SoftPC, does the job???
28-Jun-93 21:44:52
Sb: #105272-SoftPC, does the job???
Fm: conrad haller 76114,1105
To: Andrew Porter 72134,2050
Andrew: I use SoftPC often at work on my Mac Classic (a 68000 machine). It is
very slow – like 0.5 times an XT, with especially slow CGA graphics. The maker
of SoftPC (Insignia) makes other products that emulate better PC's (EGA, AT,
VGA, VGA w/ Windows), but they require at least a 68030 Mac; even then, the
graphic updates are too slow for things like games or fast graphics
applications.
I assume you know that SoftPC is a PC emulator for the Macintosh. You would
need either Emplant or Amax to run a SoftPC version on your Amiga. You'd be
better off running PC-Task (an Amiga software PC emulator) if you have a fast
Amiga. It has limited VGA support, and can use your HDD as a PC C: drive
(though I have no luck making it boot from C:). There is a demo version of
PC-Task you can download somewhere in the AmigaTech forum here on CS.
Hope this helps you some.