Why is this thread NOW moved to 'Discussing Mac OS'. It blatantly ISN'T Discussing Mac OS, but emulation for an application designed for Windows and Linux. What use is this thread to Mac users? None - All it does do, IMO is draw more 'Windows' users to a forum for which they have no base - probably increasing trolling in the process - could someone please move this thread to somewhere where it'd be more fitting?!

Why is this thread NOW moved to 'Discussing Mac OS'. It blatantly ISN'T Discussing Mac OS, but emulation for an application designed for Windows and Linux.

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Agreed. Not that I would openly participate in "mod sassery," but there really isn't any place to make this thread less conspicuous. It's already gotten lots of attention and PearPC isn't going away anytime soon.

Maybe it belongs in the Customization and Skinning section?

This is just so funny. Mac'ish people have been complaining about Windows people for so long. Windows people were 'wannabes' when we skinned our XP installs to look like OS X. Now that Windows people can really run Mac OS X, I can feel the hate even more :-).

This is just so funny. Mac'ish people have been complaining about Windows people for so long. Windows people were 'wannabes' when we skinned our XP installs to look like OS X. Now that Windows people can really run Mac OS X, I can feel the hate even more :-).

lol, why would 'they' / 'we' hate? I just don't any more trolls than the norm, in these Mac forums.. I personally don't care for PPC emulation, I know how OS X is on slow computers, so i really would not envy any of you guys doing it. Fair play for wanting to or whatever, but emulating OS X is a joke...

At work, I have a Dual G4 1.2ghz (if iI can recall, I don't usually go into 'about this mac' ;-) but I'll look tomorrow), and this is no comparison to it.

I think Apple is going to be very happy (not publiclly ) about PearPC. Instead of people not buying Macs, I predict the opposite: this will cause more people to want a Mac.

One last note: I dont know how they do it, but the text on Neowin looks to much sexier in Safari then in IE/FireFox (Win32) ;-).

people need to be in these forums reading about Mac's, not about x86 applications

Your right. It think this thread does not belong here. However, I think people should post their questions about Mac OS X (even if they are running it in PearPC) here.

So, if you want to know how to mount a .dmg, ask it in the mac forums. If you want to know whats wrong with your config file, you should ask that in the windows forums..

exactly!

Mac users surely don't want to be reading...

'How do i burn 'Panther_CD1.dmg' in Nero?'

Mac users surely don't want to be reading...

'How do i burn 'Panther_CD1.dmg' in Nero?'

For all the Win32 users that want to make Hard Disks, turns out Windows comes with a tool.

the syntax:



For the file size, just do this simple calculation: [#ofGByouWant] * 2 * 528482304.

So, to create the 15gb image file I wanted, I ran the command:



Just go into the Disk Utility (Applications -> Disk Utility), and format it :-).

Because of the fact this thread is <bleep>ing huge, how do I change the memory size? I want it to be 192MB or 200MB or something..

##
## Main memory (default 128 MiB)
## must be >= 64 MiB
##
## 0x8000000 (128mb)
## 0x10000000 (256mb)
## 0x20000000 (512mb)

memory_size=0x20000000

PearPC may make or break a normal user's decision on whether they would want to switch to a mac, but it should never change a gamers mind. I run a p4 3ghz with 1gb of ram, and my comp is primarily used to play games, watch DVDs in college, and re-encode TV that i record on my server. Switching to a mac is completely impractical to me. that's why I like being able to use PearPC to atleast try out some of the stuff in OSX and run a mac app, if i find one that i need at some point.

that is the flaw with emulating a PC on a Mac, you can't emulate the PC to play games. but on a PC i can play games and emulate the mac to do other things

im typing this in pearpc Mac OS X 10.3 emulated. running the internet

Go into Windows calculator, and switch it to scientific mode. Make sure the 'Dec' radio button is selected, and do:



Next, click on the Hex radio button. Take the # that calc has, throw a 0x infront of it, and there is your number ;-).

