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Re: ANYBODY HAVE A MAC EMULATOR FOR PC ?



Here in comp.emulators.mac.executor, Ericb@psu.edu (emb121 (Eric Bennett))
spake unto us, saying:

>In article <iTM8woHpvWOd084yn@skypoint.com>
>rsteiner@skypoint.com (Richard Steiner) writes:
>
>>Compared with the Mac II machines I've used, it *is* fast.
>
>And compared to a 286, SoftWindows is fast.  The Mac II came out in
>1987.  That's approaching nine years old; saying Executor outperforms
>the Mac II series is not likely to impress many people.  

Unlike a 286, however, a 680x0-based Mac II is capable of running most
modern Mac software (thanx to fat binaries).

And remember -- a lot of older Mac software was written for Mac SE and
older machines that are *considerably* slower than the II series -- and
because of the Mac's graphical nature, those older apps are often quite
usable today, unlike the old text-based DOS PC apps (which most folks
won't touch with a ten-foot pole now).

Besides, my intention was not to "impress people" with Executor's speed,
but rather to describe it as being considerably faster than it could be.
E/D is somewhat faster than it needs to be to get constructive work
(and effective play) done.  What more does one require?

-- 
  -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@skypoint.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
         Written offline using PC Yarn + Yes + TDE in a Warp VDM
                         Why *AM* I doing this again?


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