Subj : Re: Running linux in vm on li
To   : Derision
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Oct 29 2018 09:49 am

 Re: Re: Running linux in vm on li
 By: Derision to Nightfox on Sun Oct 28 2018 01:35 pm

De> It's actually more significant than that, even. The PowerPC's emulation of
De> the 68k is actually at the hardware level, rather than in software. Since
De> the PowerPC was developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola, one of it's main
De> functions was specifically to replace the 68k, and software-level
De> emulation at that point wasn't anywhere near efficient enough to do so
De> effectively. So the emulation is built into the chips themselves.

Interesting..  I do remember hearing somewhere that Mac software for 68k
sometimes ran better on the PowerPC - Probably due to the hardware backwards
compatibility.

Nightfox

---
� Synchronet � Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

You are viewing proxied material from bbs.kd3.us. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.