Justin wrote: > what i find interesting, is that there is a program (coded for linux) > called "maconlinux" (www.maconlinux.org) which allows you to run > macos, inside linux at full speed - no emulation, it runs directly on > the processor. why cant apple create something similar, for their own > OS, on their own hardware?
Look closely: Maconlinux only runs on PPC hardware....and Apple HAS done this...it's called, oh, I forget, something like 'Mac OS'...;-) Classic on OSX is not 'emulation'. It is a separate running process under OSX, but it's running as natively as it does when you boot under OS9, it's just slightly slower under OSX because the OS9 apps don't have direct access to the hardware as much, and other OSX processes are using some of the processor time. The last time Apple did 'emulation' in their system software it was back in the days when the PPC had just come out, and a lot of 68K code ran in emulation. The last bits of this code were finally excised in System 8.5, which was the first PPC-only os version, though truthfully, the majority of the 68K only code that mattered had long been converted as far back as System 7.5; System 8 had very little, and little-used 68K-only code. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
