From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin C.Atkins To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 VM for Windows/Linux? Message-Id: <20021127161511.07c92beb.martin@mca-ltd.com> In-Reply-To: <20021126204725.7190.qmail@mail.dirac.net> References: <20021126204725.7190.qmail@mail.dirac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:15:11 +0530 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 28cb43fe-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On 26 Nov 2002 20:47:25 -0000 Keith Nash wrote: > > Does anyone know of an inexpensive architecture that would virtualize > > notably easier than x86? I don't think I've read of any attempts on > > PPC, Sparc or MIPS, though someone must have tried... > ... > > The 68020+ were good at virtualisation, but they topped out at 75MHz with the 68060. It is my understanding the the PowerPC virtualizes easily. Hence MacOnLinux, the system that lets you run MacOS in a window under Linux on Mac Hardware. The homepage is at: http://www.maconlinux.org Does this count as an "inexpensive architecture"? Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin@mca-ltd.com Mission Critical Applications Ltd, U.K.