[X4U] "Backwards Compatibility"

[John Baltutis]

On 6/20/08, Linda <xpressobean at mac.com> wrote:
> On 6/20/08 3:13 PM, I wrote:
>
>> Good luck trying to run SheepShaver
>> (<http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/sheepshaver>) on an ICBM
>> (Intel-chip-based Mac). AFAICT, it won't and it's last update was May 06.
>
> What makes you say it won't? The site you link to says this:
>
>> PowerPC G4 emulation on non-PowerPC platforms, direct execution otherwise
> and this:
>> SheepShaver 2.3-Pre (14.May.2006)
>> Linux/i586 (glibc 2.2, gcc 3.2.X, RPM)
>> Linux/x86_64 (glibc 2.3, gcc 3.4.X, RPM)
>> MacOS X (Universal Binary)
>> Windows NT 4/2000/XP (SDL, ZIP)
>> Sources: [ tar.bz2 ] [ rpm ]
>
> Doesn't "Universal Binary" mean that it's written for both Powe rPC and
> iNtel platforms?

Based on what you and Daly stated, I was mistaken. Ignore my post.