Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:15954 comp.sys.ibm.pc:15492 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!necntc!ima!think!ephraim From: ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: SoftPC Message-ID: <20705@think.UUCP> Date: 12 May 88 14:18:47 GMT References: <4030@killer.UUCP> <28885@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Sender: usenet@think.UUCP Reply-To: ephraim@vidar.think.com.UUCP (ephraim vishniac) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA Lines: 37 In article <28885@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@yale.UUCP writes: >In article <4030@killer.UUCP> tristan@killer.UUCP (Rob Beckham) writes: >>I had a chance to see SoftPC run on a MacII. This SOFTWARE (no >>card) emulates an IBM PC-XT. This is a wonderful piece of software. >ARRGH!! Once again, someone posts a teaser with NO follow-up or >contact information.... >- WHO produces Soft-PC? Insignia Solutions Inc. Cupertino, CA 95015-0399 Tel: (408) 446-4992 FAX: (408) 446-2236 >- WHERE can I buy it from? Call and ask Insignia about dealers. >- HOW MUCH does it cost? Their ad doesn't say. >- WHAT kind of hardware does it need to run? A Mac II or an SE with accelerator card. All this info is from Insignia's ad in MacWEEK, May 10, 1988. The ad is pretty low on content, so look for serious reviews. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"