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SoftWindows 1.0

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edited June 7 in Product Comments
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Insignia Solution SoftPC, or "SoftWindows" when bundled with Windows, is an x86 emulator UNIX and MacOS that enables them to run DOS and Windows. SoftWindows is unique in that it uses native CPU recompiled Windows binaries providing near native speed for some application. It was also ported to platforms such as SGI Irix, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, NeXT, Motorola 88000, DEC VAX/VMS, DEC ULTRIX, and was the emulator used by Microsoft to run DOS and Windows 3.1 application on the DEC Alpha CPU Windows NT.

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  • 02k-guy02k-guy
    "Wanted: Versions for other architectures."

    https://archive.org/details/softwindows

    I just uploaded. No knowledge of the product whatsover, except to note that someone stated SoftWindows required FlexLM dongles.
    1.0 ISO has hprisc ibm sgi solaris sunos directories.

    2.0 ISO has dec hp ibm sgi solaris sunos directories.
  • antroposantropos
    @02k-guy thanks a lot. If you happen to have later versions, that would be great. I could find Softwindows 4.0 (and 5.0, the last update), for IRIX, also known as Softwindows95 since it bundled a copy of Win95. These are great however.
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