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Offline Waccoon

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Re: Useable PPC Emulator
« on: May 20, 2004, 09:06:33 AM »
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I've already voiced my concerns about this in the associated Forum thread. In summary: It's bad news if OS4/MOS gets running under emulation.

If an architecture can be emulated at near full speed on similar spec hardware, it's not a good architecture.  ;-)

Seriously, I'd be more worried about hacking AmigaOS to other PPC platforms.  If a single person can write a Direct3D wrapper for Glide, a good cracker team can get OS4 running on a Mac or Pesasos (PegasosI has the same northbrige, remember?)

Once you go to PowerPC, you're stuck with it.  I doubt emulation by itself really poses any threat to the Amiga market.  I'm still pissed about the decision to go PPC native instead going the route of a virtual CPU, but I've already complained enough about x86 vs PPC in the past.  People should stop stirring up the emulation paranoia.
 

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Re: Useable PPC Emulator
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2004, 07:50:03 AM »
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One day people will laugh at the idea of writing CPU specific applications, indeed I suspect one day people will laugh at the idea of creating OS specific applications too.

Didn't everyone predict Java would be dead ten years ago because it was so damn slow?  In non-PC and console markets, it's about the only language used, these days.

Microsoft saw early that hardware dependence is trouble.  Why don't companies learn?