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MysticCow

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For some reason I thought this would be nice to have an editable list of emulators FOR and OF PowerPC systems. Before we begin:

FOR = the software runs natively and provides emulation of another operating system from within a PowerPC based Mac OS or other PPC based system.

OF = the software emulates a PowerPC processor on some other processor type.

So with those two definitions done, let’s begin:

FOR POWERPC:
  • Connectix/Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac (for Intel x86) - 4.0 - 6.0 - 7.x (4 is OS 8/9, 6 is OS9/X, 7 is OS X only)
  • Guest PC 1.9.7 (for Intel x86) (OS X only)
  • Basilisk-II (for Motorola 680x0)
  • Q (for Intel x86) (OS X only)
  • KEGS-OSX (for WDC 65C816) (OS X only)

OF POWERPC:
  • SheepShaver (for Win, Mac, Lin on x86/ARM/PPC)
  • PearPC (for Windows x86)
  • QEMU (for many platforms)

OTHER RESOURCES:

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Okay, sure, this is cool.

I've gone and made all of the software links clickable to the Garden page if applicable, what architecture(s) each software is for, and I've also added a couple of other entries. I also moved BasiliskII out because it's actually a 68k emulator. And finally I've included a link to E-Maculation, which is the de facto definitive resource for Mac emulation.
 
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FOR POWERPC:
  • KEGS v0.91 - Kent's Emulated GS - An Apple IIgs emulator, Western Design Center (WDC) 65816
 
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