michael hast wrote:
> Robert Snyder wrote:
>
>> It all depends on what you are looking to emulate on the ppc platform
>>
>> OSX/other nix based OSes then you cant beat PearPC which does run
>> faster than my 400mhz G3 B/W system which runs OSX 10.4 just fine.
>> There have been improvements too it and my copy of pear pc with all
>> the tweaks and such boots with in 2-3 minutes a little slower than my
>> 400mhz the biggest problem is video draw rates. There is a on going
>> discussion in how you could treat the OSX desktop as a 3d enviroment
>> and pass opengl calls to the host system for faster preformance.
>> If your just looking to run Mac OS classic Like OS 8.5 8.6 9.x then
>> you would want to try the Sheepshaver project that runs MacOS 8.x-9.x
>> PPC builds and is very fast emulator and does it job quite well.
>>
>> PPC development enviroment well the best solution there would be a
>> commerical project from Virtuatec called Simics There cpu core runs
>> at near native speeds it does not have what I would call video
>> support this is strictly for running CLI nix OSes so you can compile
>> and test development of ppc nix applications or to be used as part of
>> a compile farm.
>>
>> On 11/28/05, *Eben King* <eben1@tampabay.rr.com
>> <mailto:eben1@tampabay.rr.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, michael hast wrote:
>>
>> > Hey, guys!
>> >
>> > Jim got me started on a thought here. Do any of you have any
>> > experience with Power PC emulation on x86? My recent
>> experimentation
>> > with Qemu has got me thinking about that as well, it's not all
>> Jim's fault.
>>
>> PearPC http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ works, but it's
>> glacial. I'm talking,
>> half an hour to boot on a 2GHz x86.
>>
>> --
>> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm
>> <mailto:ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm>
>> home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
>> <http://home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar>
>> LEO: Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt and staple
>> it to your boss' face, oh no. Eat a bucket of tuna-flavored pudding
>> and wash it down with a gallon of strawberry Quik. -- Weird Al
>>
> Well, those are a couple of completely different reviews of the same
> app! Controversy means it's probably worth looking at! :-)
You really have to dive into pearpc sites and read tweking guides and
which optimized build to use and and which settings do what for whom.
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