Blast from 2002
So yeah, I got 10.2 to install.  Well from my standpoint as a user it worked ok, but it is SLOW.. Then again my MacPro is a tad old, it is a 2006 model with 2 x 2 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors…. I hope to upgrade to the new MacPro when it finally launches later this year.
So yeah, On my computer this runs slower than my first 333Mhz iMac that I ran OS X on. Â Needless to say a 450Mhz G4 blows this thing away, although I don’t think that is a fair comparison.
Even with all the screwed up colours, it is kind of neat going back into time to see where OS X, was with AIM & Internet Explorer. Â How things changed with Apple carving out their own niche territory in both regards.
All in all it was an interesting time back then, with Apple making the leap from the dated OS 9, to the NeXT inspired OS X. Â And as they say the rest is history.
In the latest release notes, I saw that Qemu can now run OS X!
Language selection
dmesg
The installer for 10.4 will run, but it’ll then freak out saying that this model of mac is not supported. Â The ‘working’ cli I’m using is:
ppc-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios/ -m 256 -M g3beige -hda osx1046.vmdk  -cpu G3 -cdrom Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD.toast -boot d
Sure the colours are off, and it is kind of pokey, but still the more guest OS’s on Qemu, namely for something like the PowerPC. Â If anyone has any better idea of how to fully run OS X on Qemu drop me a note! Â Plus there is additional information on the mailing list.
You can download the source code for it at Qemu.org.
Well this version runs surprisingly well on OS X.
Darwin 124244241046.ctinets.com 12.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64), along with clang 421 (Apple clang version 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-421.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
I’m using glib-2.23.6, along with my older notes, which are somewhat PowerPC specific, but work fine on OS X. Â First remember to setup your environment for glib2
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
I ran into some issue with picking up libiconv with gconvert.c . Â I just commented out the error message.
#if defined(USE_LIBICONV_GNU) && !defined (_LIBICONV_H)
#error GNU libiconv in use but included iconv.h not from libiconv
#endif
#if !defined(USE_LIBICONV_GNU) && defined (_LIBICONV_H)
//#error GNU libiconv not in use but included iconv.h is from libiconv
#endif
I also built it without GTK+ as building that looks simply overwhelming on OS X. Â I had to build the included pixman with –disable-gtk flags. Â In the configure script make it look like this:
#PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
#if test $enable_gtk = auto ; then
# PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(gtk+-2.0, enable_gtk=yes, enable_gtk=no)
#fi
#if test $enable_gtk = yes ; then
# PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0)
#fi# if test “x$enable_gtk” = xyes; then
# HAVE_GTK_TRUE=
# HAVE_GTK_FALSE=’#’
#else
HAVE_GTK_TRUE=’#’
HAVE_GTK_FALSE=
#fi
Finally while the AdLib card is enabled by default now (yay) I kept on receiving the following error:
Assertion failed: (pio->offset >= off_last), function portio_list_add, file /usr/src/qemu-1.6.0-rc3/ioport.c, line 240.
So I just commented out the assert in ioport.c and I’ve been running Doom 1.1 for a few minutes without issue. Â I’ve also been able to install Windows NT 4.0 on Qemu
Doom 1.1 & Windows NT 4.0 on Qemu 1.6 rc3
And of course, this post on betaarchive.com by TC1988 goes a long way to help on building Qemu.
Too bad it is utterly broken on Win32, Win64, OS X platforms.
I guess it was fun while it lasted, but my enthusiasm for this emulator is basically all gone now.  I know they were screwed over with the changes from GCC 3.x to 4.x, but the 1.x versions move to GLIB not only destroyed their performance, but made it incredibly difficult to build.
Oh well.
Well it does compile somewhat easily, but after some disk access, it just deadlocks. It didn’t matter if it was writeback, writethrough, or none, it just deadlocks.
Deadlocked Qemu 1.5.0 on OS X
Such a shame. Â But I thought I’d at least keep the world up to date.
$ cc -v
Apple clang version 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-421.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0
Thread model: posix
$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-apple-darwin11
Configured with: /private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~28/src/configure –disable-checking –enable-werror –prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2 –mandir=/share/man –enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ –program-prefix=llvm- –program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ –with-slibdir=/usr/lib –build=i686-apple-darwin11 –enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~28/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local –program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- –host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 –target=i686-apple-darwin11 –with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00)
And something like this….
libiconv-1.14.tar.gz
pkg-config-0.18.1
gettext-0.18.1.1
glib-2.30.2
glib-2.33.2
libffi-3.0.4
libiconv-1.14
I know it is mostly meaningless but Qemu 1.2.0/1.2.2 build & work fine for me.
So I was able to get a working qemu 1.5.0 on win32. but it is so slow it really is unusable.
there is still an issue with core-routinewin32, so that has to be built with O1 optimizations, but the disk access is horrifically slow. I’ll have to see how to profile gcc code, but any write disk access spikes the CPU to 100%, and drags the whole thing down.
Oh yeah, gcc 4.6.2
I’ll have to see if my semi-broken win32 build environment can kick something out that is usable….
maybe it’ll work with gcc 4.7??
*”QEMU is now a lot faster on Windows hosts than in previous versions”
things happened. Anyways I built out the qemu 1.4.1 and it is horribly SLOW. I don’t know why I haven’t even begun to think about gprof or what is up with GCC 4.7.2 trying to build GLIB2 as I’m having zero luck of building out a clean version.
It takes about as long as an XT to boot MS-DOS 5, so I really don’t see this as being terribly useful to anyone.
The source code is here.
For those wondering, I have a win32 build of 1.4.0 but it is on a hard disk that I can’t use now as I’m currently living on a boat. Â Which has been fun, but the only catch is the cheap power supply is 220v and the boat is 110v. Â Plus I don’t have a monitor. Â I should be leaving for Japan in a few weeks, so I can get a new power supply and monitor there as I plan on spending two months.
I haven’t forgotten or moved on, I’m just still on my big vacation thing.
Hong Kong has really been great, I’ve met some fabulous people out here.  If I could get a job here I’d move here in 5 minutes (well I’d just find an apartment as I’m already here…) The place is awesome, I’d recommend anyone to check it out.  But I don’t speak Mandarin or Canto so that won’t be happening.  🙁
I’ll try to do a small best of photos out here, but sadly the weather hasn’t been cooperating too well, and pollution has been off the chart… but really its a great place! .. !
In other news, I’m sure you’ve all read about the internet archive having a massive collection of software.?  Really good news as so much old stuff, besides the shovel ware gets disappeared.
So yes, I’m still alive, just .. been somewhat unavailable.
The blue one!
pop open the hatch so my AC can dehumidify..
pic of the middle of the boat
cruising on the sampan
another pic of the boat
Fish Heads!