A PPC native OS ?

[xaccrocheur]

I'm trying to remember the early MacOS 68k=>PPC portage...

I remember that it took nearly forever even for them big guys to port their bloated code to PPC, discovering thet they had lost control over most of the core code, and that it needed "from scratch" rewriting. Did it take 2 years ? I seem to remember so.

I also remember that the 1st implementaions were SLOWER than 68k counterparts, some code taking longer to perform on a
604@180 than on a 040@40 machine...

It had a "68k_emu" folder in the system, did it emulate SYSTEM code, or only application ?

And finally, even if I did not dare to even think about it until now, I'm actually wondering if OS4 will eventually be released.

Where can I get some sort of "hands-on" timetable ? What is done, what is not ? I only got sales-ppl-style updated news (A. Redhouse's intw) but no techie insight.

I admit that those guys need to be left alone and WORK, but this morning, I dunno, I find meself suddenly CRAVING for information...

pX :roll:

[xaccrocheur]

How did I knew Karlos was going to answer that one ? 8-)

This is all much much clearer now.

I was suddenly very concerned, remembering the day we received our 1st PowerMac @ my work of that time, and realizing how sluggish it was compared to the trusty Quad600@66Mzh I had on my desk @ that time. Being an Amiga Maniac already, I remember vividly thinking at that time "this is gonna be HELL and AGES for the little team that WILL finally decide to port my beloved OS to *this* platform.

On the other hand the said machines became quite rapidly stable and usable, even if the OS never got off in terms of speed.

I found no relevant documentation about this particular project (MacOS 2 PPC) and again less about AOS. An interesting data, even considering the very relevant differences you pointed in your post, would be the number of man-years needed, compared to the 25 Alan told us about AOS, witch is, correct me if I'm wrong not out yet ;-)

Where the heck can I read more about that ? Closed-source sometimes really sux

pX