thschulz@iraul1.ira.uka.de (Thomas Schulz) (06/11/88)
In Sun Remarketing Inc.'s new summer 88 catalog I found the long-awaited blessing for Lisa (MacXL) owners: MacWorks Plus! (list $200) It seems to emulate the MacPlus ROMs while Apple's old MacWorks 3.0 only emulated the 64K ROMs. Sun claims it can run HyperCard, MultiFinder, HFS, Adobe Illustrator and all these goodies which crashed the Lisa up to now. Has anybody tested this product, is it VaporWare or real ? I would appreciate if anybody could comment on any short-comings (sound, graphics)...
roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley) (06/23/88)
In article <585@iraun1.ira.uka.de> thschulz@iraul1.ira.uka.de (Thomas Schulz) writes: >MacWorks Plus! (list $200) >Has anybody tested this product, is it VaporWare or real ? I would >appreciate if anybody could comment on any short-comings (sound, >graphics)... This product is *not* vapourware, but it is not yet available for purchase. The beta-test version has been demonstrated in public, and when I last called Sun Remarketing they were quoting a July/88 availability. It supports all the features of the Mac Plus 128K ROM which the Lisa hardware supports. More importantly, it detects sound-manager calls and does NOT blow the application away. Thus, applications such as HyperCard (which call the sound-manager regularly) can still be run. The beta-test demonstrations clearly showed that a number of main-stream applications which MacWorks 3.0 falls down on can be run. The $200 price was confirmed over the telephone. If you want details, phone them direct - they have a good information service: (801) 752-7631. Robert_S (usual disclaimers apply: I have no affiliation with Sun Remarketing, and my company has not been informed that I have posted this) -- Robert Stanley - Cognos Incorporated: P.O. Box 9707, 3755 Riverside Drive Compuserve: 76174,3024 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3Z4, CANADA uucp: decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts Voice: (613)738-1440(Research) arpa/internet: roberts%cognos.uucp@uunet.uu.net FAX: (613)738-0002