PPC emulation in WinUAE - could this help?

[mingle]

Hi all,

I've just looking at SheepShaver (the open-source PPC Mac emulator) and a completely unrelated thought came to me:

How hard would it be to borrow/intergrate the SheepShaver source code into WinUAE to make PPC emulation possible?

Now please don't jump on/flame me, as it's just me thinking out loud :-)

I can imagine that a lot of people would be very happy to be able to run OS4.x on their x86 boxes? :-)

Cheers,

Mike.

[_ThEcRoW]

The actual developer of winuae stated that he is not interested. It's a shame, because a ppc integration would give the classic ppc amigas a boost, since could eb possible to run OS4 on it.
Maybe someday someone will try it out, as the source is freely available.

[mingle]

Ah, okay... It is a pity...

How about giving him an incentive with a "PPC for WinUAE" bounty? :-)

I'd chip in AU$100 straight away!

Cheers,

Mike.

[coldfish]

It's only a matter of time before someone adds PPC to Amiga emulation. Then we can all enjoy the majesty of OS4, boot it a few times out of curiosity, get bored and never look at it again.

[mingle]

Ha Ha! True... In all honesty, I usually just boot WinUAE just out of a sense of nostalgia and curiosity...

But the same goes for my A500 and also my ex-A1200, and my C64 & Vic-20!

[Gulliver]

I wish it was a matter of time! Tony Wilen, the current WinUAE developer, has expressed several times he wont add PPC support. Nowadays he only seems interested in making WinUAE bloated by adding a zillion of obscure features normal users wont use. It is a pitty, he is really a very good developer!

[Hell Labs]

Battery powered clock emulation anyone? I don't think anyone could ever conceivably need that, but it's there anyway. PPC emu? nah we can't add that in case people actually use it.

[stefcep2]

I wish it was a matter of time! Tony Wilen, the current WinUAE developer, has expressed several times he wont add PPC support. Nowadays he only seems interested in making WinUAE bloated by adding a zillion of obscure features normal users wont use. It is a pitty, he is really a very good developer!

his aim was always to make the most complete classic emulator ie as close to the real thing, as is possible,

[Gulliver]

@stefcep2

I know but then, why is he so keen on not adding PPC support. he has explained his reasons, but at the end, it is just that he doesnt want to do it!

[kolla]

Why on earth add PPC to WinUAE for running OS4 when there's nothing in OS4 that depends on amiga hardware? I dont grasp this wish for PPC emulation in UAE at all. Instead you should just add the needed bits to let QEmu emulate an AmigaOne or whatever. The only version of OS4 that runs on PowerUp boards is a very raw and unsupported OS4.0. And yes, I do find proper emulation of RTC incredibly more usefull than PPC emulation.

[persia]

We all just want to run OS4 on a PC so that we can have the "Meh" experience it brings.  Wouldn't PearPC be a good starting point for that?

[EvilGuy]

PowerPC fetishists strike again!

[Gulliver]

DREAM MODE ON
Not only OS4, but there are also nice OS 3.x WarpOS apps and games (Wipeout 2097, an a DVD videoplayer i cant remember, and a couple of cool emulators).
Of course the possibility of running OS4 is not a bad idea, so that we can finally get rid of the dongle it requires to work (SAM).
MorphOS could also be supported.
DREAM MODE OFF

[kolla]

We all just want to run OS4 on a PC so that we can have the "Meh" experience it brings.  Wouldn't PearPC be a good starting point for that?

Sure, if you prefer to start with a dead project with no active development instead of something that is actively developed, like qemu. A certaint MorphOS developer tweaked qemu to simulate a pegasos enough to launch MorphOS at some point, it is not magic but does require some work, and access to the real hardware does ofcourse help.

[Golem!dk]

Well... luckily WinUAE comes with source, so anyone is free to add PPC (BPPC/CSPPC if it is going to work with anything) emulation.