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		js2 on Oct 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WordStar: Arrogant, Difficult, Powerful (2022) > Can you imagine in the 1990s plugging a Motorola 68020 card into a Intel 286 PC and running Mac programs? There was an Apple II peripheral card for the IBM PC: https://www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar/ > (Or vice versa - plugging an Intel card into a Mac and running Windows programs on the hardware.) The PC Transporter was a peripheral card for the II GS. There was also an Apple IIe card for the Mac LC I think.

krallja on Oct 18, 2023 | [–]

Apple made compatibility cards, and even made The Power Macintosh 6100/66 DOS Compatible - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UclHrIIaYA

eichin on Oct 18, 2023 | [–]

Or the MacIvory (lisp machine stripped down to fit as a card in a mac)

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