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Mac os x on a pc
Name: dradford77 Date: July 30, 2004 at 17:55:38 Pacific OS: Mac OS X CPU/Ram: AMD 2100 256
Name: Metallica87 Date: July 31, 2004 at 09:19:55 Pacific
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NO
Its designed for PowerPC based PC's.
And NO, IBM Workstations and servers with PPC Processors wont work
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Response Number 2
Name: roshan_aj Date: August 2, 2004 at 20:00:32 Pacific
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Hi, It is possible through emulators like Basilisk(Up to system 8.1), SheepShaver(upto 9.0),PearPC(Upto 10.3). Try it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Gorm Date: August 4, 2004 at 05:42:51 Pacific
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I thought there was a version written for the 86 achitecture (PCs). I am looking into it...
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Response Number 4
Name: gandalph Date: August 4, 2004 at 13:14:52 Pacific
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No. There is no such distribution. There were some rumors about a year and a half ago about a project known internally as Marklar. Several years before that, there was a project known as Star Trek. Neither ever happened. You can use emulators, but I wouldn't reccomend it. If you really want to run Mac OS so badly, go buy a Mac.
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