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> OS/2 PPC included a full fledged PC emulator, which supplied a virtual x86 CPU as well as common PC hardware Was x86 emulation built into PowerPC or would th
by quercusa 3y ago
> OS/2 PPC included a full fledged PC emulator, which supplied a virtual x86 CPU as well as common PC hardware
Was x86 emulation built into PowerPC or would this have been all software?
- MrDrMcCoy 3y agoI don't think POWER ever had a full set of x86 instructions, but I vaguely recall that some chips had a few extra instructions that made emulation easier. The rest would have to be done in software with something like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVM_Lx86 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVM_Lx86