mac to windows?

Sep 25, 2005 23:07 mac to windows?

this may be a stupid question but i just dont know much about this stuff...i recently got a mac g5, but i wanna play some fuckin winbolo. theres gotta be some free emulaters or something for mac to windows...at least i think so. if any of u know about that stuff....let me know.

thanks.

Fube.

Sep 25, 2005 23:11

You might want to find yourself a nice software forum and post this there, too. Naturally we've got us some computer people around here, too, but the extra input couldn't hurt.

Sep 25, 2005 23:29

There really isn't anyway that you can play winbolo on a mac.

The reason for this has to do with both the processor and the OS. They both process binary differently, which is why winbolo won't work on macs, and macbolo won't work on windows.

So I guess we are stuck begging Elvis to port winbolo to macs...

Sep 25, 2005 23:58

http://www.lismoresystems.com/

so is this bullshit? will it not work?

Sep 26, 2005 01:03

I don't know.

Sep 26, 2005 03:02

DANTHEMAN! wrote:
There really isn't anyway that you can play winbolo on a mac.

The reason for this has to do with both the processor and the OS. They both process binary differently, which is why winbolo won't work on macs, and macbolo won't work on windows.

So I guess we are stuck begging Elvis to port winbolo to macs...

Actually, there's a program you can buy at best buy, comp USA, circuit city, or other computer stores that allows you to have a Windows OS. All you have to do is start the program and it opens up your windows OS, and you can close it any time and return to using OSX. It works just fine.

Sep 26, 2005 03:14

You can emulate XP in OS X, but it's terribly slow. You might be able to play Winbolo. But I don't think it's worth spending $70+ for an emulator. Just buy a PC for $50 or get it for free and play Winbolo on that.

What's the specs on the G5?

Sep 26, 2005 18:56

Ren wrote:
DANTHEMAN! wrote:
There really isn't anyway that you can play winbolo on a mac.

The reason for this has to do with both the processor and the OS. They both process binary differently, which is why winbolo won't work on macs, and macbolo won't work on windows.

So I guess we are stuck begging Elvis to port winbolo to macs...

Actually, there's a program you can buy at best buy, comp USA, circuit city, or other computer stores that allows you to have a Windows OS. All you have to do is start the program and it opens up your windows OS, and you can close it any time and return to using OSX. It works just fine.

My bad, I didn't know that the x86 processors are similiar to mac processors.

Sep 26, 2005 19:07

Yes, you could use an emulator to play winbolo, but setting up network connectivity can be tricky and emulators are inherently slow.

Sep 26, 2005 22:43

I run Windows XP on the G5 at work. Software called 'Virtual PC.' Seems to work OK for mundane stuff. Haven't tried Winbolo on it because this is a pretty important workstation.

This type of thing is known as a 'virtual machine.' Sort of the same way the G-series processors run 68000 code written for really old macs. Yes, it slows things down quite a bit, but with a DP G5, it's not that bad.

Nov 29, 2005 20:08

http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm

ok ok, will this work? i know its mostly video but will i be able to run winbolo on a program such as this?

Nov 29, 2005 20:52

No, that looks like it just converts Windows Media Video (wmv) movie file to QuickTime. What you need is an emulator or something to process the DirectX (and win32) calls ala Wine for Linux.

Mar 01, 2006 01:01

http://www.nicholaspyers.com/bolo/index.html

what ever happend to this?

Mar 01, 2006 14:36

F.U.B.A.R. wrote:
http://www.nicholaspyers.com/bolo/index.html

what ever happend to this?

If you mean what happened to bolo for osX, no one really knows about that version, but this version works...

http://www.nubolo.net/

heh my first post!

Mar 01, 2006 17:23

†DS† wrote:
heh my first post!

heh hopefully your last!

CF

Mar 02, 2006 01:03

There is always Bolo. Though it's not as active as Winbolo, it is for mac at least.

Mar 26, 2006 18:38 Bolo on mac

There is bolo for mac but forget trying to play any one over the net who is playing winbolo, not sure what the original bolo for mac uses for trackers...
orignal bolo...http://www.lgm.com/bolo/
http://www.lgm.com/bolo/archive/