Since old Macs also use a PPC processor, I was wondering if it would be possible to write a much faster emulator for PowerPC.
I know you would lose much of the optimized code, but there's already a port in development for ARM. And wouldn't it be much easier to write a PPC port? Most code wouldn't need to be recompiled, all you would need is a VM?...
I found some people on the Web saying it would could be possible, but it hadn't been done yet. And I wonder if the potential user base is just too small, as few people own them compared to phones and PCs. But is it possible? Is it practical? Will it mesh well with the existing Dolphin? And will it be any use?
Edit: The Imac g5 is significantly faster than both the GC and Wii CPUs.
I know you would lose much of the optimized code, but there's already a port in development for ARM. And wouldn't it be much easier to write a PPC port? Most code wouldn't need to be recompiled, all you would need is a VM?...
I found some people on the Web saying it would could be possible, but it hadn't been done yet. And I wonder if the potential user base is just too small, as few people own them compared to phones and PCs. But is it possible? Is it practical? Will it mesh well with the existing Dolphin? And will it be any use?
Edit: The Imac g5 is significantly faster than both the GC and Wii CPUs.