Les_Ferch.@MTSG.UBC.CA (02/24/90)
Yes, there is an Apple II emulator called II in a Mac, BUT it's not worth using unless you have at least a Mac II w/ 2MB RAM. Like other software based emulators (eg. SoftPC) you need lots of horsepower to make the emulated machine as fast as even the slowest of the real version. Even if you have a powerful Mac to run the emulator on, I can only see it as a useful option for running some very specific purpose program that you can't find a substitute for on the Mac. Note that you can only run stuff that works on a II+ or unenhanced IIe. I don't think mousetext or double Hi-res is supported by the emulator. For general purpose applications, such as word processing, drawing, and page layout, the programs available on the Mac are so far superior to those available on the II+ and IIe, you'd have to be nuts to run Publish-It II with an emulator. Publish-It II only becomes tolerable on a IIgs or accelerated II, so would be pretty pathetic under the emulator (which is apparently about equivalent to a 1MHz IIe when run on a Mac II). Don't waste your money on the emulator. Put it towards a Mac version of Publish-It or another low-priced page layout program. In fact, I'll bet you can do just as much page layout with Word 4.0 on the Mac as you can with Publish-It on the II, and Word is available at an educational price of around $100, which is probably less than the emulator will cost.