6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) (03/18/91)
Anyone out there know anything about the board from Hydra that allows you to run MacIntosh software on a PC? If it works, it would save me the cost of buying a Mac II to run some MacIntosh specific software. Anyone know anything? Thanks in advance ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ William W. (Boo) Bushing | "Life is too important to be 6500boo@ucsbuxa.bitnet | taken seriously" 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | - Einstein Marine Biotechnology Lab Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (03/19/91)
In article <10017@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes... >Anyone out there know anything about the board from Hydra >that allows you to run MacIntosh software on a PC? If it >works, it would save me the cost of buying a Mac II to run >some MacIntosh specific software. Anyone know anything? The Hydra system board retails at $995 and offers monochrome (Mac Plus/SE/Classic) performance. The user also needs to find a Mac ROM chip; although these have been frequently bootlegged for Atari and Amiga-based Mac clones, the only legal way to get one is to buy a Mac. That basically brings the price up to the level of the Mac LC, and well past the cost of a new Mac Classic (about $700). The Hydra is also unlikely to be compatible with Apple's system 7, so it might pay to wait awhile before ante'ing up the $$$. If it's any consolation, the nuBus PC boards for the Mac are also more expensive than comparable PCs ... Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)