For example, you could run the Macintosh operating system on a Windows PC using an emulator or run Windows on a x86 Linux distribution using a virtual machine. In general, both emulators and virtual machines can be classified together as platform emulators.
Discussions, questions and advice about general OS and hardware use are also invited. Please feel free to ask for help with any emulator, virtual machine or operating system you are attempting to setup ... just butt in at anytime.
Want to run Mac OS X on your PC? If you own Puma, Jaguar, Panther, or Tiger CDs (for PowerPC), PearPC will allow you to run your Mac OS X software on Windows or Linux. See the lists below for emulator download links.
The first PPC Macintosh emulator called SheepShaver is also available. All you need is a Mac OS 8.5 to OS 9.0.4 CD in order to run the most recent PPC Classic software on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X guest platforms. Ask us how.
The open-source Basilisk II JIT is the crowning gem of 68k-based Mac emulators. It lets you run up to Mac OS 8.1 fast on multiple guest platforms. Many of us buy used 68k Macs and software from places like eBay in order to enjoy using Basilisk II "legally". I created a Windows compiled HTML help file to answer many of your questions about Basilisk II: download it here.
Don't own a Mac? Check out the Executor one year trial (soon to become free) which gives you a small taste of what the other Mac emulators are capable of doing, without requiring the ownership of a Mac. Executor can run many old Macintosh programs and games.
My ancient website "The Macintosh Emulation Station" has some tips on setting up and using Mac emulators. There are also links to download dozens of 68k Macintosh freeware/shareware programs that have been tested using the Basilisk II Macintosh emulator.
Also, check out Mike Goodine's Emaculation website/ forum for more by clicking on this forum's Webpage tab (next to Chat). Or visit my friend's Delphi forums by clicking the related forums drop-down box: "The Unified Forums and More".
(Partial) working list of known OS emulators [and the operating system(s) each emulator runs on]
II. The guest/host Operating Systems most often discussed here are:
Windows (16 and 32-bit)
Linux/Unix/BSD
Macintosh (Classic and OS X)
MS-DOS\PC-DOS\FreeDOS(32)\OpenDOS\Dr.DOS
Amiga
BeOS
OS/2
Sparc
Palm/Windows CE
ReactOS
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