CompuServe Thread

The Magic Sac will run about 90% of all the available Macintosh software. Programs that directly access the Mac hardware (which is against the Mac OS design rules) or that require the 128K Mac OS ROMs won't work. The majority of major business programs (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Pagemaker, Ready Set Go, MacWrite, MacPaint, etc.) all run perfectly. In fact they run 20% faster than they would on a real Mac due to the STs faster CPU clock speed (the same thing will apply to the Amiga version though it's speed advantage will not be as large). They also have a large work area than the Mac since the ST has a larger screen (640×400 in mono vs. 512×348 on the Mac). With additional hardware (a product called the Translator One) the ST can read, write and format Macintosh diskettes. This removes any need to transfer the files/programs from a Mac. The Amiga may be able to read Mac disks directly though it will probably not be able to format or write to them. (Since the Amiga version is not finished I can't say positively what it will or will not be able to do with Mac disks.)