Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!microsoft!t-robje From: t-robje@microsoft.UUCP (Rob Jellinghaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DOS emulators Message-ID: <7286@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 8 Aug 89 19:18:03 GMT References: <1369@lafcol.UUCP> <4894@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: t-robje@microsoft.UUCP (Rob Jellinghaus) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 27 In article <4894@tank.uchicago.edu> god3@tank.uchicago.edu (Peter Godwin) writes: >I just purchased SoftPC version 1.3 ($249.00 Mac Connection) for my Mac IIcx. >It requires at least a 68020 processor and runs at about the speed of >the basic IBM PC and emulates a PC-XT ... >It works with parallel printers (need proper cable -- I use a Grappler C/Mac/GS >setting all switches on), my hayes compatible 2400 baud modem, Multifinder, >all popular software including WordPerfect 5.0, Lotus 1-2-3, MS-Word 4.0, >all DOS-utilities and programs that DON'T __REQUIRE__ a math co-processor, >and any self-written code. Don't expect the speed of a 8 or 10MHz machine >though. But with my color monitor it has excellent color (CGA) graphics. If >you don't have a color monitor, it works fine, too. What does CGA mean? Just pink and blue? I'm not too familiar with IBM graphics terminology... (CGA is lowest resolution/number of colors, then comes EGA, then VGA, right?) OK, here're the big questions: does it work with copy-protected games? Do you need a superdrive to use it without adding an external drive of some sort? >Peter Godwin >god3@tank.uchicago.edu Thanks for the info! Rob Jellinghaus (robertj@CS.Yale.EDU)