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Another challenge for PearPC, is the occasional need to create ISO copies of your physical CDs. Initially I had hoped to incorporate a CD to ISO converter that could read Mac HFS+ format disks. Unfortunately, the only project that I was able to find in the OpenSource world was CD2ISO, a nice Delphi 5-base application that does the needed conversion, however this will not work with HFS+ or HFS format CDs or DVDs.... read more

While initially working with PearPC, I found the Bin2Iso utility on www.codeproject.com. This is a nice C++ application that converts Raw CD images to ISO format.

Since PearPC only understands ISO or Native CD ROMs, I thought it would be great to build this one into the Bartlett application.

Uncertain of the licensing for this application, I queried the original developer.

Below is a copy of the approval email. Please note that the Bartlett team will not attempt to merge this code with the core Bartlett code in release .01, rather we will merely recompile the Bin2Iso C++ code with a new name and icon, then call the executable from Bartlett's UI.... read more

Welcome to the home of Bartlett! The goal of the Bartlett initiative is to leverage the outstanding work done by the PearPC development team, and several related Open Source efforts to create a Windows XP-based distribution of PearPC that is easy to Install, Configure and Execute.

PearPC is an architecture independent PowerPC platform emulator, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), capable of running many PowerPC operating systems including Apple Mac OS X, OpenDarwin, Several Linux Distributions and other operating systems normally targeted for PowerPC computers.... read more