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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
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Subject: Re: IIGS emulation cards
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 10:53:17 EDT
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> 
> 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.
> 
The biggest problem with the ranaRana system was providing IBM compatible
video in the Apple.  Since the //gs has 640X200 capability and keyboard
interrupt, the problems should be much easier to solve.  I guess we will
have to wait and see.

Rick
> 
> Grobbins.