A multi-arch emulator? (ppc)
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A multi-arch emulator? (ppc)
I wonder if it would be possible with the right rom, and stuffs, if there was an emulator that can run Rhapsody dr1 and dr2 ppc, dr1-4, pb, and 10.0-10.5 without and hassle of terminals and stuff, what do you think?
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Re: A multi-arch emulator? (ppc)
QEMU already does that... all you need is a wrapper.
The problem is that QEMU is changing so quickly that someone would have to be working constantly to support the latest builds, due to the optimal options changing continually.
Personally, I keep every one of my OSes in its own self-contained app in the finder, so that I can just use the Finder as my launcher.
This is what it looks like:
April 2018 Mac OS Launchers by adespoton
The actual emulators behind that are Mini vMac, Basilisk II, SheepShaver, QEMU, plus VirtualBox and Parallels.
The problem is that QEMU is changing so quickly that someone would have to be working constantly to support the latest builds, due to the optimal options changing continually.
Personally, I keep every one of my OSes in its own self-contained app in the finder, so that I can just use the Finder as my launcher.
This is what it looks like:
April 2018 Mac OS Launchers by adespoton
The actual emulators behind that are Mini vMac, Basilisk II, SheepShaver, QEMU, plus VirtualBox and Parallels.
Re: A multi-arch emulator? (ppc)
Oh wow, that is cool! But what I was saying is all those emulators into one. Without a whole lot of hassle
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Re: A multi-arch emulator? (ppc)
What I'm saying is that no matter how you do it, there will be a whole lot of hassle; it just depends on whether the hassle is for the developer or the users.
Once QEMU PPC development slows down a bit, we may get someone making another front end like Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(emulator) which worked wonderfully.
Meanwhile, we've got two active attempts from users on this board to build a "Mac" emulator front end for Windows. They are both currently working for at least one emulator each.
Once QEMU PPC development slows down a bit, we may get someone making another front end like Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(emulator) which worked wonderfully.
Meanwhile, we've got two active attempts from users on this board to build a "Mac" emulator front end for Windows. They are both currently working for at least one emulator each.