sulistio@FUTON.SFSU.EDU (Sulistio Muljadi) (03/31/91)
For Your Information: Magazine: Computer Currents, March 26 - April 8, 1991 page 37 Startup Claims Mac Software Compatibility A California startup says it is shipping software that will let users run Macintosh software on any computer running the SPARC microprocessor. RDI Computer Corp., a privately held company in San Diego, is shipping Companion which Marketing Manager Steve McAllister said, "bridges the gap between the Mac OS andtheSunOS."McAllister said Companion will allow its users to insert Macintosh disks into their computer and run the application unchanged at about twice the speed of a Mac SE. Companion, he said, will run on any SPARC-based computer. [some stuff deleted]... RDI claims to emulate the ROM in software. Companion can also run DOS based software at about the spped of an 80286. McAllister says RDI has heard from several people at Apple but not from their legal department. He said he didn't expect to. He pointed out that Apple also owns the software house, Claris, and "this opens up a whole new market for their software." End... ----- Will they make this software for NeXT too? If yes, NeXT will be a very great computer to buy. Can run DOS software and Mac software. -- Mul | Alt. address: sulistio@sutro.sfsu.edu sulistio@futon.sfsu.edu | sulistio@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu #include "std/disclaimer.h" | mul@wet.UUCP (UUCP address) ************************************************************************
koverber@hal.ulowell.edu (Kurt Overberg) (04/10/91)
You might be interested in knowing that there exists a Mac
emulator for the Amiga. It allows you to partition your hard
drive with a Mac partition. Very slick. Although no color
support yet, they have just added sound support. A stock
Amiga 2000 running AMAX (the software) runs a bit faster than
an old SE. An Amiga 3000 ('030, 25Mhz) cannot run many of the
games that run on a Mac simply because due to processor speed,
the games move too fast to be played (What a slap in the face to Mac
people) If there exists an emulator for the Amiga, and the Sparc,
there will almost definately be one for the Next.
Just my $.02,
Kurt
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+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+greg@sif.claremont.edu (Tigger) (04/13/91)
In article <1991Apr10.004440.4554@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, koverber@hal.ulowell.edu (Kurt Overberg) writes: > > If there exists an emulator for the Amiga, and the Sparc, > there will almost definately be one for the Next. This reminds me of an ad that NeXT ran in a number of publications a while back, so I dug around in my stack of MacWEEKs and found it. The add says: "Of course, the 040 chip was designed to be perfectly compatible with all those computers that have been built around other chips in the 68000 family. So it will support the enormous base of 68000 software that currently runs on Macintosh and UNIX platforms." I showed this to a NeXT rep, whose eyes bugged out of his head when he saw it. Then he said, "Well, we aren't doing it." Take that to mean what you will. With the recent NuTek announcement, I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see a Nubus board with the NuTek chips show up for the Cube. You could even have high end boards with their own CPU, memory, I/O ports, etc, and low end boards sharing those on the Cube's motherboard. Any engineers out there familiar with board design interested in starting a company? :-) | Greg Orman greg@pomona.claremont.edu | | If you believe then the time has come | | For serious fun | | - Fieger/Averre |