08 March 2011

Hey Erick

Just while I'm at it:


That'd be Apple II on Mac OS 6 on Mac OS 7 on Windows NT on Mac OS X... All emulated. Not virtualized.

Total abuse of a PowerPC chip, but honestly they were gluttons for punishment...

[Edit: This picture is from years ago, if that wasn't clear -- it's Virtual PC on an old G4 running OSX 10.3, not Parallels or similar on a more modern machine. With hypervisors today you could nest a whole lot more than this, as long as you stayed virtualized rather than emulated (i.e. all host OS's running on the same architecture). Emulating across architectures tends to reduce speed by a literal order of magnitude -- SheepShaver, for example, runs at around 1/8 speed.]
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39 comments:

  1. Aaron M. GipsonMarch 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Hurts. Brain. But. Must know. If it plays Karateka!

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  2. madotsukiMarch 8, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    I love System 6 and Mac OS 7 :3

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  3. elexerdelexMarch 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    what is this?? I have no understanding of computers?

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  4. AlexanderMarch 8, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Haha that's pretty intense, hurt my head tring to understand what was going on first :P

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  5. Astronomy PirateMarch 8, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    That's just cruel, haha.

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  6. Daydream of the AncientsMarch 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Haha, damn nice :D!

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  7. Adam WeishauptMarch 8, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    Wow lol, emulation to the max :D Performance must be quite low on the Apple II, although it doesn't need many resources.

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  8. tetcrhMarch 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    ... dude! EPIC!

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  9. edMarch 8, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    but can it run crysis?

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  10. fabio_2007March 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    inception!

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  11. AlphaMarch 8, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    The chip is evil...it must be punished.

    Usually people just start running Crysis 2 for that, so it's refreshing to see a new look on tormenting one's computer.

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  12. BubiMarch 8, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    complicated

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  13. Meghan MoranMarch 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    That must take an insane computer to pull off.

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  14. GMarch 8, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    cool post!

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  15. ErikaMarch 8, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    So much going on XD haha

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  16. ChrisMarch 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I is confused..

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  17. ScottDMarch 8, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    WAT?

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  18. CroseMarch 8, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Takes me back!

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  19. AnonymouseMarch 8, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    wow, thats actually kind of awesome.

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  20. SlokiMarch 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    Brings back old memories from my first computer! In for more!

    wowbanksta.blogspot.com

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  21. The Awesome AlienMarch 8, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    so many apples my brain is like that background in that background behind that other background

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  22. AnonymousMarch 8, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Yo dawg! I herd you like comments, so i put a comment in my comment so you can read it while you check my blog out XD

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  23. AnonymousMarch 9, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    I've done something like that before with various versions of Windows using VirtualPC :L

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  24. Igneel21March 9, 2011 at 5:10 AM

    this is madness!

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  25. PvtCarlinMarch 9, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Woah! Definately approve of this post!

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  26. Jesse BrooksMarch 9, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Haha that's cool. I've never done more then one virtualization.

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  27. UnknownMarch 9, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Hahahahahahaha

    Awesome

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  28. ArmageddonMarch 9, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Lol that's pretty cool, never thought I would see that screen again.

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  29. Paranormal ExplorerMarch 9, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Awesome lol

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  30. PauliMarch 9, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    hahahahah :D

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  31. ChefJRHMarch 9, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Thats pretty cool

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  32. Justin testingMarch 9, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Haha aww man that's just mind boggeling to watch at first (gets me thinking of Inception again) but it reminds me of how simple and cute the user interface looked back then!

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  33. obiMarch 10, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    really enjoying your blog.

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  34. MeMarch 10, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    we must go
    D E E P E R

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  35. TotoMarch 10, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    lol very nice! so confusing.. :D

    http://all-around-toto.blogspot.com/

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  36. D22 ZoneMarch 12, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    I love it! :D Also very confusing as well :D

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  37. AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    that´s like looking at fossil records

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  38. lownslowMarch 12, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Cool, but must be running slow!

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  39. PolybiusMarch 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Thought I was going to see more Inception-related commets.

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