S.MULLA Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 a new emulator called PearPC seems to be able to run OS X on x86 machines: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/index.html Check out the screenshots: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html source:aqua-soft.org [forum] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Si Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 Wow. This will be nice if it's real :) Due to the nature of emulation, PearPC is quite slow (the client will run about 500 times slower than the host) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 panoz Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 excellent feature.. :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rek Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Damn only for linux :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Si Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 Damn only for linux :( I just downloaded the win32 build, I wish I had my Panther discs with me! http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/downloads.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rek Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 oh cool theres one for windows :D now to find some images :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Schmoove Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Would be nice if it really worked :) I have no Mac cd's, so I can't really test it :( Sombody test it and let us know please, I am really really curious!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Argi Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Mad, gonna try this out. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chicane-UK Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hm.. need more time to faff around with this and get it running. Wonder if its the genuine article...... I got Panther CD's in my drawer, just can't be bothered to hack around with the cludgy config file and get it goin :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Japlabot Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I would like to try it out, but this PC runs slow enough with just Windows :| Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SAMeAiM Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Can any one confirm, that it really works ?, and how slow it really is (on what pc, hardware specs.) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Argi Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I'm getting a copy of PPC linux and am gonna see if it works. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mike Frett Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hmmm, It wouldn't be on sourceforge if it was fake, right? :unsure: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tran Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Awesome! I have a Panther CD downstairs! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jackalo Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I ripped an ISO of my OS 10.2 CD-1 with discdump and it didn't want to boot from it, so I'm going to try OS 9.2 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jack_canada Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I'm gonna try it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jack_canada Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 how do u do it?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jackalo Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 That's what we're all trying to figure out. No luck on the 10.2 or 9.2 CD's that I ripped using DiscDump. I'll try dumping them from Linux sometime tomorrow and see if that works. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Japlabot Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 how do u do it?? http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/getstart.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 oik Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 can a mod at least fix the title? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jack_canada Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 how do i do it in windows? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Knight' Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I'm at school now, when I get home I'll try it out. But I bet you anything this is fake. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jackalo Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 how do i do it in windows? There is no difference in running it on Linux and Windows. Follow the documentation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Axel Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 please sum1 soon post some success stories... I'm dying to try this but don't wanna waste any time if it simply wont work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jackalo Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 ... I think this is the real deal. I can get it to boot from a 10.2 CD, but it errors out. Download Gemulator Explorer at http://www.emulators.com/download.htm, and run it. Select your CD-ROM with the MacOS X cd in it, then choose File > Create Image File From Physical Disc. After that, just configure the PearPC config file accordingly to whatever you named the image file (I used macosx.img). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NinjaOfLove Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 500 times slower......I'll pass. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165720-running-mac-os-x-on-x86-pc/#findComment-2086711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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S.MULLA
a new emulator called PearPC seems to be able to run OS X on x86 machines:
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/index.html
Check out the screenshots:
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
source:aqua-soft.org [forum]
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