Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time
Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:02:58 -0400
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From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
[mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Michael H. Perbix
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 3:03 PM
Cc: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
Subject: Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time
> Can anyone suggest an appropriate platform, or hardware configuration,
> that I might suggest to her that'll cover all her needs?
> Many thanks.
> - John
It all depends on WHAT she needs Windows for, you can always go the
route of a Nu-bus card for IBM emulation, such as the card that most
likely is in there, but with a pentium chip on it. I have also heard
rumor that a upgrade chip (486 to pentium) has successfully been used
with the apple card, but that has not been personally tried. for speed
hardware is the best to use, since software emulation (such as
softwindows or VPC 2.0) is not really acceptable on the 6100 (unless you
have a PPC upgrade of some sort...
I have successfully installed Win '95 on Apple's 486 card, and it ran
smoothly as long as you have at least 16 megs of RAM on the card, and
not sharing from the MAC. I have used Win'95 on as slow as 486 dx 33
with acceptable performance for most applications (like office '95).
Of course if it is just file maintainance she needs and you are in a
windows NT network, use a product liek DAVE 2.0 to gain access to the
Windows Network just like if you had Win '95 installed. I used it, it
works, and I love it.
* Mike
BTW all I am new to this list...HIYA!
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* Michael Perbix e-mail:perbix@beaver.edu *
* Information Systems Support Specialist *
* Department of Computer Services *
* Beaver College *
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