[B2-devel] SheepShaver on old systems

[Gwenole B. <gb....@fr...>]

Hi,

I am on holidays and found out the old K6-2/300 system is still working=20=

here. So, I fixed SheepShaver to build and run on it with a=20
Mandrakelinux 8.1 distro. This means it now builds with gcc "2.96" and=20=

older glibc 2.2.X versions. Performance varies from 50 to 100 % of an=20
ancient PowerMac 6100 @ 60 MHz according to some Speedometer 4=20
benchmarks.

I would be interested to know how SheepShaver goes building and running=20=

on various x86 systems. A user expressed his wish to get it working on=20=

{BeOS,Zeta}/x86 but I don't have that OS and I am not sure gcc 2.95.x=20
is capable enough to build the emulator sources.

BTW, my Quadra 630 no longer boots, it was 10+ years old. The battery=20
is likely dead and finding a replacement doesn't seem simple (a Rayonac=20=

840 according to some sites). This means I no longer have any 68k=20
system, so I can't build a testsuite for the Basilisk II m68k emulator.=20=

The UAE emulation should be stable enough though.

I'd prefer working on the ppc emulator anyway. The following hosts=20
still need to be supported: mips, ia64.

Bye,
Gwenol=E9.=