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Why no AmigaOne/Pegasos emulators?
« on: February 04, 2009, 07:00:37 PM »
Perhaps this is a stupid question, but it's bugging me so I'll just ask:

Why isn't there a full-speed AmigaOne or Pegasos emulator (or virtual machine, whatever) that can be run on fast PowerPC-based computers (i.e. PPC Macs)?

It seems (to a novice like myself) that a fast PPC system with plenty of RAM should be capable of emulating a slower PPC system pretty effectively.

I've read there are issues with drivers, etc. that make it unlikely OS 4 will ever run natively on Apple hardware, but wouldn't a virtual-machine type solution get around that problem?

Is there some technical barrier? Legal barrier? Lack of interest? Or what?
 

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Re: Why no AmigaOne/Pegasos emulators?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 08:43:19 PM »
Remember, I'm asking about emulation on PowerPC hardware not x86 hardware... I'd think emulating a PPC system on a PPC system would be drastically faster than emulating a PPC system on an x86 system.