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- From: jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: (!) SofatAT Demo location
- Message-ID: <Bz5sxG.JFM@world.std.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 18:34:27 GMT
- References: <parkyn.724003317@sfu.ca> <23047@venera.isi.edu>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
-
- >In article <parkyn.724003317@sfu.ca> parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
-
- >>SoftAT-251 demonstration file seems to have disappeared. I just checked
- >>a 'sumex-aim mirror site' and SoftAT is no longer in the DEMO directory.
- >>
- >>There is still the SoftAT-252-updater in the UTIL directory.
- >>
- >>I recently have seen 'rumours' of a SoftPC Windows 3.0 version. I
- >>would like opinions on its usefulness. What CPU speed do you have
- >>and 'how close to crazy' does it drive you?
- >>
-
- >They say you'll basically need a quadra to emulate 386 speeds under
- >windoze (which ain't that hot). If you can afford that kind of
- >machine, odds are you could've gotten a PC clone that's faster than
- >SoftWindows will ever be.
-
- >Some economies are not...
-
- >Still, if you've got a Quadra and need to run a little windows
- >stuff...
-
- >jas
- >--
- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Jeffrey A. Sullivan | Research Scientist et al.
- >jas@isi.edu (Internet) | Information Sciences Institute
- >72511,402 (Compuserve) | University of Southern California
-
- I don't care about windoze, but I do want extended memory. Does this
- new version support extended memory and protected mode? The price is too
- high considering the price of real hardware but I really don't have the desk
- space to support the little amount of DOS stuff I need to do at home.
-