Mac OS emulation on PC

[Dave Krooshof]

>> well, it looks like it only does 040 emulation--no PPC emulation-- most Mac
>I think MAX runs on an 040, if it's not getting too
>complicated... it's only MIDI...

Do you guys mean macs from the 68040 types? (68010-68040)
Those are generally referred to as 68k macs.
This number doen't mean anything apart from that it is the name of the chip.
The 601, 603, 604(e) (and 750) chips are generally referred to as PPC.

As far as I know, 68040's run 16 bit code, up to system 7.6
There's a lot of stuff that is either 68k code or FAT (meaning both PPC and
68k in one file). It took a long time before people started writing PPC
native code.

And yes, you can run the Midi versions of Max on that, as long as midi in
out is well supported by the emulator. To run MSP (with real sound DSP),
you'll need a) a fast processor and b) a FAT version of Max MSP.
Max Play is free, and there many MSP patches that can run without MSP even
being around on your mac. Try those out, you'll find many on the web, and
you'll know.

>For audio 040 isn't ok though.
A real 68040 is not realy up to todays needs, no. But even Protools 4 kan
do something on it. It's like buying a win311 only PC for audio.
But if you run win311 on a fast pentium, I bet your soundprogs speed up
tremendously (if they can handle being run in a 16 bit enviroment, that is).


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Bedtime.


Dave


You can run a pre 95 version of Mac OS on a PC.
You can run WinME and NT on a Mac, as it is downwards compatible.

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