WINE for PPC

[Jason Warm]

All ready tried the browser string trick, no good, it actually installs
dll files from what I can make out.  Just came across an app called BOCHS
its an emu like Virtual PC, but seems to be able to do what I want to do,
compiling it now.

Jason

<quote who="Michael Jeffrey Tucker">
> Hi Jason -
>
>   I don't think that it will be possible to get WINE to compile for YDL.
> If I recall correctly, WINE has no provision for doing instruction set
> translation. Therefore, it will only run on the standard Windows hardware
> (x86).
>
>   Given your description of the problem, it sounds like the site you are
> trying to access might be determining its content by examining the string
> that your browser uses to announce itself. You may be able to fool the
> site by using a browser that allows you to change that string. You might
> try using Opera, as I know that the x86-linux version allows you to report
> to servers that you are using IE on Windows. There may be a similar option
> for the PPC version.
>
> Good luck,
> Mike
>
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Jason Warm wrote:
>
>> I am in a bind here.  I need to access a training website that ONLY
>> supports IE.  As if that wasn't bad enough, it will only work with IE on
>> Winbloze.  I have tried accessing the site using IE on OS 9 with the
>> same
>> failure I am having with just about every other browser i try (both Mac
>> and YDL).  I am hoping that if I run IE 6 under WINE I might be able to
>> get it to work.  My question is, will WINE even run on non-x86 hardware?
>> Has anyone been able to compile WINE for YDL or know of a pre-compiled
>> PPC
>> package?  Has anyone got any other ideas on getting IE to run on YDL
>> (god
>> that sounds like such a horrible thing, but I have no choice)?
>>
>> --
>> Jason Warm
>> jwarm@miasys.com
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