Re: suggestions for small school computer lab?

[alexm@leng.zip.com.au (Alex Maddison)]

Francis A Uy (fuy1@umbc.edu) wrote:
: I've been roped into administering a tiny computer lab in
:  an elementary/middle school, with a few PCs (which I will
:  be required to install Win95 on) and several Apple 2's
:  (including //e, GS, possibly others).
: 
: They want to keep using their Apple 2 software library.
:  I know some businesses willing to donate 68030 Macs and
:  386 PC's.  My question: will emulators running on such
:  machines be equivalent to actual Apple 2's?  There isn't
:  enough room in the building for both sets of computers.

Depends what clock speed the Macs are running at. My LC II is 
a 68030 running at around 16Mhz and that's not fast enough to 
run STM (II+ emulator) let alone the latest crop of //e or GS 
emulators. GS emulators are really limited to PowerMacs and
Pentiums. If the Macs are LCIII or above you COULD get away
with running STM but it's a 64K II+ emulator...

As for the 386's - you'd be limited to emulators running in
DOS if you wanted full speed emulation. And they're not as
user-friendly as Windows or Mac emulators... Once again,
specifics depend on the clock speed of the 386s (DX33 and
above would really be required here). ApplePC would probably
be the best option here (and it's a full 128K //e emulator).

Alex.

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