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Subject: Re: Z-80, CP/M Emulator for Macintosh?
Message-ID: <1967@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 10:22:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 10:22:14 1984
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   Allow me to quote from the Feb. '84 issue of BYTE.
     "However,one class of add-on card will not work using this scheme:
      (MacIntosh's virtual slots) processor cards like the Microsoft
      Softcard, which allow a computer to run another processor's
      software. Such cards require full access to the data and address
      lines and will not work via a serial "virtual slot." As a result,
      despite some rumors to the contrary, the MacIntosh will never
      use IBM PC- or MS-DOS-based software." pg.43
Unless I'm reading this incorrectly I don't believe that a hardware solution
to CP/M emulation is in the offering. In my humble opinion I think Apple
really blew it concerning the expansion slots.

---Larry