Mac OS 9 Discussion > Emulation
Can we run Mac OS 9 faster under emulation than the original hardware?
DieHard:
Aside from gamers, there are musicians and other groups of people that will never be able to use emulation...even if the speed catches up or is actually faster it would still be a mute point for those that need to address their hardware (like an audio interface via ASIO).
This, for me, is why emulation is just a novelty. After devoting weeks to trying to get "USB hardware passthru", Virtual memory off, and other emulation rabbit holes navigated; I threw in the towel. I still appreciate it as a testing environment, but when it comes to creativity it's like VR sex, the real thing is much better.
IIO:
--- Quote from: Jubadub on October 13, 2023, 08:49:22 AM ---
Detailed answer: Emulators like Sheepshaver and the like are locked to 30 FPS maximum
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creating visual output to the monitor is like 3% of what computerprogams can do - you are basically limiting computing to "playing games" here.
it would be more than interesting to see some real life tests for arbitrary computing jobs between the fastest PPC and the fastest M2.
unfortunately most of the applications i would like to run in a MacOS9 emulator have custom copy protection methods, requires access to hardware, or wont run in emulators for other reaons. :/
DrNo7:
Wouldn't results be slightly better/more accurate with a PPC platform running QEMU (like a Raptor machine under Linux)?
Or is QEMU unable to leverage hardware similarities and serve as adaptation layer for the differences?
ssp3:
--- Quote from: DieHard on October 13, 2023, 10:18:25 AM ---Aside from gamers, there are musicians and other groups of people that will never be able to use emulation...
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Aside from gamers? IIRC, this place started its life as audio oriented, not the other way round.
DieHard:
Sorry to be so ambiguous, that statement meant that gamers can enjoy emulation, but musicians need to interface with more than just the internal audio and that emulation does not work for DAW users. I kinda write my ideas backwards as a sign of old age, sorry :(
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