Emulation Of Ppc Macintosh In X86 Linux

It's sort of possible to run MacOS 8.6 on your PC now. Previously, 8.1 is the best you could do.

(this is a big deal)

Scoop:

"The man* who put the JIT into Basilisk II has made history by getting a former Mac PPC virtual machine for BeOS to boot up (with extensions off) as a PPC 604 Mac emulator for x86 Linux.

According to developer *Gwenole Beauchesne, "However, there is another bug lurking around but you can still boot without extensions and run applications (tested MacOS 8.1). On a P4 @ 1.8 GHz, Speedometer 4.x reports speeds around 1.7x of a real Quadra 605 (approx. 50% slower than B2 without JIT). Now next step is obviously to write the JIT. ;-)"

Toshimitsu Tanaka has created a page with some screenshots of SheepShaver running on RedHat 8 running on VMWare here (Babelfish translation of Japanese page). Link updated

We must stress that this is probably a very early alpha, so don't expect much more soon. Gwenole has been busy on this project for a long time and will undoubtably need time to work on bugs and enhancing the emulator. I recall the goal was to integrate the PPC emulation into Basilisk II as a new feature (like in December 2000 when B2 got 68040 emulation).

If anyone is interested in building SheepShaver x86 and making a binary available, or could share the info on how to build SheepShaver (using autoconfig & automake?), please feel free to post on the Emaculation forum or post a link to your webpage (thanks!): http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/index.php

Congratulations to Gwenole! May this early leak not hamper his continued work on the project!"

http://www.emaculation.com/modules.php?nam...=article&sid=76

Screenshot

edit: better screenshot link

#78959

so you're saying I have to run linux with BeOS emulator and Sheepshaver on top of that?

and all of this just to get PPC emulation POSSIBLY working?

#78964

No, no. You can just run SheepShaver in Linux now.

Sheepshaver is described as a "former Mac PPC virtual machine for BeOS"

#78965

So exciting, yet so very very lame

#78966

Lame? Why? *blinks*

#78970

#78990

oh yeah! I guess i got a Mac right on time! <_

#79002

why does your post say "user posted image" DrEaMs In DiGiTaL?

-bolero

#79010

Originally posted by bolero@Nov 16 2003, 04:06 PM

why does your post say "user posted image" DrEaMs In DiGiTaL?

-bolero

I think the Aqua-Soft server has problems...

#79015

this sounds kewl but i deleted my linux partition to install windows 2003 and then deleted it again to install windows longhorn. btw please don't ask me where to get longhorn. if you really want it try google-ing it.

#79039

Interesting. I don't have linux, and partitioning my disc and installing it would be a pain in the butt. Then running sheepshaver could only possibly get it to work, all for emulating the extremely outdated and obsolete OS 8.6. If OS 9.22 were to emulated, then that would be a big deal, but I guess this is a small step for me, but could be a giant step for Macintosh Emulation.

#79052

It must be a great step for MacOS Emulation.

But I have to add this: Trying to run MacOS on a x86 Processor isn't really wise... I mean, the REAL power of MacOS comes from being developed for PowerPC. You wouldn't even get CLOSE to getting the same performance on MacOSX Jaguar running on a Pentium4 than a G4...

#79078

in fact, we wouldn't possibly get it to work as fast as a G3. not in a looooong time. think about it.

he said it ran at 1.7x the speed of a Quadra. and that was on a P4.

ok... let's go.

he was running SS without JIT on Linux on VMWare.

let's say he doubles his speed by running on a real linux os (not a virtual one). that makes it 3.4x a Quadra.

and lets say he is able to (and i believe he is) add JIT to it and gains what... 50% of speed? well, that makes it 5.1x a Quadra. how close to running OSX is that? i dont think that too near.

BUT after saying all this... i must say... WAY TO GO!!! :rule: :rule:

i can barely think of OSX running here lol. even if slow.

#79131