Re: Is it true that Apple computers can run MS DOS?

[Salvatore Buttice <qsilver@moose.erie.net>]

On 12 Mar 1995, Michael Keeney wrote:

> In article <823943871wnr@bonney.demon.co.uk>, Garry@bonney.demon.co.uk writes...
> >Subject speaks for itself I suppose.  I am writing an essay about 
> >Apple's business strategies, and have just come with the statement that 
> >their machines can run MSDOS programs as well these days.  I am sure I 
> >read it somewhere.  Can you verify this, if so, do have the source of 
> >the info?  If it's written down somewhere of course.
> > 
> 
> I'm no expert, but the Apple II series as far as I'm aware has never
> been able to run MSDOS, but the new Power Macintoshes can, at least to
> a certain extent.  Anyone else got info on this?
> 
> 
The STOCK AppleII could not run MSDOS, but there was a card produced by 
the now defunct Applied Engineering that was kind of an IBM on a card. It 
was only an 8088 or 8086 I think, but it DID work, and according to a 
friend of mine, faster than an 8086 he had sitting on his desk, and 
almost as fast as the 80286 he had at work. Something about having the 
second microprocessor seemed to make the system run faster, since the 
808x didn't have to deal with the peripherals and such. That was taken 
care of by the 65c816.
...Sal
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