In article <3df45a93$1@news.povray.org>, tho### [at] trfde says...
> In article <3df436ba$1@news.povray.org> , "Apache" 
> <apa### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> 
> > Then why is emulating a mac on a intel so difficult?
> 
> Because you need the Apple firmware (aka bios) and you cannot just copy it
> because that would be illegal?
> 
> Apart from that, I said emulating a RISC processor on a CISC processor is
> difficult.
> 
> > I've tried to find out
> > if there is any way to run OSX on an intel machine and I haven't found one
> > yet!
> 
> Google helps ... i.e. <http://www.google.com/search?q=Mac+powerpc+emulator>
> 
> 
>     Thorsten
> 
> 
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Precisely.. Think of it as having all the .dll libraries that windows 
uses built into the machines basic ROM, while on a PC the same chip only 
contains some very basic boot code and drivers that support the most 
simple means to access various pieces of hardware you install. Assuming 
you had a way to boot the machine into an editor mode like with the old 
Apple IIgs (that used different ID numbers for firmware calls, but the 
same basic code and the Macs back then!?!), you could create a window, 
drop a menu into it, display a picture, etc. All without ever loading an 
actual operating system. It was sort of fun to play with some of it on 
the IIgs, but since you couldn't do much with it without the OS to load 
programs and stuff...

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