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From: huang@husc7.HARVARD.EDU (Howard Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Macintosh-->ProDOS
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Date: 22 Feb 90 01:34:29 GMT
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>>Is there a way to get the II series version of publish it to run on
>>the mac so that my group can get her IIgs to use?

>Forget it!  The Mac and II are two completely different machines.  The II
>series use the 65(C)02/65C816 processors, while the Macintosh uses the 680x0
>series.  Binaries on one computer will definitely not run on the other.  This
>doesn't even take into account the differences between ProDOS and HFS.  Need
>I say more? :-)

Well, the Apple II and IBM are two completely different machines, with
different processors, assembly language, operating systems, etc., but
PC Transporter supposedly does a pretty good job running IBM software on
a II.

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