So, if you want 256MB, do: 256 * 1024 * 1024 and click on Hex. The answer is 10000000, and then add a 0x in front of it, making your config setting: 0x10000000.

Hi guys, I'm trying to install os x but it always gives me a error.

using PearPC 0.2pre Standard (non-CPU optimized), 3 GB .img [from Cat_7], XP SP1, OS X 10.3

if anyone can help me I leave here the cfg and the ss
note: I'm not using darwin

"C:\pearpc\OSX_CD1.iso"

"C:\pearpc\HD-OS-X-Panther-PREP.img"

Hi Liquid, thanks for the fast reply, in fact I only used your cfg file, but the iso's were both renamed to osx1.iso,
look at the pearpc dir:

@echo off
cd pearpc-0.1.2-win32-jitc

ppc ppccfg_HD.txt

ok I removed the c:\ like you said Liquid and now PearPC starts but I got this:

# Main memory (default 128 MiB)
# must be >= 64 MiB
#
#memory_size=0x8000000

# Main memory (default 128 MiB)
# must be >= 64 MiB
#
#memory_size=0x10000000

# PearPC Configuration File

##
## Resolution
##
## 0: 640x480x8 (indexed)
## 1: 640x480x15
## 2: 640x480x32
## 3: 800x600x8 (indexed)
## 4: 800x600x15
## 5: 800x600x32
## 6: 1024x768x8 (indexed)
## 7: 1024x768x15
## 8: 1024x768x32
## 9: 1280x960x8 (indexed)
## 10: 1280x960x16
## 11: 1280x960x32
## 12: 1280x1024x8 (indexed)
## 13: 1280x1024x16
## 14: 1280x1024x32
##
## The indexed modes are unsupported.
##
## default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 8

##
## Refresh Rate (in hertz)
## (only applicable in full screen mode )
##
## default: 60

fs_refresh_rate = 60

##
## Redraw interval (in ms)
## must be between 1 and 999
##
## If you set this higher, PearPC will spend less time doing redraws (and so run faster)
## but feel less responsive. You should adjust this to your computer speed and personal
## preference.
##

redraw_interval_msec = 400

#
# Loader
#

#
# Boot method
# this can be
# 1. auto, prom will boot the first bootable partition found (default)
# 2. select, prom will show you a list of bootable partitions
# 3. force, prom will load and boot the local file prom_loadfile
#
prom_bootmethod = "select"

# Example of how to use force:
#prom_bootmethod = "force"
#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"
#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#
# bootargs: don't change unless you know what you are doing
# machargs: set to "-v" to get a verbose startup
#

#prom_env_bootargs = ""
#prom_env_machargs = "-v"
prom_env_machargs = ""

#
# This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X
#

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"


# This will adjust the position of the initial page table (don't change)
#page_table_pa = 104857600

#
# CPU Config
#
# Processor Version Register
# Defaults to 0x00088302
# Only change if you know want you are doing
#
#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302


#
# Main memory (default 128 MiB)
# must be >= 64 MiB
#
memory_size=0x10000000

#
# IO Devices
#

#
# PCI IDE Config
#
# Drive type will be set according to file extension:
# .img: Harddisk (filesize must be multiple of 516096)
# .iso: CD-Rom
# Or you can override this by specifying the type via
# pci_ide0_master_type / pci_ide0_slave_type

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_image = "C:\pearpc\HD-OS-X-Panther-PREP.img"
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "C:\pearpc\OSX_CD1.iso"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

#
# Network (unavailable on windows)
#
#pci_3c90x_installed = 0
#pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

pci_rtl8139_installed = 1
pci_rtl8139_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

#
# USB
#
pci_usb_installed = 1

#
# NVRAM
#
nvram_file = "nvram"

guys thanks for the fast replies, in fact I used Liquid cfg file, but the iso's were both renamed to osx1.iso,
look at the pearpc dir:

how can I install office 2004? I've seen screenshots of ppl showing it off, but how?