The CPU also precludes OS X because OS X doesn't see the CPU upgrade, only the onboard 603, and won't run. You only get 128megs with a x500 and I think 136 with a x400 which means you can't run OS X with them. The whole 5400-6400 5500-6500 family were probably the worst Powermacs because of the memory architecture and the fact that you could only upgrade the CPU through the L2 slot. Ratfink wrote: Just looking for a few pointers really. Really, I don't know how could you make work Mac OS 9 in a PC. The image was OK, because I put it as a secondary disk and I had access to all files from Mac OS X. Also, I made a disk image from a running iMac (266Mhz with Mac OS 9) and tried to load it in Pear PC but it didn't run.

I've installed Mac OS 7.5 in Basilisk II and it worked, but I hadn't applications, so I don't know how well it behaves.Īlso, I've installed Mac OS X in Pear PC, and it worked sluggish (with a 1 Ghz AMD CPU, it behaved as expected). It is estimated that PearPC emulated Mac OS X at 1/10 of system speed (so a would run as fast as a but it doesn't take in account better CPU architectures (now a i7 core running at 2.8 Ghz has more power than a P4 at the same speed, and most CPUs are now multicore). Pear PC emulated PowerPC Macs, but only worked with early MacOS X (and it's support is limited). I guess Basilisk II and vMac would work, but keep on mind that those emulators will emulate Motorola Macs (no PowerPC, no Intel), so they will work up to MacOS 8. There's also Executor which can some 68k software on an x86 computer. PearPC can run various PowerPC OS's but in Mac terms it can run OS X and nothing earlier Sheepshaver emulates early PowerPC Macs and can run OS's 7.5.2 to 9.0.4 VMac emulates early 68k Macs and runs up to 7.5.5īasilisk II emulates later 68k Macs and can run up to OS8.1

Would a P4 2.8ghz be beefy enough to replicate G3/400 performance?Įdit 7/7/11: So to summarise what seems to be around for Windows based on replies received and then browsing wikipedia: With sound and video so I can play Ambrosia games like Barrack, Apeiron, Mars Rising. So I wondered if someone could recommend a PC-based Mac OS emulator that could run OS7.5 through to OS9? Windows or linux. I have a spare motherboard but it's really the hd that bothers me and I'm tired of buying secondhand gear that - in the case of hd's - often doesn't work for long.

My old Mac 5500 with a G3 upgrade is probably going to die some day, the hd can't last forever anyway and although it takes IDE hd's it only takes ones that have Apple firmware available.

Mac os 8 emulator for windows