CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Compatibility
Integration with Other Products
Apple Computers, Macintosh
Compatibility with Other OS

0606 -    ..
0607 - Summary/Objective
0608 -
060801 - Followed up work at ref SDS 3 line 45.  Visited Compuware on Battery
060802 - in San Francisco.  Talked to Eric.
060803 -
060804 - Saw two possible solutions for immediate use; appears there will be
060805 - greater flexibility within 3 - 6 months.
060806 -
060807 -     [Submitted these notes to Sandia at ref SDS 4 line 52.]
060808 -
060809 -
060810 -  ..
0609 -
0610 -
0611 - Hardware Solution
0612 -
061201 - Macintosh Quadra 610
061202 -
061203 - This is a particular Apple computer model, which has been discontinu-
061204 - ed, so there are very few that are available.  There is a card that
061205 - can be installed in the Quadra 610, that allows the user to toggle
061206 - between the Mac environment and DOS. In DOS it runs as a 486 25 Mhz
061207 - computer.
061208 -
061209 -        Cost $380
061210 -
061211 - I installed SDS on this computer and it booted up okay.  It was slower
061212 - than on my computer because it was running at only 25 Mhz, and it ran
061213 - only in full screen mode.
061214 -
061215 - The card is in short supply because it too has been discontinued.
061216 -
061217 - Eric said a new card will be released next year that will work in
061218 - more than just a single Apple computer.  The new card will be run
061219 - like a 486 DX 50 processor.
061220 -
061221 -    [I talked to Morris the next day (Saturday), following up call at
061222 -    ref SDS 3 line 90.  He could not officially disclose the new
061223 -    product, but indicated a new card will be available in a few months
061224 -    that will allow DOS apps to run in a window, as described below for
061225 -    the SoftWindows program and on more Mac models.]
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0613 -
0614 -
0615 - Software
0616 -
061601 - There are two choices.  One is slow and cheap, but runs on most Mac
061602 - computers.  The other is fast but runs only on the PowerPC.
061603 -
061604 - These programs let SDS be run in a similar way to using OS2.  I tried
061605 - this at Computerware and it worked fine for the fast version, called
061606 - SoftWindows running on a RISC Mac, the Power PC.
061607 -
061608 -       SoftWindows
061609 -
061610 -       This costs $299.
061611 -
061612 -       It is for the Power Macintosh.  I installed SDS on a Power Mac
061613 -       and it ran well under Softwindows, similar to running it under
061614 -       OS2.
061615 -
061616 -       SoftPC
061617 -
061618 -       This costs under $200.
061619 -
061620 -       It runs a DOS Windows environment under any Mac, but is much
061621 -       slower than Softwindows on the Power Mac.  I did not see this
061622 -       run SDS.
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