PearPC

PearPC
Developer(s)Sebastian Biallas, Stefan Weyergraf, Cassondra Foesch
Initial releaseMay 10, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-10)
Preview release
0.6.0 / July 12, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07-12)
Repository
Written inC++, C, Assembly
Operating systemFreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows
TypeEmulator
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitepearpc.sf.net Edit this on Wikidata

PearPC is a PowerPC platform emulator capable of running many PowerPC operating systems, including pre-Intel versions of Mac OS X, Darwin, and Linux on x86 hardware.[1] It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It can be used on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and other systems based on POSIX-X11. The first official release was made on May 10, 2004.[2] The software was often used to run early versions of OS X on Windows XP computers.[3][4]

  1. ^ Legard, David (2004-05-20). "A "pear" of projects plans to offer Mac OS on PCs". Computerworld. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ "PearPC [E-Maculation wiki]". www.emaculation.com. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  3. ^ Choudhary, Amita (2016-05-08). "How To Run MAC OS on PC". Engadget. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  4. ^ Lee, Wei-Meng (2006-08-31). Running Mac OS X on Windows. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 978-0-596-52843-0.