#POWERPC MAC EMULATOR MAC OS#

The developers said they have not settled on a distribution partner but expect the price to be about $50 when the software ships. The developers said they expect to release a public beta of the emulator as soon as the next version of BeOS comes out, about the time of the Be Developer Conference scheduled March 19-20 in San Jose, Calif.

#POWERPC MAC EMULATOR MAC OS#

SheepShaver will run on all PowerPC systems the BeOS runs on, the developers said, and performance should be similar to that of running the Mac OS on PowerPC processors. The SheepShaver Mac emulator will work with any Mac OS 680x0 and PowerPC application that doesn't directly access hardware, its developers said. 'A lot of people are holding their breath for the Intel release, which will offer lots of improvements and will drastically expand the potential user base.' In emulation mode, the Power Mac will usually run non-native Macintosh applications. 'BeOS presents a clean start, does not carry around the excess baggage of many years, and is, therefore, fast even on mediocre hardware,' said Marco Nelissen, an independent BeOS developer based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Finally, the 64-bit entrant to the PowerPC lineup, the PowerPC 620.

Release 3 will also offer broader audio, video and graphics capabilities and support for Java built into its browser, Be said. The first public offering of the PowerPC operating system - the company termed the previous versions 'Preview' releases - will feature expanded hardware support, including support for machines that have been upgraded with PowerPC 750 (G3) processor cards, the company said. In addition to handing out BeOS for Intel Pentium processors at the show, Be will sign up users to receive Release 3 of BeOS for Power Mac systems when it ships by April. 10-12 in San Francisco, will also showcase SheepShaver Mac OS Runtime for BeOS, the upcoming Mac OS emulator from developers Christian Bauer and Mar'c' Hellwig.

will go to the BeOS Software Development '98 Conference this week and roll out the first version of its operating system for Intel processors and talk up the first public release of BeOS for PowerPC machines.

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