QPC2 and MAc air M1
QPC2 and MAc air M1
Does anyone know how QPC2 can run on macbook air with silicon M1 cpu?
Thanks
Mike
Thanks
Mike
Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
This is a question I asked in an earlier post. I imagine you either have to use WINE (if it works on a macair) or instead of QPC, you try and run Qmulator. After some help from Norm et al. I managed to get Qmulator to run on a Pi400 that also uses an ARM processor.
I would also like an answer to your question.
I would also like an answer to your question.
Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
Hi ,mhanias wrote:Thank you for the answer but Qemulator does not run on the M1
Michael
I exactly asked for this to XorA in another topics, and the answer was YES. The topic was Qdos IRC. Qpc2 works using Rosetta2 emulation layer, no other program needs.
I am very interested on this subject because i am the process to replace my old trustful Intel Mac Book pro with a new M1 based and I need to be sure that QPC2 works......
Fabrizio
Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
I did not mean Qemulator. The software that runs on my ARM based Pi400 is SMSQmulator. It runs under Java.mhanias wrote
Thank you for the answer but Qemulator does not run on the M1
Michael
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Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
There is a non-zero chance that I will buy a M1 Air for my wife, so that could be an incentive to check it out in more detail. For best compatibility I fear that I would have to exchange the current emulation core with something written in C and get rid of the remaining assembler files, which fortunately are not that many since I already got rid of most in v5. I think there are suitable open-source 68020 cores around, I will definitely not develop my own again, but it might still be a lot of work to adapt one. We'll see.
Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
mk79 is the expert and he seems to be saying no to QPC-on-Air
You might be able to execute QPC on an M1, by installing Rosetta2, then Wine and lastly QPC.
So:- (and I may have this all wrong) Rosetta emulates x86, WINE translates Windows calls to macOS calls and QPC emulates a 68???? processor.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11 ... le-silicon
"I can't tell you how cool that is; there is so much emulation going on under the covers. Imagine — a 32-bit Windows Intel binary, running in a 32-to-64 bridge in Wine/CrossOver on top of macOS, on an ARM CPU that is emulating x86 — and it works!"
Add to this 68000 emulation and it then seems rather complex. I think the Java/SMSQmulator installation might be simpler but what do I know, I don't have a Macair M1. When my son buys one I will ask him to try the Java route
You might be able to execute QPC on an M1, by installing Rosetta2, then Wine and lastly QPC.
So:- (and I may have this all wrong) Rosetta emulates x86, WINE translates Windows calls to macOS calls and QPC emulates a 68???? processor.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11 ... le-silicon
"I can't tell you how cool that is; there is so much emulation going on under the covers. Imagine — a 32-bit Windows Intel binary, running in a 32-to-64 bridge in Wine/CrossOver on top of macOS, on an ARM CPU that is emulating x86 — and it works!"
Add to this 68000 emulation and it then seems rather complex. I think the Java/SMSQmulator installation might be simpler but what do I know, I don't have a Macair M1. When my son buys one I will ask him to try the Java route
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Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
Rosetta does not work for 32bit x86 code. Crossover from codeweavers will run 32bit windows programs.
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Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
Nooooo, I said no such thing. I just said that I have no personal knowledge and that in the long run I might have to make QPC2 at least 64-bit if not ARM compatible for best results. In the meantime the mentioned Crossover seems like a good choice.Tinyfpga wrote:mk79 is the expert and he seems to be saying no to QPC-on-Air
Java is never simplerI think the Java/SMSQmulator installation might be simpler but what do I know, I don't have a Macair M1. When my son buys one I will ask him to try the Java route
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Re: QPC2 and MAc air M1
So I just checked and I had QPC2 working on my M1 Mac, but my license to Crossover has now expired so I cannot post a screenshot.
So you can do it, but you need to spend an extra amount of money as Crossover is not free!
So you can do it, but you need to spend an extra amount of money as Crossover is not free!