PowerPC Architecture Emulator Unleashed

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.."

Comments

Re:Why not use it natively?

[johnnliu]

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.

major bug

[austad]

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. :)