PPC/68K x86 emulators eg. VPC/SoftWindows/RealPC and WinXP? — #3

Post #3 by johnklos

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 - 16:31
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/ppc-68k-x86-emulators-eg-vpc-softwindows-realpc-and-winxp.19979/

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What are the chances of getting Windows XP (specifically, a stripped-down version like TinyXP) to install and run using an early x86 emulator on a 68K Mac or PPC? Such examples include Virtual PC, SoftWindows and RealPC.

SoftWindows for m68k only emulates an 80286 so that it can run Windows 3.1. In order to run Windows XP, you'd need at least an i386 instruction set capable emulator.