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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: BADHead on November 24, 2003, 10:19:47 PM

Title: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: BADHead on November 24, 2003, 10:19:47 PM

Heres a Link to the current Virtual PC being upgraded
by Microsoft here (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx?pid=howtobuy) could anybody inform me if virtual pc runs on a A1 Linux/MOL there
is a 45 day free trial which can be downloaded here (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp)  8-)  :-o  8-)  :-o  8-)

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: that_punk_guy on November 24, 2003, 10:40:59 PM

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It offers  increased video RAM and an overall speed improvement of 25%.

:lol: They just pull this stuff out of their arses, don't they?!

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: DaNi on November 25, 2003, 12:02:27 AM

I see the linux port... interestig for amiga/morphos... emulate "PC" on g3/g4 are very interesting jejeje

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: Karlos on November 25, 2003, 03:30:58 AM

I havent read the article so apologies if this is a dumb question...

I heard the 'G5' lacks the endian switching operations present in earlier PowerPC chips.

Is this fact, and if so, anybody got any info on the impact its had for G5 systems running a PC emulation?

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: Waccoon on November 25, 2003, 05:11:17 AM

I've always wondered, how much hardware does it emulate?  Does it offer some kind of software SoundBlaster for DOS games, or can it only run Windows apps?

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: Effy on November 25, 2003, 06:48:03 AM

Can you also use it on a 68030 with Red Hat Linux ??   :-P

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: whabang on November 25, 2003, 11:00:04 AM

@wacoon
I haven't used it for years, but I think it emulates a SB16, an S3 Trio64v2 video card, and it wraps windows directX calls to the Mac video card if it's 3D-capable.
Alltogether, it can emulate a PC very well; not as slow as one might expect.

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: bloodline on November 25, 2003, 11:03:20 AM

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I heard the 'G5' lacks the endian switching operations present in earlier PowerPC chips.

That would suck! The Endian agnostic nature of the PPC was one of the best things about it!

Title: Re: PC Emulation MOL
Post by: poweramiga2002 on November 25, 2003, 11:10:54 AM

ok yes vpc6 is very good i have an ibook g3@500mhz vpc6 runs windows xp and plays games ive being playing the sims delux on it for ages
I also have an A!EXG4@1000mhz running mol but need to update osx from 10.2 to 10.2.1 to use vpc6 will do it later and post the results here