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]

[niteowl]

  rocks1985 said:

does anyone's "about this mac" dialogue box show anything better than a 0 MHz G3?

Check out the very last post on page 49

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...c=165720&st=720

It looks like someone knows how to tweak the settings, (or is good at photoshop ;) )

[okt00]

niteowl, he is actually running OS X, with Virtual PC running PearPC.

[niteowl]

Oh, that makes sense then :p

[muzzle79]

Well so far i've had very little trouble. No crashes yet at all today. Installed on two systems to see what difference would be like.

Both are 3ghz with xp profesional. One however has 1 gb with 512 dedicated to os install, while the other has 2gb with 1gb dedicated to os install. The increase in memory increased productivity around 20-30 % from what i can tell. Set redraw rate at 120 and so far so good. Doesn't take nearly as long to install stuff on the unit with 1 gig ram. *tried a copy of MS OFFICE students and teachers edition*.

[KeR]

what is the hex number for 215meg of ram......

[Dazzla Veteran]

  MxxCon said:

what's the point if it doesn't support sound? :rolleyes:

Because I can? :rolleyes:

[AquaFX]

  Dazzla said:

It feels like a P200-300 running XP with all it's effects on, so it's sluggish, but not unbearable. And no it doesn't take 3 seconds for the cursor to move, it's instant for me, I've allocated 512mb for PearPC as well. I've installed a few themes, installed Windowshade X and just installed iTunes 4.5:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sherry.ponting/Junk/PearPC3.jpg

how would i allocate that much ram, just by changing the config file?

[Detroit]

  Dazzla said:

Because I can? :rolleyes:

How?! How did you get programs like itnues4.5 on it?

[Dazzla Veteran]

Just download them from Apple.com, to create an Iso I just use Nero to burn to an image recorder and choose .iso as file type. Sound doesn't work so iTunes is a bit pointless but I just wanted to check it out.

[Detroit]

How did you get Nero to burn .dmg files? If you dont mind, mind posting your config?

[Dazzla Veteran]

Nero didn't burn dmg files. I just created a new compilation, dumped the .dmg files along with other stuff on it, chose image recorder, chose .iso as the format. That's it. My config is nothing special.

[Detroit]

Aha! thnx!

[Detroit]

Dazzla,

http://www.richardgoodwin.com/pearpc/

the 2nd file has athlon 64 compatibilty i think (vs 0.2)

the first file is 0.1.2

[Dazzla Veteran]

What's A64 compatability supposed to mean? It's running fine on my A64, do you mean it's a 64bit version?

[Dazzla Veteran]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, latest screenie of PearPC!

[Starman]

Sweet, Daz.

Mike

[furby]

  Dazzla said:

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, latest screenie of PearPC!

https://www.neowin.net/forum/uploads/post-60-1084882401.jpg

oh sweet, got to give this a go :yes:

[Fozzieb]

Is anyone doing CPU optimized builds from the cvs? or compiling the nightly builds?

If so where can i download from.

Cheers

[Emon]

  okt00 said:

niteowl, he is actually running OS X, with Virtual PC running PearPC.

yep yep ... that was me :D

[salterbomb]

how is the speed now with the latest build of pear pc?

[uniacid]

  Solarix said:

i changed the memory config to memory_size=0x20000000, but it shows 128 at boot still anyone know why?  will the boot say that but when its installed and done will it be fine?

make sure you don't have # next to that line since that comments it out

also I'm trying out the Trunk (0.2pre) build, seems ok can't really see a big speed difference

Edited May 18, 2004 by uniacid

[nmbr6]

Maybe someone can help me. I keep getting an error when trying to run the config file. I have a athlon64 3200+, 1gb pc4000, 2 raptors striped (not sure if this is my problem)

Here is my error

  Quote

ppccfg.darwin: I/O error: No such file or directory

usage: ppc configfile

Here is my configfile

  Quote

# 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

#

# The indexed modes are unsupported.

#

# default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 4

#

# 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 = 200

#

# 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 = "auto"

# 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"

#

# 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=0x8000000

#

# 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 = "osx.img"

#pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1

pci_ide0_slave_image = "darwin-701.iso"

#pci_ide0_slave_image = "osx.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"

#

# USB

#

pci_usb_installed = 1

#

# NVRAM

#

nvram_file = "nvram"

Any ideas?

[trad]

anyone can run Chess?

i did try the nero and put the .dmg inside, but it got error, something it cant mount it - and following by some number

nmbr6: you need run in on a command prompt, in the directory, type ppc configfile

eg. ppc ppccfg.example

mitodna

[nmbr6]

I am running it from the command prompt from that directory and all my files are there. Thats my problem.

[jedavis1]

  mitodna said:

anyone can run Chess?

i did try the nero and put the .dmg inside, but it got error, something it cant mount it - and following by some number

nmbr6: you need run in on a command prompt, in the directory, type ppc configfile

eg. ppc ppccfg.example

mitodna

I have had luck loosing to the emulated OS X chess!

Chess on OS X.2