| Name : pearpc
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| Version : 0.3.1
| Vendor : apt4suse
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| Release : 3
| Date : 2005-07-19 22:55:36
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| Group : System/Emulators/Other
| Source RPM : pearpc-0.3.1-3.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.91 MB
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| Packager : (none)
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| Summary : PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform
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Description :
PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable
of running most PowerPC operating systems.
See example configuration file in /usr/share/doc/package/pearpc/ppccfg.example
The following operating systems were tested and run (to some extent) in PearPC (ie. as clients):
Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC installer: Runs well
Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC after installation: Hard to boot. Runs very well afterwards.
Darwin for PPC: Runs well
Mac OS X 10.3: Runs well with some caveats
OpenBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting (accesses PCI in an unsupported way)
NetBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting
AIX for PPC: Some people ask about that. See FAQ.
PearPC emulates the following hardware:
- CPU GENERIC: Sort of G3, no altivec yet. A portable (but unported :-) CPU
(500 times slower than the host). It features a modest command-line
debugger.
- CPU JITC-X86: Sort of G3, no altivec yet. A very fast CPU only for x86
systems (40 times slower than the host).
- PCI-Brige: A barebone PCI-Bridge, enough to work with.
- IDE-Controller: Sort of CMD646 with bus-mastering support. You can attach
IDE-harddisk(s) and/or IDE-CDROM(s) by specifying files (or devices for
UN*X) from your host machine.
- PIC: A programmable interrupt controller (kind of Heathrow).
- VIA-Cuda: With attached Mouse and Keyboard.
- Network Controller: Emulates a 3COM 3C90x, currently only works on POSIX
systems with /dev/tun support.
- NVRAM: Capable of storing 8KiB non-volatile memory.
- USB: A placebo USB-hub. Sufficient to make the client think that it has
USB support.
- PROM: Sort of OpenFirmware. It\'s ugly and contains a lot of hacks but it
allows to boot Yaboot and BootX from HFS/HFS+ partitions.
AUTHORS
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Sebastian Biallas < sb AT balians.net>
Stefan Weyergraf < stefan AT weyergraf.de>
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