Any IBM/Emplant news?
29-Sep-94 08:45:25
Sb: #165715-Any IBM/Emplant news?
Fm: Clarence Saunders 73131,637
To: Frank Staudte 100325,506
The Mac emulation is very good considering that it is all done in software. As
my luck would have it, the only reason I bought the Mac emulation was to be
able to develop FoxPro applications using the Mac version, as it turns out, the
Mac Emplant is not compatible with Mac FoxPro. Aside from that, I have not
used the emulation at all hoping that the IBM emulation will be more true to
the platform it is intended to emulate. As far as running Soft/PC on the Mac,
this was not an option since this emulation can cost anywhere from $250.00 to
$400.00 (depending whether you want Windows support or not) which is to high a
cost to pay for a 286 protected mode emulation. And last, I'd be very surprised
if the product is only a 486SX emulation given that the ad UU has been running
here in the States has stated from the beginning that they'll support math
co-processing routines using the 68040 MMU (result is 486DX emulation). As far
as I understand it, Soundblaster support is slated in a future release but may
not be there on the initial product (no biggie!!!) and that screen resolution
will be VGA (SVGA at a later point) as the highest resolution on AGA machines
(no biggie here either). The IBM emulation has been on a "will be released
soon" status since July and no official (or even unofficial) announcements have
come out from UU in a long time. We'll just have to wait a little longer.
Catya,