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PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« on: May 11, 2004, 09:05:56 PM »
Today the first version of what seems to be a G3 emulator for x86 machines has been released:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/

It claims to run some PPC distros of Linux and even MacOsX 10.3! Someone with a fast PC could try it and see if it works, and report how fast it is?

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Re: PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2004, 09:46:31 PM »
Installing Panther now, on my 2400+ machine.

Very slow, reminds me of the day I tried running win3.11 on my 030 1200.

Aside from that, it's a very cool and interesting project.
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Re: PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2004, 12:10:50 AM »
Looks goods...ran quickly ppc debian 3.3r1 install at least before failing with unsupported ppc architecture...doh

Well impressed on a Ath 2200+

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Re: PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2004, 01:19:53 AM »
Speaking of running a PPC on x86 hardware.

What ever happened to the PPC card that Microcode soulutions were
developing for PC's?. I think it was supposed to be like
the sonnet PCI upgrade card for Macs, but it would work
in a PC.

Probably like the Emplant deluxe card, but with a PPC on board?

 :-?  :-?
 

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Re: PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2004, 05:31:11 AM »
I installed MACOSX 10.3 fine
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Re: PPC emulator for x86... true or fake?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2004, 09:46:43 AM »
The JIT version works really well.