From what I understand, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, WINE is not an emulator, but rather a third party implementation of Microsoft's APIs. So since the windows programs are still x86 native, they won't run on a powerpc machine. An actual emulator (something to translate the x86 instructions into powerpc instructions) would have to be added to WINE in order for these programs to run. Though, if WINE was ported to powerpc even without an emulator, Windows Applications might be able to be compiled for Linuxppc by their authors.
There is an actual x86 emulator for linux called Bochs <http://bochs.sourceforge.net/>. I have no idea if this works or not. Andy Cooley, Dave wrote: > The only Linux-based Windows Emulator I know of is WINE ( > http://www.winehq.com/ ), but I have no idea if you can use it on a > PPC based machine or not. Russell - Unknown1 - Idaho USA wrote: > What is that Windows under Linux Software called? I will need to run > QuickBooks Pro for work and thought I would try it under Linux > instead of buying SoftPC or whatever.... -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
