PPC Emulator
Rolf Schatzmann
mol-devel@lists.maconlinux.org
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:41:12 +0800
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Hi,
I looked through the archives but could not find any info on this =
subject so I figured I would ask this list.
A company called Transitive http://www.transitives.com claims to have =
a program that runs under Linux and "translates" ppc binaries to i386 on =
the fly, they even claim to have a free demo available.
Is this just vapourware or do they really have this working?
I realise that this in itself would not be a way of running MOL on i386 =
as it will require a complete PPC hardware emulator however it does make =
me wonder if the holy grail of emulating a ppc processor on an i386 is =
getting closer.
They also now claim to have a working "Synthetic CPU" that can appear as =
a PPC when run on an i386 box, assuming this were the case how hard =
would it be to get mol to talk to the PC hardware instead of the Mac =
hardware it expects (but using the synthetic PPC cpu)
Any thoughts welcomed.
Rolf
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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working?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I realise that this in itself would not =
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running MOL on i386 as it will require a complete PPC hardware emulator =
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it does make me wonder if the holy grail of emulating a ppc processor on =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They also now claim to have a working =
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CPU" that can appear as a PPC when run on an i386 box, assuming this =
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case how hard would it be to get mol to talk to the PC hardware instead =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any thoughts welcomed.</FONT></DIV>
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