Not really running on whale oil, but more like an additional x86 instructions set like found on early 90's 615 PowerPC prototypes from IBM, that would have allowed both x86 and PPC instructions to run simultaneously.. if Microsoft wouldn't have said "fuck off" to IBM of course.
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Not really running on whale oil, but more like an additional x86 instructions set like found on early 90's 615 PowerPC prototypes from IBM, that would have allowed both x86 and PPC instructions to run simultaneously.. if Microsoft wouldn't have said "fuck off" to IBM of course.