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- Subject: PC-Task 3 Announcement
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- From: pctask@quasar.dialix.oz.au (PC-Task Tech Support)
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- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 94 18:41:42 +1000
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- TITLE
-
- PC-Task 3
-
- VERSION
-
- 3.0
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Chris Hames
-
- PUBLISHER
-
- Published exclusively by:
-
- Quasar Distribution
- P.O. Box 188
- Southland
- Victoria 3192
- Australia
-
- Phone +61 3 583 8806
- Fax +61 3 585 1074
- BBS +61 3 584 8590
-
- E-Mail pctask@quasar.dialix.oz.au
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- PC-Task 3 is the only software 80286 emulator for the Amiga range of
- computers.
-
- The following features are included in this release:
-
- - Switchable 8086/80286 emulation
- - Support for up to 16MB RAM (15MB extended)
- - Up to 2 floppy drives and 2 hard drives supported
- - Supports hard disk files and hard disk partitions
- - High density floppies and CD-ROM support
- - Select from MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA and SVGA (512K-2MB) video modes
- - Support for up to 256 colours on AGA machines
- - Compatible with graphic boards (eg. EGS Spectrum, Picasso)
- - Parallel, Serial and PC speaker emulation
- - Mouse support, including Serial Mouse emulation
- - Run multiple PC-Task processes on the same machine
- - Run MS-DOS applications in a window on a public screen (eg. Workbench)
- - Transfer files between your Amiga and MS-DOS
- - Support for David Salamon's GoldenGate bridge cards
- - Compatible with MS Windows 3.0 - 3.11 *
-
- * Windows 3.1 requires 1.5 MB contiguous RAM and sufficient hard disk space
-
- NOTE: MS-DOS is NOT included.
-
-
- AVAILABILITY
-
- PC-Task 3 is scheduled for release December 1st 1994
-
- PC-Task 3 DEU (German version) scheduled for December 7th 1994
-
- PC-Task 3 VF (French version) scheduled for January '95
-
- AUTHORISED DISTRIBUTORS (Current as of November 17th 1994)
-
- Australia & New Zealand (and anywhere else not listed)
-
- Quasar Distribution
- P.O. Box 188
- Southland
- Victoria 3192
- Australia
-
- Phone +61 (0)3 583 8806
- Fax +61 (0)3 585 1074
- BBS +61 (0)3 584 8590
-
- U.K.
-
- Meridian Software Distribution
- East House
- East Road Industrial Estate
- East Road
- London SW19 1AR
- U.K.
-
- Phone +44 (0)81 543 3500
- Fax +44 (0)81 543 2255
-
- Germany
-
- Casablanca Multimedia
- Wiemelhauser Straße 247a
- 44799 Bochum 1
- Germany
-
- Phone +49 (0)234 7 20 35
- Fax +49 (0)234 7 20 60
-
- France
-
- France-Festival-Distribution
- 3 Rue Anatole France
- FR 13220 Chateauneuf-Les-Martigues
- France
-
- Phone +33 42-76-18-70
- Fax +33 42-76-18-70
-
-
- U.S.A. & Cananda
-
- Wonder Computers Inc.
- 1301 Richmond Road
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Canada K2B 7Y4
-
- Phone +1 613 596 2542
- Fax +1 613 596 9349
-
- All distribution enquiries should be directed to Quasar Distribution.
-
- SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
-
- An Amiga computer with AmigaOS 1.2 or greater and 512 K of RAM or greater
- Some functions are only available under KS2.x or KS3.x.
-
- PRICE
-
- Please contact your local distributor for pricing and availability.
-
- UPGRADES
-
- * All users of PC-Task registered with Chris Hames or Quasar Distribution *
- * are currently being notified by mail of this impending upgrade. Users *
- * who have already paid Chris Hames to receive further upgrades will not *
- * receive a letter. Instead an upgrade will be sent to these users when *
- * PC-Task 3 starts shipping. With this release ALL support and upgrades *
- * for PC-Task 3 will now be handled by Quasar Distribution. *
-
- Users of the commercial package who have not returned their product
- registration card, should contact Quasar Distribution, or their local
- authorised distributor for upgrade pricing and availability.
-
- Purchasers of the DevWare package in North America should contact
- Quasar Distribution for upgrade policy and pricing. Upgrades from
- the DevWare package will only be available until February 1st 1995.
-
- DISTRIBUTABILITY
-
- PC-Task 3 is a commercial product. It is an update to PC-Task 2
- which was demoware. Chris Hames will not be selling PC-Task 3.
- PC-task 3 is available only through Quasar Distribution or its
- authorised distributors.
-
- A demonstration version of PC-Task 3 will be released shortly after
- the product starts shipping. This will be announced in the same place
- that you are reading this.
-
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- # PC-Task Tech Support
- # Mail: pctask@quasar.dialix.oz.au
-