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- From: u.klinger@sirius.stw-cri.wda.sn.schule.de (Uwe Klinger)
- Subject: Re: 680X0 -> PPC translator?
- Message-ID: <1996Feb16.072849.1155@sirius.stw-cri.wda.sn.schule.de>
- Organization: Schulsternwarte Crimmitschau
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 07:28:49 GMT
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- Benjamin Kenobi (fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu) wrote:
- : I'm just wondering, is there any good reason AT can't write a program which
- : will tranlsate binary executables from 680X0 -> PPC, doing optimizations along
- : the way? That way we could translate most of our old software and it would
- : run efficiently. Why didn't Apple do this with the PowerMacs
-
- Maybe the 680x0 emulator loads 0x0 progs and converts them to native
- (PowerPC) code. This wouldn't achieve top speed but it will always be
- better then a 0x0 interpreter.
-
- Bye , Uwe
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