[WinMac] Will a PC emulation program be able to run PC software on a network tower
Mitch Gertz(mgertz[at]hotmail.com)
I run a public library computer center with 7 PowerMacs and 4 Gateways. We want to install a network CD rom tower and install a library of CD Rom Database resources and have every computer access them. Finding a tower that will work cross platform is no problem but when ordering the CD roms we have to choose either Windows, Dos or a MAC format. My question is this: Will a Software emulation program such as Virtual PC running on the Macs work in a network situation and allow the Mac user to access a Windows formatted CD over a fast ethernet network. Connectix Virtual PC Website says that it will read CD rom software but it doesnt' say anything about over an ethernet network (It will be a Fast Ethernet network). I have tried to contact Connectix but they don't respond. And the network Cd tower companies do not want to commit either way. Funny but it would seem that it would be worth $170 for Virtual PC and a borrowed Mac to find out in their R&D depts whether it does work as so many schools use Macs.
Is there another way to go that I have not considered. And I am told
Could someone who has experience in this help me out.
Thanks.
Mitch Gertz, technology coordinator at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library
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