This guide assumes you already have Homebrew installed. Mac OS 9 or OS X 10.3 and below on a Windows host.OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 DP, or Linux on a Windows host.Booting a PowerPC guest OS in QEMU on a Windows host.Creating a QEMU virtual disk on Windows.Mac OS 9 or OS X 10.3 and below on a macOS host.OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 DP, or Linux on a macOS host.Booting a PowerPC guest OS in QEMU on a macOS host.I know it looks quite daunting at first, especially due to just how much text there is, but take it slowly one step at a time and you'll get there! ( ?
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This guide assumes you're at least somewhat comfortable with the idea of working with the Terminal and compiling software from source, or that you're willing to learn how to do so by exactly following the steps described below. So yeah, if you ever wanted to run PowerPC versions of OS X or Linux just for fun, or if you want to get Mac OS 9 up and running again to play some old games, this is the guide for you! This guide isn't… quite up to my quality standards yet, but I figured I'd release it in this state regardless for anyone that might benefit from it, especially since I had to figure out quite a bit of this myself due to some of the existing documentation being somewhat outdated or incorrect. Yes, this means working audio in PowerPC versions of OS X, Mac OS 9, and even Linux! Here's a quickly-written guide describing how to build and use mcayland's excellent "Screamer" fork of QEMU which adds working audio support to QEMU for PowerPC guests! Last updated: 9 (QEMU-screamer version 6.1.50) A guide to building and using the audio-enabled "Screamer" fork of PowerPC QEMU on macOS and Windows Karen/あけみ ( Twitter, Homepage)