Re: [tlug] A mac linux question

[Pietro Zuco <pietro@example.com>]

On Friday 12 July 2002 09:36, shimpei@example.com wrote:

> VMWare does not emulate the x86 processor; it just emulates the PC
> environment--the video card, the IDE devices, the I/O chips, the BIOS,
> and so on. That's why VMWare is as fast as it is, and it's also the
> biggest reason why VMWare hasn't been--and cannot ever be--ported to MacOS.
>
> Mac-on-liunx uses a similar model--emulate a Mac, but not the PowerPC
> CPU. To get Mac-on-linux to work on x86, you first need to write yourself a
> PowerPC emulator, since I don't think anyone has ever completed one--the
> "Mac emulators" on the market still only emulate m680x0 code, as far as I
> know. If you're happy with 68k emulation only, look at Basilisk and Ardi
> Executor.

But there are a windows emulator for mac isn't it?
It's curious that there are not a PowerPC emulator for x86. I would prefer to 
use one and run mac software instead VMware and run win soft.

Basilisk only emulate the mp isn't it?

pietro