MLdonkey 2.5-4 for MorphOS/ PowerPC released

[KennyR]

So when I can I use it to download leaked MOS betas?

/me runs away

[KennyR]

Cass wrote:
Does it have some MOS specific features that make a 68K port impossible? I presume its code is in C. Even the application doesn't seem to have excessive CPU requirements (we had a similar experience with Amster).

Well, apart from the coders being hardcore MOS fans ;-), it does eat serious CPU sometimes - up to 60% on a 600MHz G3. I'm not sure a real 68k CPU could run it. Maybe even an emulated one couldn't.

[KennyR]

Word? Excel? Windows Update?

Bochs.

[KennyR]

ple3003 wrote:
Dont get me wrong, i'm impressed with MLdonkey. That is just what I have been waiting for acctually!!! But 60% CPU time?? How is that possible?

Only Linux makes it possible.

[KennyR]

And I should mention that 60% CPU is more than mplayer uses when playing a DVD-sized DivX.

[KennyR]

mldonkey can be set to connect to the same servers as AmiGift. And bittorrent. And directconnect. And soulseek. And dozens of others.

[KennyR]

Everyone knows p2p is used for downloading pirated mp3 and movies, warez and porn. It has no legitimate use that http and ftp can't do a hell of a lot better. Can we move on and not try to salve our consciences?

[KennyR]

Wilse wrote:
MP3 - that's what most people I know use this type of software for.

Mostly because the UK is still stuck in the stone age and people generally have 56k modems.

mp3 is the most popular use of p2p these days, but DivX is catching up fast, and if a new PC game iso(s) isn't on the servers then its not worth playing.

[KennyR]

If you've ever tried MOL, you'll see why Genesi or Hyperion are hardly quaking in their boots about people using it to run OS4 or MOS on low cost Mac hardware (even if such a thing were possible, and it's not - not without a major rewrite of the emulation and the emulated openfirmware). Anyway, Pegasos is still cheaper than most Mac hardware of the same spec.