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Offline gaula92

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Re: WinUAE + Shapeshifter + Install MacOS
« on: April 29, 2013, 11:13:12 PM »
Well, if I get it right, Shapeshifer isn't really an emulator but some kind of compatibility layer to allow OS-friendly Mac programs to run on Amiga, so it might be actually be better than other options :)

I can't wait to have the new FPGA Arcade core to install Mac OS on it :D (Not that I like Mac OS better! But it has some decent non-amiga games like Alone In The Dark or Wolfenstein 3D).
 

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Re: WinUAE + Shapeshifter + Install MacOS
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2013, 02:19:32 PM »
Quote from: salax54;733329
ShapeShifter actually is an emulator. It's not like say, Wine, whereas you can run programs on your host desktop. It boots to a MacOS desktop, and things run from there either on a windowed or full-screen mode.


It's not a full emulator: it doesn't emulate the 680x0 CPU or the Mac custom chips. It's uses virtualisation techniques if I'm not mistaken, so Mac OS software runs natively on the Amiga CPU & chipset. Correct me if I'm wrong.