Adam Maas wrote: > First off, it's not a good idea performance-wise. There isn't a > PowerPC emulator with anything approaching decent performance, even on > a fast PC you're going to be looking at performance similar to a > PPC604e at best. You might be able to get a usable OS9 boot, but OS X > is gonna suck massively on any PPC emulator.
I was afraid of that. My initial thoughts were to try it on one of the existing machines and if it worked, then build something a bit faster. > Secondly, you can't get a legal version of OS X for that use. The > license agreement specifically restricts you to using it on Apple > system. If I was looking to do a light use OS X box on the > ultra-cheap, I'd look for an old B&W G3, stuff it full of PC100 SDRAM > and run it headless via VNC with OS X 10.3.9 (which in fact I do). Ah, the wonderful world of EULAs. If that's the case, I may as well run some piratey goodness from the get go. Thanks, Adam. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
