OpenOSX Provides Virtual PC Alternative

Posted by pudge on Friday September 5, 2003 @08:54AM from the this-might-do-the-trick dept.

lucas.clemente writes "OpenOSX has just announced a cheap alternative to Microsoft's Virtual PC for Mac OS X, OpenOSX WinTel. What's more, the OpenOSX version will be compatible with Apple's new G5 architecture, whereas Virtual PC users will have to wait until the next major upgrade for G5 compatibility." It's a frontend to bochs, which we've discussed before as a possible Virtual PC replacement, and the biggest obstacle seemed to be getting it up and running. Perhaps this product will fill that hole. Prices start at $25 for download, but it is covered under the GPL.

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Re:Lots of Problems - Old Info by JDWTopGuy · 2003-09-05 11:55 · Score: 0, Redundant

Somebody really needs to start a project to join bochs and WINE. I've thought about what it would take, and I'd do it but I don't have t3h l337 5k!llz (C, C++, etc.).

I imagine such a solution would involve franken-forking bochs and wine, and merging them. The way I figured out would be:
1. Modify bochs somehow so that a program running in the emu can call code running outside it.
2. Modify linux to allow such things, and you'd also need a "thunking" version of WINE inside the emu to call the native WINE code outside.
3. Port WINE to OS X, integrate with bochs
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!!!!

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