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running mac application on intel processors
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 4:38 pm
by shaz
i want to run just "hello world" dialog box application of MAC OS on linux running on intel machine.
for this i've to convert op-codes of powerpc to those of intel.
i also need to covert the system call to display dialog box to that compatible with linux.
please tell what else i need to convert.also tell me for any link
or code related to this project.
Re:running mac application on intel processors
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:01 pm
by Tim
You need either a PowerPC emulator with a copy of MacOS installed, or the source code which you can recompile.
Re:running mac application on intel processors
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:28 pm
by shaz
no i don't think that i need both things.i just need to build something like WINe and small emulator for powerpc op-codes
used by that hello world application
Re:running mac application on intel processors
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:56 am
by bubach
u need to convert from "little endian" to "big endian"..
look it up on google.
/ Christoffer
Re:running mac application on intel processors
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:02 pm
by Tim
No, really. The PowerPC and x86 instruction sets are completely different. Translating a PowerPC program to x86 would be like translating an enormous book from
Martian to English. Even if you did that, the program would refer to a load of MacOS APIs, instead of Linux ones. In other words, the story would be about this stuff that happens to a Martian guy, and it wouldn't make sense to people on Earth, even if they could read English.