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Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

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Well so far i've had very little trouble. No crashes yet at all today. Installed on two systems to see what difference would be like.

Both are 3ghz with xp profesional. One however has 1 gb with 512 dedicated to os install, while the other has 2gb with 1gb dedicated to os install. The increase in memory increased productivity around 20-30 % from what i can tell. Set redraw rate at 120 and so far so good. Doesn't take nearly as long to install stuff on the unit with 1 gig ram. *tried a copy of MS OFFICE students and teachers edition*.

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It feels like a P200-300 running XP with all it's effects on, so it's sluggish, but not unbearable. And no it doesn't take 3 seconds for the cursor to move, it's instant for me, I've allocated 512mb for PearPC as well. I've installed a few themes, installed Windowshade X and just installed iTunes 4.5:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sherry.ponting/Junk/PearPC3.jpg

how would i allocate that much ram, just by changing the config file?

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Just download them from Apple.com, to create an Iso I just use Nero to burn to an image recorder and choose .iso as file type. Sound doesn't work so iTunes is a bit pointless but I just wanted to check it out.

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Nero didn't burn dmg files. I just created a new compilation, dumped the .dmg files along with other stuff on it, chose image recorder, chose .iso as the format. That's it. My config is nothing special.

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i changed the memory config to memory_size=0x20000000, but it shows 128 at boot still anyone know why?  will the boot say that but when its installed and done will it be fine?

make sure you don't have # next to that line since that comments it out

also I'm trying out the Trunk (0.2pre) build, seems ok can't really see a big speed difference

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Maybe someone can help me. I keep getting an error when trying to run the config file. I have a athlon64 3200+, 1gb pc4000, 2 raptors striped (not sure if this is my problem)

Here is my error

ppccfg.darwin: I/O error: No such file or directory

usage: ppc configfile

Here is my configfile
# PearPC Configuration File

#

# Resolution

#

# 0: 640x480x8 (indexed)

# 1: 640x480x15

# 2: 640x480x32

# 3: 800x600x8 (indexed)

# 4: 800x600x15

# 5: 800x600x32

# 6: 1024x768x8 (indexed)

# 7: 1024x768x15

# 8: 1024x768x32

#

# The indexed modes are unsupported.

#

# default: 4

ppc_start_resolution = 4

#

# Redraw interval (in ms)

# must be between 1 and 999

#

# If you set this higher, PearPC will spend less time doing redraws (and so run faster)

# but feel less responsive. You should adjust this to your computer speed and personal

# preference.

#

redraw_interval_msec = 200

#

# Loader

#

#

# Boot method

#  this can be

#  1. "auto", prom will boot the first bootable partition found (default)

#  2. "select", prom will show you a list of bootable partitions

#  3. "force", prom will load and boot the local file prom_loadfile

#

prom_bootmethod = "auto"

# Example of how to use "force":

#prom_bootmethod = "force"

#prom_loadfile = "test/yaboot"

#prom_env_bootpath = "disk"

#

# bootargs: don't change unless you know what you are doing

# machargs: set to "-v" to get a verbose startup

#

#prom_env_bootargs = ""

prom_env_machargs = "-v"

#

# This is needed if you want to boot Mac OS X

#

prom_driver_graphic = "video.x"

# This will adjust the position of the initial page table (don't change)

#page_table_pa = 104857600

#

# CPU Config

#

# Processor Version Register

# Defaults to 0x00088302

# Only change if you know want you are doing

#

#cpu_pvr = 0x00088302

#

# Main memory (default 128 MiB)

# must be >= 64 MiB

#

#memory_size=0x8000000

#

# IO Devices

#

#

# PCI IDE Config

#

# Drive type will be set according to file extension:

#  .img: Harddisk (filesize must be multiple of 516096)

#  .iso: CD-Rom

# Or you can override this by specifying the type via

# pci_ide0_master_type / pci_ide0_slave_type

pci_ide0_master_installed = 1

pci_ide0_master_image = "osx.img"

#pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1

pci_ide0_slave_image = "darwin-701.iso"

#pci_ide0_slave_image = "osx.iso"

#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"

pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"

#

# Network (unavailable on windows)

#

pci_3c90x_installed = 0

pci_3c90x_mac = "de:ad:ca:fe:12:34"

#

# USB

#

pci_usb_installed = 1

#

# NVRAM

#

nvram_file = "nvram"

Any ideas?

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anyone can run Chess?

i did try the nero and put the .dmg inside, but it got error, something it cant mount it - and following by some number

nmbr6: you need run in on a command prompt, in the directory, type ppc configfile

eg. ppc ppccfg.example

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anyone can run Chess?

i did try the nero and put the .dmg inside, but it got error, something it cant mount it - and following by some number

nmbr6: you need run in on a command prompt, in the directory, type ppc configfile

eg. ppc ppccfg.example

mitodna

I have had luck loosing to the emulated OS X chess!

Chess on OS X.2

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