On Monday, Nov 18, 2002, at 05:33 Europe/London, wappling wrote: > Re; I agree,,My original question about lindows being a real > operateing > system isnt exactly mac,however it might represent an alternative to > virtual > PC if it actualy works
If you mean on a Mac, this is highly unlikely, verging on the impossible. Running Windows software on a Mac requires a fully emulated environment to handle the many differences in the machine coding between the two platform such as endian conversion, CISC to RISC conversion and back again, and a load of other stuff I can't even start to explain 'cause I'm only a humble technician. By the time you've done all that you have yourself a Windows PC emulator, very much like a less useful version of VirtualPC. Wine is fine on a PC 'cause the code takes little conversion to get to work, it just takes a little interpreting to convert Windows API calls to Linux/X-Windows API calls, the code itself needs no re-encoding to be interpreted by the x86 CPU. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
