Wine only implements the Windows API, it doesn't convert machine code to a new target. You would need something like VMWare for Mac to run an x86 app for Windows or Linux under MacOS (SoftWindows I think but I'm not sure if it provides networking or stuff like that).
Jeff On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 03:56:14PM -0600, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Is there an x86 emulator for the MAC? Perhaps Wine would run it? I assume > Wine is compilable for the MAC? > > Kev. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curtis Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:31 AM > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) (OT) Half-life server for linux > > > > Er, yes that's a good point. I see now -- it's about architecture not OS. > > :-P My bad. > > > > I'm pretty sure that HL is compiled for x86 only. Sorry about that. > > > > On a side note, I don't believe that full source code is available (for > > obvious proprietary reasons), but the SDK is the code that VALVe released > to > > allow other parties to develop other games/mods, etc. based on the HL > > engine. > > > > Curtis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeffrey Clement [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeffrey > > Clement > > Sent: October 8, 2003 11:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) (OT) Half-life server for linux > > > > > > > From my knowledge and experience with HL, there should be no problem > > running > > > a Linux server on a Mac -- so long as the Mac is running Linux. :-P > The > > > dedicated server mostly just handles traffic and algorithms -- nothing > > > really OS specific. > > > > Do they actually give out the source for the HL server? From a quick > > google it looks like they provide binaries only and most likely these > > are for i386. If they only provide binaries for i386 that isn't going > > to work on a Mac. Linux binaries will only work for the architecture > > they were compiled for. > > > > This is assuming that the binary packages are not java code or something > > like that. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > >
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