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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: Will the PPC split up the Amiga community?
- Message-ID: <DnyC57.4p8@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <759.6640T1197T588@cs.ruu.nl>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 13:58:19 GMT
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-
- > If AT introduces the PowerAmiga and developers start writing PPC stuff,
- > won't that mean an enormous break between those who start
- > programming/coding for the PPC and those who will remain 680x0
- oriented > just to stay backwards compatible?
-
- Always a tricky question. We are certainly planning on having one unified
- set of source files for Photogenics, with a #define PPC/#define 680x0
- option, or a switch in the makefile, so 680x0 and PPC versions get built
- together.
-
- The problem we have at the moment is we have a small but significant
- amount of 680x0 assembler code in the product. We may convert much of
- this to C, but some may be left as 680x0 running under emulation on the
- new machine, it depends on how critical the code is and how easy a mixed
- code system will work on the new machines.
-
- We even may try getting our hands dirty at PPC assembler if we can :-)
-
- But, all of our customers at the moment run 680x0 machines. There are
- millions of 680x0 machines out there. It would be crazy to ignore the
- 680x0 market, especially as our software is already limited by needing
- >=68020 and >=Kickstart 3.0.
-
- Jolyon - Almathera
-