Toni Wilen adding PPC emulation in WinUAE?

[TheMagicM]

I thought that I read somewhere that emulating a PPC system on a x86 system would be unbearably slow?

[TheMagicM]

Nintendo WII uses 733Mhz PPC.
Here is benchmark run natively on WII and on Dolphin (WII) emulator on x86:
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph7933/62699.png

So, with PPC JIT the CPU emulation "might be" fully usable with a fast x86.

(now... if AOS4 would be made to run on dolphin ... would it run also on real WII ... )

Ok..now I remember.  It was PearPC I read the review about.  It must have been a long time ago.  At the time they said it was really slow.  

It would be VEERRRYYYY interesting if this new WinUAE can run OS 4.1.  I wonder how Hyperion would react to that.  Guess they wouldnt be too pissed if they sell more copies of OS 4.1.

[TheMagicM]

Its out

WinUAE 2.8.2 beta 9 with PPC

Can someone break this down as to what is can ACTUALLY RUN emulating a PPC Amiga?   I'm anxious to read the results.

[TheMagicM]

+1

Count me in for an extra copy of OS4 too!

Honestly... I'd buy a copy also.

[TheMagicM]

Then it will just be up to Hyperion to release an update/patch to detect that their OS is running in an Emulator and refuse to boot.

Eh...then dont apply the patch.

[TheMagicM]

Why wouldn't they?  Honestly, it sometimes seems like the Os4 community do everything they can to actively discourage new users.  

At least MorphOS 1.x is still downloadable for free iirc. so that may be available to WinUAE users.

This is all just speculation.  But I suspect that OS4 would run if emulation is accurate.

Try taking a look at this thread over on EAB about page 11 or 12 for some details as to what is actually running or not at the moment.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=74263&page=11

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=74263&page=12

Nice.  Thanks!

[TheMagicM]

I wonder which will arrive first?  OS4 running on WinUAE with PearPC JIT or MorphOS 3.x running on QEMU with JIT that the Hungarian guy is working on?

Either way, bye bye overpriced and outdated hardware!

Link?

[TheMagicM]

Not sure if that's the latest news: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-ppc/2014-06/msg00000.html

thats also very interesting!!

[TheMagicM]

so if I understand that image... OS4.1 boots up and runs under UAE w/the PPC emulator code?

[TheMagicM]

You've got in the post a link to open and where to praise Toni the lord.

I just wanted to make sure I saw the contents of that link properly... damn...that is just bad ass.  I cant believe we actually have PPC emulation under WinUAE.  I have a local Amiga user up in Austin that has OS4.1....hmmmmmm...

[TheMagicM]

Pentad,


and since x86 hardware is pretty much junk ( I've had 3 out of the 7 machines I have owned in the last 2 years die or in some cases catch fire )

I have never in my entire life had any sort of computer catch fire, ever.  I've never ever had a computer "just die" either.  Looks like you're buying from shady places or people.

[TheMagicM]

Since everyone who has one of those ppc cards already have AmigaOS4, it would only allow Hyperion to sell more copies of AmigaOS4. So I think they should be paying Toni Wilen so that he can support the cards.

If OS4.x ends up running perfect under WinUAE...out of curiosity...how much is OS4 ?

[TheMagicM]

Any version of OS 4.1 will work?  Sam440 or even A1?  (Dunno much about os4).  I have a friend somewhat close to me that has OS4.1

[TheMagicM]

No 4.1 Classic is the only version that will work.

Ok..well looks like I wont be trying it out afterall.  I'll monitor progress from afar.  :-)