Scott Holder wrote: > At 09:36 AM 1/28/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >>It is windows that is vulnerable...within VPC, a Windows instance does >>not know it's merely a simulation...VPC emulates the hardware; therefore >>anything that can affect real windows boxes, will affect VPC. >> >>The old Softwindows would be less likely to be affected because it's >>emulating *Windows* not a PC. > > > The one time I've installed and used Softwindows, it was still running > Windows, just a modified version.
Insignia, the company that originally made SoftWindows, had deep access to the Windows source code, and implemented their emulation at a higher level than Virtual PC, BOCHS, or the other emulators on the market. (You couldn't run many DOS programs, for example, and you couldn't start up in DOS, because the 'PC' didn't exist underneath) Softwindows was a lot like WINE for Linux, which isn't an emulator (as it's name says) but a set of libraries that mimics the environment Windows programs run in, WINE doesn't let things that access the hardware directly work. It made for a much more efficient emulation of the environment, allowing, for example, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 to run on relatively low powered systems like 68020 and 68030 powerbooks at usable speeds. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
