This article introduces PowerPC emulation and cross-compiling for developers without access to real hardware. It is intended for developers familiar with computer architecture who own an x86-based workstation but are interested in experimenting with PowerPC.
A PowerPC® Linux™ system for less than US$200? Who sells such a thing?
I don’t know, maybe older Apple G3 Powermacs, the biege ones, or an original iMac are sub-$200
Really too bad that this text is about emulation and not simulation. Also bad that the article author confuses the two by using emulation in the Accuracy part, because what he talks about there is more about simulation.
And I don’t really see why emulation would be interesting to people that know computer architecture. Simulation would though.
> A PowerPC® Linux™ system for less than US$200? Who sells such a thing?
The “Resources” section of the article tells you:
“Did you know you can get a PowerPC Linux kit for as little as US$200? We’re talking, of course, about the Kuro (about which more later). See also this review of the Kuro from Penguin PPC.”
It could also have mentioned this article on the Kuro from DeveloperWorks:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-bargain.html
Search DeveloperWorks for several more articles on this device.
The Kuro box is not readily available outside Japan, but has the same hardware as most models of the Buffalo Tech LinkStation NAS box (except that the latter also has a hard drive). Google for instructions on how to get root access to the LinkStation and turn it into a Kuro box.