Real PC 1.0
Company:Insignia Solutions
Estimated Price: $79.00
http://www.insignia.com
The PowerPC is truly a magnificent chip. With the power of the PPC, Macs have the ability to run multiple platforms, emulate multiple video and sound settings, and even run Windows 95, the mother of all bloatware. But unless you’re the owner of a DOS compatible Macinsoh that uses a hardware approach to cross-platform compatibility, you have to use some form of emulation software. Behold, the world of emulation software has just grown with the introduction of Real PC.
Real PC is Insignia’s answer to the emulation problem. It’s an amazingly affordable package aimed at the common Mac user who just wants to explore the PC gaming world. Real PC’s biggest user crowd is that of the gamers. It comes with DOS 6.22 already installed, so you can get going right out of the box. Since much software and many games are still DOS compatible, this is an easy solution. If you want the Windows 95 world to invade your Mac, you’ll have to install your own copy of the operating system.
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I got to work on an Apple Power CD the other day. The customer brought it in and I got to fool around with it. It was the first one I had ever worked on. The only option I had to service it was to completely replace it. The technical term is “Whole Unit Exchange.” That’s the techno-weenie way of replacing the old one with a refurbished one from Apple. Do you remember what they look like? I’d never seen a vertical CD player before or since. I got a note from Sergio in Toronto (‘sup, man?), who thought that it would be cool to talk about the way Macs have physically changed since the beginning of time. Boy, have they ever!
The Mac came on the scene in 1984. Compact, all-in-one and even cute. Simple, square but very cool(?). It made a statement, “We are different… we are better!” Then came Mac II’s, looking like DOS machines (Oh, no!). Still, they were Macs and carried the impeccable reputation as a superior computer, of course. Then it started getting fun. The IIsi had a unique design all its own and let’s not forget the introduction to portable Mac-ability, the Mac Portable. I used to have one. Man, was it heavy to tote around, but people looked at me and thought I must have been somebody important to carry around something so chic. Or they were wondering how I was able to walk in a straight line with that thing hanging off my shoulder. I still get Christmas cards from my chiropractor.
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Dear Readers:
I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July celebration! I’m looking forward to attending the MacWorld Expo this month. I’ll give you the lowdown on the expo in next month’s column! As usual, all the big hitters will be there: Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, etc., etc. Maybe…with good mug and T-shirt sales …we’ll have a booth there in ’98? Tim, Russ, what do you say!?
Before we start into the Helpful Hints, I just have to spend a few minutes venting about AOL. Now, don’t get me wrong. I sincerely like AOL. I like the services they offer, I love the new pricing, I love that I can send a file to a vendor or even a friend on DOS and not have a problem. I haven’t even run into those busy signals too much that has plagued almost everyone else! No, my problems tend to be other things.
Like, what happened to my bookmarks when I upgraded from 2.7 to 3.0? Maybe I am missing something simple here, but I haven’t been able to locate them! Yeah, there was probably something written in the instructions on how to save them, but really, who reads the documentation? And why should it be so hard in the first place? That’s not why we use Macs.
Welcome to Your Turn! Here, we offer a page for readers to write about any subject they’d like. Many times this may simply be a letter too long for the e-mail page, though we encourage everyone to submit an article for this page. This is your space, and we need your help to fill it!
This month, I would like to present a short story from Mike Dubik, who sent this to me via postal snail mail. Mike not only sent me a disk with the story, but printed it out as well. Thanks, Mike! I enjoyed it very much, and I’m sure our readers will, too!
The start of another brand new year. Time to sit down and make a list of resolutions that always seem to lose their importance as soon as February approaches. I thought that maybe I would prepare a few, just to save everyone some time and effort, and get everyone in the proper frame of mind to start off the new year. OK, here we go –
Resolution #1 – I will no longer call myself or anyone else a MAC Fan (short for fanatic)
Being classed as a “Mac Fanatic” to the rest of the world has taken on strange connotations, like – “Poor man, he can’t understand that DOS/WINDOWS 95 is the only way to go.” or “Doesn’t she understand that the MAC is dead?!” Besides, there are enough fanatics in the world to begin with. However, being a Macintosh Enthusist, I will continue to sing the praises of the MAC Operating System to those poor lost souls from the lands of DOS and WINDOWS every chance I get.
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