Re: SoftPC GS a hoax?

[smeece@chat.carleton.ca (Steven Meece)]

Erik Kloeppel (erik@hypermall.com) wrote:

> the IIGS - so sue me).  It - if anything - is possibly the SoftPC for the
> Macintosh, and is pirated - SoftPC is commercial software.  Double check
> it - if there is an address or telephone number, let Insignia Solutions
> know the product, the Serial Number, and where you got it.

Insignia once released a "demo" version of SoftPC. It was everything you
would find in the normal package, except that the C: drive was limited
to one meg, and the prog would automatically quit fifteen minutes
after you booted it.

Man, I used that programme for years. SoftPC was too slow and weak to ever
be used as a real machine, and the only practical application it had was to
handle odd little tasks that only took a few minutes anyhow. 

Strange, I never see that demo floating around anymore...



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