Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca (Sundar) (09/22/90)
I am looking for advice/tips on cards for the Mac that will allow one to run PC software without any modification. I do seem to know about software emulation, but that may be a much slower option than a hardware based one. If anyone has any leads, pls let me know by e-mail. Thanx in advance. Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca <Internet> userffa3@ubcmtsg <Bitnet> Civil Engineering UBC, Vancouver V6T 1W5 CANADA <Snailnet>
powsner@csb1.nlm.nih.gov (Seth M Powsner) (09/22/90)
I'm using an AST Mac286 Card. AST has turned the product over to Orange Micro, Inc, 1400 N Lakeview Ave, Anaheim, CA 92807 714-779-2772 or 800-223-8029. The AST version computes like an AT, but screen i/o and disk i/o are a bit slow (perhaps faster than SoftPC on a MacII). AST version was not as well integrated into the Mac environment as SoftPC. However, takes less memory and allows a 5.25" floppy to be connected. I talked to Orange and they described an improved series of cards for the MacII. Certainly seems like the thing to check for speed. There was also an offering for SE's (8086) which a friend liked just fine-- she wanted both an XT and a Mac without having two machines on her desk, told me she switched back an forth as needed. Perhaps someone else knows the name of another card vendor (I've seen article's but...) Seth M Powsner powsner@nlm.nih.gov powsner@yalemed.bitnet