> Using the "x86" logic, the G5 would HAVE to be called part of the 680x0 > family -- because it has the ability to run code compiled for that chip, > ergo it must have some of those instructions within it!
Why should I stop there lets call the Core Duo part of the 68k family, because it can run PowerPC applications and PowerPCs can run 68k applications so there must have the some instruction set. Seeming that Core Duos can run software like windows and dos lets call the 8086 part of the 68k family. Well that's it thanks to you we can now call every processor a 68k compatible processor, a PowerPC compatible processor and an x86 compatible processor. Why because emulation was never invented Rosetta is just a figment of Apple imagination, the same with the 68k emulator, none of it ever existed it was all because they have the same basic instruction set. All this RISC stuff and so on is just a marketing gimmick. I'll tell you what if there all the same I'm sure Windows does run on Macs and always has, it must be that people were too lazy to try it. Virtual PC is just a money making scam it doesn't emulate anything does it, it just gives you a nice icon that restarts your system into windows. These people who port Linux distributions to PowerPC where just sticking there name on the distribution. Because when people were making these standards completely independent of each others they came up with the same numbers and assigned them to the same instructions. Lets keep going, I can play Commodore 64 games on my PC therefore it is 6502 compatible as well. According to you every processor in the history of the world is 68k compatible. The fact of the matter is that 8086 have the same numbers linked to the same mnemonics as the Pentium 4, just the Pentium 4 has some additional ones and different memory addressing. This translates too they have the same basic instruction set. The 68k has different numbers linked to different mnemonics. The PowerPC also has different numbers linked to different mnemonics. If you did a study on it, I will bet you a hell of a lot of money that the 8086 processors has a lot more mnemonics and number counterparts in common to the Pentium 4, then the 68000 has compared to the PowerPC. If the 68000 has any mnemonics and machine code counterparts in common with the PowerPC it would almost certainly be just a coincidence. That's what Processor Emulation does it takes a mnemonic for its client CPU and tries to find an exact translation for the mnemonic into the mnemonic that the host CPU understands. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
