romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel) (11/15/89)
Has anyone had experience with Insignia's SoftPC? I imagine it must run fairly slowly; i.e., somewhere on the order of the original 8086 PC. Then again, presumably the speed would depend on the machine doing the emulation -- for example, it should run faster on an SE/30 than on an SE. Is this true? Curious, patrick--romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU
rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) (11/15/89)
In article <5768@lindy.Stanford.EDU> romeo@lindy.UUCP (Patrick Goebel) writes: >Has anyone had experience with Insignia's SoftPC? I imagine it must >run fairly slowly; i.e., somewhere on the order of the original 8086 >PC. Then again, presumably the speed would depend on the machine >doing the emulation -- for example, it should run faster on an SE/30 >than on an SE. Is this true? Yes. Especially considering that SoftPC doesn't run on an SE. It requires a Mac with a '020 or '030 processor and 2+Mb of RAM. The speed is a about that of the original 8088 PC and although I haven't used it a lot, the emulation seems to be very good. You get a PC with up to 640k of RAM, CGA display, and hard/floppy disks. You can run PC programs right off the 3 1/2 floppy drive. As an aside, it is a real crack-up to see my Mac acting just like a PC. SoftPC evens plays the sound of the PC floppy seeks and beep on startup. I once ran MS Word 4.0 PC version in one window and MS Word 4.0 Mac version in another window. Guess which looked better and was easier to use? Ray Fischer rcfische@polyslo.calpoly.edu
consp22@bingsunl.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) (11/15/89)
SoftPC is a really good program. It runs at about XT speed. It should run faster on a fast machine. It runs (best I can figure) at about PC speed on my IIcx at work. I have run WordPerfect 5.0, Lotus, and some others with no problems what so ever. The newer version even supports the SuperDrive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | System Consultant - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| If all the world is a stage, then it needs better lighting. - Me Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker! - Willy Wonka
kevind@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Kevin Draz) (11/21/89)
In article <5768@lindy.Stanford.EDU> romeo@lindy.UUCP (Patrick Goebel) writes: >Has anyone had experience with Insignia's SoftPC? I imagine it must >run fairly slowly; i.e., somewhere on the order of the original 8086 >PC. Then again, presumably the speed would depend on the machine >doing the emulation -- for example, it should run faster on an SE/30 >than on an SE. Is this true? > >Curious, >patrick--romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU I run SoftPC on my IIcx at home - it goes at about 1.7 x PC XT speeds for processing, about 20x XT for Data IO to the virtual "disk". It doesn't run on an SE, only 020 or 030 boxes. r p on an SE, on -- ---- kevind@pogo.wv.tek.com Tektronix Color Printers Technical Support