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Any IBM/Emplant news?

    29-Sep-94 08:45:25
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,