Dreamcast games that use WinCE will have a specail addition to the sega start up screen with the windows logo and i think it says powered by windowsCE as well. but to be honest, i've been avoiding the wince games at all cost, so i wasn't paying much attention. BTW- shenmue is *not* a WinCE game:)
AFAIK- the 68k emulator that was used on the initial powerpc macs was infact emulating a 68LC040 (which *doesn't* have a fpu... that's why when the powermacs first came out there were 2 or 3 commercail apps that emulated the 68040's fpu and basically gave you a full 68040. i even think there was a shareware one that ran fine on a real 68LC040, but in order to run on a powerpc it needed registration.
as for that just in time compile stuff, damn i never knew that... learn something new every day:)
Keep in mind this thing will be re-entering the atmosphere... which means it's going to get pretty damn hot from all the friction (like a shuttle landing). this should kill off anything that might be alive on the mir.
The next time some microsoft junkie tell you open source doesn't produce anything, point them to plex86. I'll be honest, when i first heard about this project i figured it would just fade away, but i must admit i am totaly in awe. Awsome job guys, i can't waitfor the changes to be commited so i can build this!!!!!
first, no where in this article does it say PS2. It says this system will play playstation games.
second, look at the hardware specs. i'm sorry, but i highly doubt an athlon can emulate a full ps2...
let's put a little more thought into this stuff, eh?
words cannot express the anger i am feeling right now. what right does microsoft have to spread this kind of inflamitory FUD?
let's put os holy wars aside for a second here. I do have a few windows using friends, and most of them prefer to build thier own system as well as install thier own copy of windows. Why? because they actually care about the legality of it. A few years back one of my friends bought a custom PC and paid for office whatever as an option. He thought he was picking up a *legal* copy. When he got the system and a PHOTOCOPIED manual he swore off getting any software preinstalled. Honestly i don't blame him.
As much as we dislike microsoft and would like to see them burn, there are honest people out there who do infact buy windows.
All in all, i definatly think this is aimed at the mom and pop PC stores. These are the people who use Windows and actually like it "Because Microsoft Said So(tm)", and will pretty much think what microsoft tells them to think because they don't know any better. We all know the type of person and probably have a few friends who are in this mind set (these are the same people who blindly bash mac os... even after microsoft stole the interface). Sigh. I've said this before and i know i'll say it again... Microsoft can pry my open source OS from my cold dead hands.
The same idea is happening all over the embedded market. There is a company out there that has done pretty much the same thing, except they are using the x86 instruction set. Included on this x86 system in a chip is ethernet IrDa, sound and i think svga video.
Now let's take this a step further...
Eventually, we're going to see the limit on how far we can push a single processor, and the only real logical direction to go until we find the next best thing (light based computers?), multiprocessor systems will become the norm. and now that everyone has finnaly cought on to multi-core chips... this may actually become an affordable (affordable for the average joe computer user...) reality. ibm had the right idea with the mutli core g4 idea.. but that has yet to materialize.
IMHO- VRML didn't catch on because it was released too soon. When i started looking into it, i was on a modem and the vrml site took forever to load. Now that cable and dls are making higher speed internet available to the masses this might actually have a chance of coming back. Another possibility is use of hardware 3d accelerators. Since most current computers today have some form of 3d this could also make VRML much nicer to look at. Another issue with VRML is there really was no standard browser (you can go on pretty much ANY platform and run netscape).
all in all, i'd really like to see VRML take off. It can only add to the internet's coolness factor.
Will this now give freebsd the power to actually give openbsd some competition? imagine these 2 oses going after the title of "most secure os, out of the box". THat would rock.
For a closed source os that actually *works* i don't think $20 is unreasonable. You've got to keep in mind, plam needs to pay for media, disttrobution and manuals... right off the top.
besides, if your that hell bend on not paying or just don't have the cash, i'm sure it'll hit the irc warez channels soon.
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Dreamcast games that use WinCE will have a specail addition to the sega start up screen with the windows logo and i think it says powered by windowsCE as well. but to be honest, i've been avoiding the wince games at all cost, so i wasn't paying much attention. BTW- shenmue is *not* a WinCE game :)
to hell with the ms and sun "standards". the only *REAL* standard comes from the w3c.
uhh.... mac osx doens't have anything to do with linux. it's using a MACH kernel as well as 4.4bsd.
Yeah that was the shareware version. i did a little digging and the commercial app i was thinking of is/was called PowerFPU.
