On Jul 7, 6:17 am, Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/7/7 Mullin9 <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
> > OOPS
>
> > I grabbed a PS3 but Swapped the 256MB RAM, with 4 GB RAM stick,
> > wired/
> > soldered in a 2005 Apple ROM not the EFI, and installed OS X v 10.5
> > and with 3.2 GHz PPC Cell CPU It Screams.
>
> Nope, I don't believe it.
>
> I don't believe you could readily adapt Apple's firmware to a PS3. I
> don't see much point - OS X on PPC is dead, anyway.
>
> And finally, Cell isn't /that/ quick - SP-to-RAM access is dismal, in
> particular - & OS X couldn't use the SPs anyway.
>
> --I admit it the Cell CPU is a different PPC, than the G5, and the PS3/Mac
> ROM mixture didn't work right, no more than a G5 loaded with a 10.5 from a
> Mac X86.
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