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CNET News.com: Some folks would have liked nothing better than to marry the Macintosh off to the PC world right from the start. In 1985 Dayna Communications came out with something it called the MacCharlie. This contraption was an expansion box that fit around the Mac so you could run PC and Mac software. The PR at the time trumpeted how users could now enjoy the best of both worlds. But it was an expensive gimmick that caused the system to run like molasses. Even worse, it cost more than a thousand dollars. Read more from Charles Cooper…