Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

[S.MULLA]

a new emulator called PearPC seems to be able to run OS X on x86 machines:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Check out the screenshots:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

source:aqua-soft.org [forum]

[KTamas]

what is the minimal system req.?

[Jackalo]

Image 1.

[Jackalo]

Image 2

[Toxicfume Veteran]

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Wow, this is really interesting, anyone got it to completely boot up?

[Japlabot]

what is the minimal system req.?

Well considering that you would need AT LEAST a 300mhz G3 to run OSX, and it emulates about 500 times slower, you would need about a 150GHZ computer :laugh:

edited ;)

[Jackalo]

Well considering that you would need AT LEAST a 300mhz G3 to run OSX, and it emulates about 500 times slower, you would need about a 1,500GHZ computer :laugh:

300 x 500 = 150GHz

[neufuse Veteran]

well got it running mandrake linux for PPC... slowly but running

[Deniss]

more pics more pics...

[Veiva]

Wow. :o That is too cool.

[Japlabot]

i knew it'ld be sooner or later when someone would emulate that special function that PPC have but not x86.

[Lexcyn]

I can't wait for Mac OSX to be running... I've always wanted to try it ! :D

[neufuse Veteran]

got osx 10 working until desktop then kernel dump

[SAMeAiM]

I just tryed to boot a Mac OS 8.0 CD (tryed to boot an .iso, (and yes i know i can install 8.0->8.1 in basilisk))

It didnt work;

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[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 = 0x00300003
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 accepted
[CPU/MMU] number of pages: 2^15 pagetable_start: 0x00300000 size: 2^18
[IO/PROM] <Error> can't open boot file

I tryed 4 fun, maby it just dont have support for the old 68k - i just thought that PPC did support 68k

Edited May 10, 2004 by SAMeAiM

[Brandon Live Veteran]

i knew it'ld be sooner or later when someone would emulate that special function that PPC have but not x86.

Huh?

PPC and x86 are completely different ISAs. What "special function" are you talking about?

[Japlabot]

Huh?

PPC and x86 are completely different ISAs. What "special function" are you talking about?

I once heard something about a 'special function' that isn't in the x86 instruction set.

[Schmoove]

It's still version 0.1 of the emulator. Give it some time, sooner or later it will run MacOSX just like you can run Red Hat in VMWare for example.

[Steve]

Huh?

PPC and x86 are completely different ISAs. What "special function" are you talking about?

'special function' is a void for the real difference he doesn't actually realize... :laugh:

[Steve]

Due to the nature of emulation, PearPC is quite slow (the client will run about 500 times slower than the host)

Considering many Mac users themselves find OS X (Aqua) slow... I've only found OS X to seem rather snappy on my current computer... Emulating what is touted 'the most advanced OS on the market', seems a little pointless, in light of the system overheads it *really* carries.

[uniacid]

I'll definitely try this once i get home from school, unless I pass out from lack of sleep :|

[lbking]

I get

FAILURE: DiskArbStart() -> 1102

just like the screenshot in this thread, anyone know what that's about?

[Klownicle]

Ill try this soon as I can get my friends panther disks.

[Rek]

I got DMG images of 10.3 panther will this work? now i need to see if I can get this to convert to ISO some how :/

[Jackalo]

I'm attempting to partition the harddisk image using the Darwin Installation CD from Apple's site, but it stops at

The following devices are available for installation:

I'll post again later if I have some type of success.

[Jackalo]

I got DMG images of 10.3 panther will this work? now i need to see if I can get this to convert to ISO some how :/

There is no way to convert DMG to ISO. DMG is an Apple proprietary image format.

I'm affraid your illegal copy will not work.

[Rek]

I'm attempting to partition the harddisk image using the Darwin Installation CD from Apple's site, but it stops at

The following devices are available for installation:

I'll post again later if I have some type of success.

May I ask what Darwin is?