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SoftPC 1.3 (small)

macjames — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 02:46:18 +0000

Application file:

Turn your mac into a PC, even with modest requirements because Small SofPC only requires 2MB of RAM! SoftPC will emulate an IBM/PC with 80286 processor.

Note: You already need a SoftPC hard disk created, Small SoftPC won't provide it.

Archive contains two floppy install disks in DiskCopy 4.2 format, and a SoftPC 1.3 self-decompressing hard disk for your convenience, all compressed in friendly stuffit pre-5.x format.

Compatibility:

System 6 or better, a Macintosh with 68020 or 68030 processor, 2 MB of RAM, 1 MB of hard disk space
68881 or 68882 for 80287 math coprocessor emulation.
Font D/A Mover will be needed to install the SoftPC fonts under System 6

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1989

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

SoftPC Professional 3.0

macjames — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 07:02:54 +0000

Application file:

softpc_professional.sit

Why your next IBM computer should be a Macintosh:

With Insignia's SoftPC family of best-selling software solutions, you can run 50,000 off-the-shelf and customized IBM/PC programs on Macintosh computers.
SoftPC gives you the freedom to choose a Macintosh and still choose any program you feel works best for you. Even if it's written for an IBM/PC.
Now SoftPC PROFESSIONAL, for high-performance Macintosh computers with 68020, 68030 or 68040 processors lets you run PC programs that require VGA graphics or extended memory.

Compatibility:

Suitable for the Mac II, cx, ci, si, fx, vx, PowerBook, Performa and all Quadra computers
Compatible macs: Any 68020, 68030 or 68040 Mac
System versions: 6.0 or above, 7.x
SoftPC memory requirements: 4.7MB, optimum (includes 1MB of extended memory): 5.8MB
Hard disk space: 6MB
Other mac hardware required: SuperDrivve, Color QuickDraw required for VGA and EGA graphics, 68881/68882 math coprocessor required for PC 80287 emulation

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1992

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

SoftAT 2.5

macjames — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:47:12 +0000

Application file:

softat.sit

SoftAT for the High Performance Macintosh

Designed for use on any high performance Macintosh, SoftAT emulates an IBM PC/AT and is ideal for more demanding PC applications including graphics programs and number crunching.
SoftAT can also be used with Insignia's SoftNode to run PC applications which require Novell Netware.

What is SoftAT?

Compatibility:

Macintosh computer with 68020, 68030 or 68040 processor.
4 MB of RAM (5 MB with OS 7) and 2 MB of hard disk space.
A SuperDrive or other suitable floppy disk drive is required to load PC application software.
There's a patch folder that needs to be used in case you need to run this software under System 6.0.5 or earlier.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1991

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

SoftWindows 98

TataMisia — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:17:18 +0000

Application file:

SoftWindows_98_Install.img_.sit

SoftWindowstm_98_Install_CD.sit

WIN98DATA.toast_.sit

softwindows_update509.sea_.hqx

SoftWindows 98 emulates a Pentium MMX PC, allowing you to run Windows applications and games alongside your existing Macintosh applications.

It will perform all the tasks you would expect from a PC. The faster your Macintosh, the faster the performance of SoftWindows 98. SoftWindows 98 has Windows 98 pre-installed, so you can immediately run Windows applications on your Macintosh.

Compatibility:

Any Power Macintosh, including G3, PowerBook and iMac.
System System 7.1.2 or later.
32 MB RAM recommended (give 80+ MB if you can spare it).
Hard disk space 300 MB
Any Macintosh compatible CD-ROM drive.
[Important]: OS 9 compatibility only with the 5.0.9 update.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1998

Publisher:

FWB Software Inc

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Architecture:

PPC

App's manual:

SoftWindows_User_Guide.pdf

RealPC 1.1

MCP — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:47:45 +0000

Application file:

real-pc-11.zip

realpc_1_0_5.zip

"RealPC emulates an Intel Pentium MMX based PC or compatible, allowing you to run PC games and programs, including MS-DOS, Windows 3 and Windows 95 games and applications, alongside your existing Macintosh applications."

