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PowerPC Architecture Emulator Unleashed

Posted by timothy on from the keep-handy-the-shredded-newspaper dept.

Sebastian Biallas writes "We have finally released version 0.1 of our PowerPC architecture emulator: PearPC. The emulator itself is (prepared to be) architecture independent but only tested on x86s (here you go porters...). It also features a must faster just-in-time compilation unit for x86 hosts. This means that you can now run your favourite PowerPC-OS on x86: Mandrake Linux (9.1), Darwin (6 + 7) and Mac OS X (10.3)! And the best things is: it's GPL'd. But be warned: it's experimental.."

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  1. Re:Why not use it natively? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhm because apparently powerPC's are much better architecture than x86 so it's nicer to run PowerPC in emulation on x86 rather than raw x86 because then it's more like running a mac. It will also run faster if you put blue bits on your case and call it "blueberry".

  2. Re:Why not use it natively? by johnnliu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because it won't be nerd enough.

    You've got to have:

    Mandrake running
    on PowerPC
    on PearPC simulator .. throwing several flavours of linux distros
    on Virtual PC
    on VMWare
    on XBox
    on ...

    To get be reported on /.

    The trick then, is to withstand the /. effect on your machine.

    And take a screenshot of the smoking machine.

    Then you get the "Immortal" rating.

    Then, just may be, you can get rooted.

  3. Re:Why not use it natively? by node+3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not just run it natively on the x86 architecture?

    You must be new here.

  4. major bug by austad · · Score: 5, Funny

    From their docs: PearPC currently only supports two-button mice (i.e. middle-button click and the scrollwheel will be ignored).

    They are going to have to figure out how to disable that second mouse button if they want to truly emulate OSX. :)

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  5. Re:Panther on x86? by Seahawk · · Score: 3, Funny

    But i just read the website. Its 500 times slower than the real thing :(

    When I was first trying to make the decision to buy a mac, spending 5 minutes or 30
    minutes "playing" with it at the store wasn't enough. I wanted to spend several days
    on it, using it to do all the things i do now, but in a different enviornment. You
    can't do that in the shop.

    Hmm - But you could play a total of 45 hours of "testing" in this emulator - and still havent done as much as 3½ minut on the real deal? ;)