PowerPC accelerator - how does that work then?

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That's not true. Yes amithlon does emulate a 680x0, but its not an amiga emulator as such and shares little in common with uae. Amithlon is more a way to get os3.x running on the metal on pc hardware as opposed to emulating an amiga.

Amithlon also lets a person run x86 AmigaOS3.x code under AmigaOS. You could compile 68k components to x86 code and run then in tandem with 68k.
While the OS itself makes only minor changes its not really accurate to say it didnt move forward and shares next to nothing in common with 68k "distros".

Perhaps you should learn about what it is youre typing before you type it?

[fishy_fiz]

Nevertheless PPC boards were expensive doorstops. Fast 68060 accelerator boards would have been much better investment.

Not sure Id go so far as to say they were useless, but I agree an '060 is a better option for classics than ppc.
My old bppc+grex+voodoo3 system rarely got touched in favor of amithlon and not just becuase of the vastly superior performance amithlon offers. There simply wasnt much worthwhile for ppc. Given the choice of the same hardware again ('040 + ppc in my case) or an '060 Id go for the '060 any day of the week. Overall its a much better experience.