually an IBM PC clone to a II, and that is generally going to be
more expensive than just buying a whole new IBM clone machine &
sitting it down next to the Apple & connecting them by a cable for data
transfer.  To me, the most dubious part of Mark's posting is the
"very reasonable price."

Rule of thumb:  never by a computer, short of a true clone, for
compatibility with another machine.  Somewhere, some time, when you
least expect it, you're going to be let down hard.


Grobbins.