whm@sunquest.UUCP (Bill Mitchell) (01/18/90)
I'm trying to get some first-hand information about SoftPC, the all-software
PC emulator that DEC sells for the DS3100.
I've been told by a DEC rep that SoftPC works with X windows. Does anyone know
if graphics programs will work? If graphics, which ones? (VGA? EGA? CGA?
Hercules? Monochrome?)
Do all DOS programs work or there are some that don't? (It seems to me that
with a software emulation, you should be able to get 100% compatibility. If
not, why not? I understand that some things might be real sloooow.)
We've looked at Sun's DOS Windows 1.0 and it's a lot cheaper than DEC's
solution, but it doesn't work with X.
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Tucson, AZ, 85710 602-885-7700jeff@artud2.dec.com (Jeff Finkelstein) (01/19/90)
Can only speak for what I have done with SoftPC, but I have found very few programs that do not work with it. The graphics is currently either CGA or Hercules. -jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Finkelstein Internet: jeff@artud2.enet.dec.com ULTRIX Support UUCP: ...!decuac!artud2!jeff Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my own Mt. Laurel, NJ view of reality