MD5 checksum: 1fc2a39cd227b8d5a4f1c69216a2d4b9 *real-pc-11.zip

The major difference with this version of RealPC, is version 1.1 shipped with IBM's "PC DOS 7.0", dropping MS DOS 6.2.2 from the installed drive file. You can still install MS DOS & Windows 3.1 & 95, only you must provide these yourself.

Compatibility:

Requires PPC and Mac OS 7.1.2 or later. Partially worked in SheepShaver.

RealPC 1.1 requires real Mac PPC hardware. In SheepShaver it trys to run but gets too many errors to be considered useable. It does however run very well in "Classic" on a PPC OS X system, 10.4.11 or earlier.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1997

Publisher:

FWB Software Inc

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 9

Architecture:

PPC

App's manual:

realpcuserguide.pdf

RapidCD

themacmeister — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:46:26 +0000

Application file:

rapidcd.sit

CD/DVD Accelerator/Cache. This was the only program in the genre (Including FWB CD Toolkit) that actually made a noticable improvement to my drive performance.

It may be a bit finicky with more recent MacOS releases, but it works, and works well.

Category:

Utilities

Year released:

1994

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Mini vMac (68k)

Architecture:

68k

SoftPC 3.1 with Windows

Fortuna Wave — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:24:39 +0000

Application file:

softpc31dos5win31.sit

DiskCopy 4.2 image files of the SoftPC 3.1 with Windows disks; a 80286 emulator with DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1 for the older 68K Macintosh computers.

Serial: WD-64000911/001, Pass=17rn004urp00

Compatibility:

No FPU recognized in Sheepshaver.

In order to run this in Basilisk II with a 68040 processor, make sure you turn the caches off.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1993

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Architecture:

68k

SoftWindows 2.0

Fortuna Wave — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:25:17 +0000

Application file:

SoftWindows2CD.ZIP

SoftWindows2CD_FR.ZIP

SoftWindowsa_2.0a17.sit

ISO image file of SoftWindows 2.0. This includes Windows 3.1 and DOS 6.22, an ~~80386~~ 80486 emulator. This one is very rare to find, always a good gem for the Macintosh users.

Serial:
2500-6666-2112-1492
2500-0004-1485-1139

The third download above is the alpha version of SoftWindows 2.0a17. Very hard to find, it has some limited functionality.

Compatibility:

PowerPC only, but no 68K compatibility. Version 1.0.2 is an 68k application, but it is reported to be very slow.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1995

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

SoftWindows 95

Fortuna Wave — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:01:29 +0000

Application file:

SoftWindows95CD.ZIP

sw95os9patch.hqx

Pre-installed files of SoftWindows 95 v5.0.2, a Pentium emulator that runs Windows 95, but not smoothly run than Virtual PC but may run faster.

A note about the downloads available above:

SoftWindows 95 v1.0 CD: All of the contents are unmodified, and it includes the installer, data files, and also the Windows 95 Master Hard Disk C inside the CD image. Serial: 2700-0531-2124-1150
2nd download, the official update patch to version 5.0.9, necessary to run SoftWindows 95 on Mac OS 9.x

You need these things:

Compatibility:

Tested in SheepShaver and SoftWindows 95 v1.0, runs Windows 95 perfectly, but slower than Windows 3.11 configuration.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1997

Publisher:

Insignia Solutions

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

SoftWindows 3.0

eastone — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:17:20 +0000

Application file:

SoftWindowstm_3_CD.toast_.zip

SoftWindows_3.0_floppy_install.sit

Installation files of SoftWindows 3.0, an 80486 emulator with Windows 3.11 and DOS 6.22 for PowerPC Macintosh. The first download above is the CD-ROM version while the second download above is the floppy version. Upgradable to Windows 95.

Serial:
2600-5130-1550-6400

Differences Between SoftWindows 95 and SoftWindows 3.0:

SoftWindows 95 emulates a Pentium -- SoftWindows 3.0 emulates an 80486
SoftWindows 95 ships with Windows 95 -- SoftWindows 3.0 ships with Windows 3.11

Compatibility:

PowerPC only. Version 1.0.2 is an 68k application, but it is reported to be very slow.

Category:

Emulators

Author:

Insignia Solutions

Year released:

1996

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Architecture:

PPC

S3:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/macgarden/SoftWindows_3_CD.sit