AFAIK- the 68k emulator that was used on the initial powerpc macs was infact emulating a 68LC040 (which *doesn't* have a fpu... that's why when the powermacs first came out there were 2 or 3 commercail apps that emulated the 68040's fpu and basically gave you a full 68040. i even think there was a shareware one that ran fine on a real 68LC040, but in order to run on a powerpc it needed registration. as for that just in time compile stuff, damn i never knew that... learn something new every day :)
i hope.
Divide 22 by 7 and there you go.
bah, i don't care about the karma.
here is the link to my original post
/ 31/0481/1037&cid=48#48
http://www.kur5hin.org/?op=comments&sid=2000/10
this was MY post on k5.
You asshole!!!!! i posted this on k5!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
The next time some microsoft junkie tell you open source doesn't produce anything, point them to plex86. I'll be honest, when i first heard about this project i figured it would just fade away, but i must admit i am totaly in awe. Awsome job guys, i can't waitfor the changes to be commited so i can build this!!!!!
Guys...
first, no where in this article does it say PS2. It says this system will play playstation games.
second, look at the hardware specs. i'm sorry, but i highly doubt an athlon can emulate a full ps2...
let's put a little more thought into this stuff, eh?
Wine
Is
Not (an)
Emulator
it won't work...
words cannot express the anger i am feeling right now. what right does microsoft have to spread this kind of inflamitory FUD?
let's put os holy wars aside for a second here. I do have a few windows using friends, and most of them prefer to build thier own system as well as install thier own copy of windows. Why? because they actually care about the legality of it. A few years back one of my friends bought a custom PC and paid for office whatever as an option. He thought he was picking up a *legal* copy. When he got the system and a PHOTOCOPIED manual he swore off getting any software preinstalled. Honestly i don't blame him.
As much as we dislike microsoft and would like to see them burn, there are honest people out there who do infact buy windows.
All in all, i definatly think this is aimed at the mom and pop PC stores. These are the people who use Windows and actually like it "Because Microsoft Said So(tm)", and will pretty much think what microsoft tells them to think because they don't know any better. We all know the type of person and probably have a few friends who are in this mind set (these are the same people who blindly bash mac os... even after microsoft stole the interface). Sigh. I've said this before and i know i'll say it again... Microsoft can pry my open source OS from my cold dead hands.
The same idea is happening all over the embedded market. There is a company out there that has done pretty much the same thing, except they are using the x86 instruction set. Included on this x86 system in a chip is ethernet IrDa, sound and i think svga video.
Now let's take this a step further...
Eventually, we're going to see the limit on how far we can push a single processor, and the only real logical direction to go until we find the next best thing (light based computers?), multiprocessor systems will become the norm. and now that everyone has finnaly cought on to multi-core chips... this may actually become an affordable (affordable for the average joe computer user...) reality. ibm had the right idea with the mutli core g4 idea.. but that has yet to materialize.
IMHO- VRML didn't catch on because it was released too soon. When i started looking into it, i was on a modem and the vrml site took forever to load. Now that cable and dls are making higher speed internet available to the masses this might actually have a chance of coming back. Another possibility is use of hardware 3d accelerators. Since most current computers today have some form of 3d this could also make VRML much nicer to look at. Another issue with VRML is there really was no standard browser (you can go on pretty much ANY platform and run netscape).
all in all, i'd really like to see VRML take off. It can only add to the internet's coolness factor.
Will this now give freebsd the power to actually give openbsd some competition? imagine these 2 oses going after the title of "most secure os, out of the box". THat would rock.
No, i'd rather actually know red hat 7.0 before they sell me as being able to support it.
...the marketing dept puts out an add telling the world your company supports red hat 7.0 *before* it's released.
This book was one of the best portrails of the *true* hacker. Totaly worth every second i spent digging thorugh my public library's paperback section.
whoa shows how long *i've* been in a cave... hehe
Yes, i have 2 sun 386i towers. the higher end colbalt servers aren't x86 though.. i *think* they are mips based. only the low end cobalt's are x86.
...can pry my unix/unix-like operating systems from my cold dead fingers.
For a closed source os that actually *works* i don't think $20 is unreasonable. You've got to keep in mind, plam needs to pay for media, disttrobution and manuals... right off the top.
besides, if your that hell bend on not paying or just don't have the cash, i'm sure it'll hit the irc warez channels soon.