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Re: Running Four Different OS's

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In article <251220141824409831%nospam@ny.more>, M-M <nospam@ny.more>
wrote:
> In article <261220141021311505%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <FuudnU7IOJtkvwHJnZ2dnUU7-X2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> > <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > > On 12/25/2014 4:24 AM PT, M-M typed:
> > > > 
> > > > Sheepshaver. I have startup disks for Systems 7, 8 and 9. A blast from
> > > > the past.
> > > 
> > > That's neat, and it's free. I notice the newer VM softwares, like VMware 
> > > and VirtualBox, do not do classic Mac OSes. :)
> > 
> > Virtualisation uses the computers own chip, so software like VMWare,
> > Virtual Box, and Parallels can only run Intel-based OSes and software.
> > 
> > Emulation translates the code from one chip to another, so software
> > like Sheepshaver, vMac Mini, Boycott / Boycott Advance, Power64, etc.
> > can run OSes and software from non-Intel systems.
> > 
> > Emulation is usually slower than virtualisation (obviously emulating an
> > old system like C64 on a brand new iMac is more than fast enough), but
> > virtulisation is also slower than running it natively (i.e. using Boot
> > Camp).
> 
> System 7, 8 and 9 in Sheepshaver are _much_ faster than they ever were
> in the old 68040's.

For things like games that extra speed can be a nuisance and make them
completely unplayable. Sometimes you can use a "slow down" application
like G4 Throttle that sits in the background and basically just hogs
processor time. 

The Power64 (Commodore 64 emulator), Power20 (VIC20 emulator), and
Catakig (Apple II emulator) all run at approximately the normal speed
of those old computers, but also have a "Boost" option that makes use
of the faster Mac chips to speed them up (which is handy for some of
the long-winded loading times of some games even from disk images).

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Running Four Different OS's M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-12-23 23:35 -0500
  Re: Running Four Different OS's Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-24 18:23 +1300
  Re: Running Four Different OS's sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2014-12-24 05:23 +0000
    Re: Running Four Different OS's Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-12-25 00:15 +0000
  Re: Running Four Different OS's Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2014-12-23 21:34 -0800
    Re: Running Four Different OS's Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-12-25 00:15 +0000
      Re: Running Four Different OS's M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-12-24 20:46 -0500
        Re: Running Four Different OS's Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-24 22:54 -0800
          Re: Running Four Different OS's M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-12-25 07:24 -0500
            Re: Running Four Different OS's Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-25 06:45 -0800
              Re: Running Four Different OS's Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-26 10:21 +1300
                Re: Running Four Different OS's M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2014-12-25 18:24 -0500
                Re: Running Four Different OS's Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-26 13:58 +1300
                Re: Running Four Different OS's ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-12-28 02:38 +0100
                Re: Running Four Different OS's Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-12-28 17:29 +1300
                Re: Running Four Different OS's Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-26 08:52 -0500
  Re: Running Four Different OS's Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-24 07:39 -0500
  Re: Running Four Different OS's Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-12-24 06:22 -0800
  Re: Running Four Different OS's ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-12-28 02:20 +0100

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