My question for you centers around which computer to use as the gateway. I need one machine to act as a router/gateway to the Internet using IPNetRouter. All of the Macs will be networked via ethernet. I am setting up a small office network of five Macs with intermittent 56k dial-out access to a local ISP. I have read through most of your articles and would like to get your opinion on an upgrade I am considering. Is a Mac IIcx Adequate for Shared Internet Access?ĪBV writes: I have been reading with interest your Mac Daniel articles. The PowerPC can emulate a 68k CPU because it’s so much more powerful than the 68k family – and because AIM (Apple, IBM, Motorola) designed the CPU for ease of running 68k emulation.Īs for software emulation, while it’s theoretically possible to write an emulator for just about any CPU, it would be excruciatingly slow even on the 40 MHz Quadra 840AV, the fastest 68k Mac ever.Ī program such as Wish I Were would do you no good – identifying itself as a PowerPC Mac would not make a 68040-based Mac capable of running PowerPC software. Emulating one processor on another is CPU intensive. Can a 68K Mac Emulate a PowerPC Mac?ĬJ writes: Are there any software patches, such as Wish I Were, that will allow PPC only applications (i.e. The next column will appear on January 4, 1999. 1998 – Mac Daniel will be enjoying the New Years holiday with family.
