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Re: Mac PPCs and Amiga PPCs - OS compatibility?
« on: July 06, 2003, 12:23:13 AM »
@Iggy_Drougge

Not sure where you were pointin at ...

Something like running AmigaOS in an UAE where the 68k-emu
is replaced by the actual 68k in the Mac ?

Sounds good, won't work ...
There are alot of dependancies between the chipset-emu and
the 68k, which just wouldn't work with the real 68k.

One could try to start from the point were the Draco left,
but that would require lots of work in that machines
Hard and Software.

My advice (properly useless): Port the x11-hosted version
of AROS to Mac(68k)/BSD.
Dead slow, but possible.
Port that one to MacOS.
Still slow, but fun.

Or just wait for Bernie to release the 68k_2_PPC-JIT
for UAE he has been working on lately.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: Mac PPCs and Amiga PPCs - OS compatibility?
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2003, 10:56:09 AM »
@Iggy_Drougge

AmigaOS and even AROS-68k in the latest Amiga-version relies on the chipset.

Amithlon has a minimal chipset-emu to be able to boot AmigaOS, and as minimal as it
is, it would stil be hard to implement on a real 68k.

AROS on x11 on 68k would be dead slow, cos AROS on x11 is allways slow (compared to the
power of the host), and X11 alone on an 68k is a pain.

Why run it on a PowerMac ? Cos it would be faster than any 68k  ;-)
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else