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Mac emulator

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  • 24-02-2002 9:52pm
    #1
    adnans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭


    is there even such a thing available? surely OS X can be made to support chips other then the G4. but if they did that Apple would lose money on hardware. but then again, im not a CEO which means i dont care about that ****.

    if winXP is my cocaine, surely OS X is my crack?

    adnans


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    It seems that if any Mac Os - X would be the best at supporting alternate chipsets, although I wouldn't be an expert. OSX being UNIX based would be compatible with any UNI based systems surely.

    I would be interested to see a Mac emulator tho, interesting idea, maybe it exists...

    If OSX is my crack - Mac is my serial number...


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    timod
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭timod


    There's no emulator for full OS-X.

    Have a look at Basilisk (try a google search). It emulates up to 7.5.3 on Windows I think - and it's supposed to be very good.

    Menawhile, you can get Darwin, which is the base of OSX.

    It's essentially *BSD with a Mach Kernel

    here:

    http://publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/1.4/release.html

    It corresponds to OSX 10.1. It's a 230Mb ISO for x86. You can also get Xfree86 and other stuff from http://publicsource.apple.com/

    Apple will never release the code for Aqua though, which is I expect what you want :)

    Tim


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    amp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    If Windows 2k is my marajuana then man my full tower is going to take a long time to smoke.


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    #5
    DiscoStu
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭DiscoStu


    apple have actually released darwin(the unix base of os x) for x86 processors. but they didnt port the fancy aqua window manager over. but give it time and the beardies will build somthing that resembles aqua :)

    [edit]
    It corresponds to OSX 10.1. It's a 230Mb ISO for x86. You can also get Xfree86 and other stuff from http://publicsource.apple.com/

    maybe i should read the thread before adding my 2 cents :)
    [/edit]


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