TITLE

  PC-Task 3

VERSION

  3.0

AUTHOR

  Chris Hames

PUBLISHER

  Published exclusively by:

    Quasar Distribution
    P.O. Box 188
    Southland
    Victoria      3192
    Australia

    Phone +61 3 583 8806
    Fax   +61 3 585 1074
    BBS   +61 3 584 8590

    E-Mail pctask@quasar.dialix.oz.au

DESCRIPTION

  PC-Task 3 is the only software 80286 emulator for the Amiga range of
  computers.

  The following features are included in this release:

  - Switchable 8086/80286 emulation
  - Support for up to 16MB RAM (15MB extended)
  - Up to 2 floppy drives and 2 hard drives supported
  - Supports hard disk files and hard disk partitions
  - High density floppies and CD-ROM support
  - Select from MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA and SVGA (512K-2MB) video modes
  - Support for up to 256 colours on AGA machines
  - Compatible with graphic boards (eg. EGS Spectrum, Picasso)
  - Parallel, Serial and PC speaker emulation
  - Mouse support, including Serial Mouse emulation
  - Run multiple PC-Task processes on the same machine
  - Run MS-DOS applications in a window on a public screen (eg. Workbench)
  - Transfer files between your Amiga and MS-DOS
  - Support for David Salamon's GoldenGate bridge cards
  - Compatible with MS Windows 3.0 - 3.11 *

  * Windows 3.1 requires 1.5 MB contiguous RAM and sufficient hard disk space

  NOTE:  MS-DOS is NOT included.


AVAILABILITY

  PC-Task 3 is scheduled for release December 1st 1994

  PC-Task 3 DEU (German version) scheduled for December 7th 1994

  PC-Task 3 VF  (French version) scheduled for January '95

AUTHORISED DISTRIBUTORS (Current as of November 17th 1994)

  Australia & New Zealand (and anywhere else not listed)

    Quasar Distribution
    P.O. Box 188
    Southland
    Victoria  3192
    Australia

    Phone +61 (0)3 583 8806
    Fax   +61 (0)3 585 1074
    BBS   +61 (0)3 584 8590

  U.K.

    Meridian Software Distribution
    East House
    East Road Industrial Estate
    East Road
    London  SW19 1AR
    U.K.

    Phone +44 (0)81 543 3500
    Fax   +44 (0)81 543 2255

  Germany

    Casablanca Multimedia
    Wiemelhauser Stra_e 247a
    44799 Bochum 1
    Germany

    Phone +49 (0)234 7 20 35
    Fax   +49 (0)234 7 20 60

  France

    France-Festival-Distribution
    3 Rue Anatole France
    FR 13220 Chateauneuf-Les-Martigues
    France

    Phone +33 42-76-18-70
    Fax   +33 42-76-18-70


  U.S.A. & Cananda

    Wonder Computers Inc.
    1301 Richmond Road
    Ottawa, Ontario
    Canada  K2B 7Y4

    Phone +1 613 596 2542
    Fax   +1 613 596 9349

All distribution enquiries should be directed to Quasar Distribution.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  An Amiga computer with AmigaOS 1.2 or greater and 512 K of RAM or greater
  Some functions are only available under KS2.x or KS3.x.

PRICE

  Please contact your local distributor for pricing and availability.

UPGRADES

* All users of PC-Task registered with Chris Hames or Quasar Distribution *
* are currently being notified by mail of this impending upgrade.  Users  *
* who have already paid Chris Hames to receive further upgrades will not  *
* receive a letter.  Instead an upgrade will be sent to these users when  *
* PC-Task 3 starts shipping.  With this release ALL support  and upgrades *
* for PC-Task 3 will now be handled by Quasar Distribution.               *

  Users of the commercial package who have not returned their product 
  registration card, should contact Quasar Distribution, or their local
  authorised distributor for upgrade pricing and availability.

  Purchasers of the DevWare package in North America should contact 
  Quasar Distribution for upgrade policy and pricing.  Upgrades from
  the DevWare package will only be available until February 1st 1995.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

  PC-Task 3 is a commercial product.  It is an update to PC-Task 2
  which was demoware.  Chris Hames will not be selling PC-Task 3.
  PC-task 3 is available only through Quasar Distribution or its
  authorised distributors.

  A demonstration version of PC-Task 3 will be released shortly after
  the product starts shipping.  This will be announced in the same place
  that you are reading this.

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# PC-Task Tech Support
# Mail: pctask@quasar.dialix.oz.au

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