Running win or Linux apps on a Power PC Mac

macko · Post by **macko** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:34 pm

Hi,

I am desperately trying to make a little application work that is only available for Win or Linux machines.

My computer is a G4 Power PC Mac running Tiger.

Darwine is not compatible PPC. There was an old version, but in the readme file it said that I would not be able to run .exe files on a PPC, so I don't understand the point of the application...

Qemu doesn't work.

OpenLina is not ready for PPC yet.

So my only hope is that I can use or compile Wine in some way on my PPC computer.

Is that possible? What was the last compatible version of Wine for PPC?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:26 pm

macko wrote:Is that possible? What was the last compatible version of Wine for PPC?

The only version that came close to this was old darwine. Wine does not emulate CPU. It can't run apps on the wrong architecture.

The only option for you is to use full virtual machine if such available.

macko · Post by **macko** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:30 pm

Alright I see.

Thanks you for your reply.

Markus Hitter · Post by **Markus Hitter** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:06 pm

Am 17.04.2008 um 19:34 schrieb macko:

Qemu doesn't work.

Have you tried "Q", the qemu wrapper? It worked for Linux and FreeBSD
here. As qemu is still a fast moving target, older releases/snapshots
might give you better results.

Additionally, there's still VirtualPC (v6 works on Tiger) and Bochs.

'nuff off-topic stuff

Markus

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Kevin Horton · Post by **Kevin Horton** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:17 pm

On 17 Apr 2008, at 13:34, macko wrote:

I am desperately trying to make a little application work that is
only available for Win or Linux machines.

My computer is a G4 Power PC Mac running Tiger.

What is the application?

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Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada