I'm still thinking about picking up a Quicksilver 2002 to use as a light-to-medium-duty server. Power Architecture is a great and efficient platform, too bad Apple didn't follow it through.
DISCLAIMER: I work for IBM as a contractor, but I liked their products even before I started working with them. :) On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM, MaGioZal<[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6/11/09 4:32 PM, Kris Tilford at <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 11, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Dan wrote: >> >>> As emulators go, Rosetta - the black box that makes PPC stuff run on >>> x86 Macs - is pretty good. >> >> Now we need the opposite emulator, the one that will allow future >> Intel x86 only code to run on our PPC Macs. I doubt this will ever >> exist, but it would certainly be welcomed. > > Well, the Macintosh is no stranger to CISC/x86 emulation! CISC emulation was > already present in the PowerPC/Classic Mac OS era in order to run Motorola > 68k applications. And x86 emulation was used on Windows-emulation programs > like VirtualPC. > > > > > > -- > MaGioZal. > <http://flickr.com/photos/magiozal/> > > > > > > -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
