Re: Qemu and i386 Software on an iBook

[Andrew Buckeride <andrewb@ab.bgc.com.au>]

Debian has bochs package which emulates a Pentium on any non-i386.  Use 
dosemu or add plex86? to bochs to run native protected mode on i386.  As 
bochs emulates a Pentium it slow on non-i386.  (It has to be bug for bug 
compatible including fake timings as Wiblows will deliberately lock up 
if it is being analysed or does not recognise CPU with its undocumented 
tricks.)

I have used bochs to run FreeDos, MeS-DoS and GNU/Hurd.  I have used 
bochs on both powerpc and ultrasparc.

Last time I tried to run Winblows on bochs I ran in to some trouble, but 
this was an old version of bochs.  It may of helped to prepare a native 
image on a PeeCee and transfer and run this image on a computer, but 
Winblows and its applications are not worth it.

There are lots free software packages in Debian.  I no longer run 
Winblows or have a partition for it on any of my i386 electric fires.

Roland Wegmann wrote:
> Hello
>
> I would like to run the package MuPAD/Scilab on my iBook-Linux-Box.
> Unfortunately the producer of MuPAD doesn't distribute binaries for
> powerpc linux; but there is a i386 binary package.
>
> Can I use Qemu in order to run the MuPAD i386 binary on my powerpc
> g4-1.2GHz-ibook.
The 1.2 GHz will help with bochs!
I run my 800 MHz G3 iBook at 400 MHz (airport model removed when not in 
use) and run native powerpc.
My sparc is running at 1/4 speed most of the time, but flat out now with 
bloatzilla.
> kind regards, Roland
>
> btw: very merry christmas and (in a little while) a happy new year :-)