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- Short: Use your PPC as the ultimate 68k!
- Author: sraghoeb@ocenl.nl (Sharwin & Rakesh Raghoebardayal)
- Uploader: sandoz@speed.a2000.nl (Sander Assenbroek Machielsen)
- Version: 1.10 Promo
- Type: dev/asm
- Replaces: dev/asm/PPC680x0.lha AND dev/asm/PPC680x0Final.lha
-
- PPC680x0 PROMO 1.10
-
- This new Aminet promotional release is not just a little update to the
- previous versions which are/were available on Aminet. As a matter of fact,
- most of the program has been changed, fixed and optimized to a much more
- powerful program than it was before.
-
- What is PPC680x0???
-
- PPC680x0 is a utility to convert extensive 680x0/Amiga assembly sourcecodes
- to optimized PowerPC/Amiga assembly sourcecodes. 'Amiga' code means, that all
- the library calls of older 68K-based Amiga programs can be detected and
- converted as well: library-using programs can even be made ready-to-run after
- conversion. PPC680x0 is not just a porting utility, but also a 68K backwards
- compatible machine language for the PPC family. You can program the PowerPC
- as if it is a very big 68060 with 32 integer registers and a lot more.
-
- Besides, PPC680x0 can assemble G4 (and higher) AltiVec commands and convert
- them to a format usable with Haage & Partner's Storm PowerAsm.
-
- So does it work?
-
- Yes, of course it does: why should we waste our time on a program that
- doesn't even work at all? There's an example with and without the use of a
- reassembler in the archive, so find it out for yourself...! A lot of 68K
- programs can run on native PPC after a standard procedure and a push on a
- button...!
-
- PPC680x0 takes advantage of the pipelining mechanism of the PowerPC family
- and tries to optimize the code as far as possible.
-
- Lets hope this will make programming and porting easier for all of you and
- that there will appear a lot more PPC versions of programs soon.
-
- Kind regards,
-
- Sharwin & Rakesh
- Coyote Flux
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 2802 1844 34.1% 27-Nov-99 19:57:36 PPC680x0.info
- 4609 1909 58.5% 26-Nov-99 16:37:12 +1.freemem.68k
- 4640 1946 58.0% 26-Nov-99 16:42:26 +2.freemem.ppc68k
- 12560 3517 71.9% 26-Nov-99 16:43:32 +3.freemem.ppcwithmerge
- 7714 2649 65.6% 26-Nov-99 16:43:26 +3.freemem.ppcwithoutmerge
- 5848 1236 78.8% 26-Nov-99 16:44:00 +4.freemem.ppcexe
- 1716 963 43.8% 11-Nov-99 18:01:38 +1.freemem.68kexe
- 3747 1177 68.5% 26-Nov-99 17:20:34 +2.freemem.68k
- 3823 1231 67.8% 26-Nov-99 17:18:34 +3.freemem.ppc68k
- 11890 2846 76.0% 26-Nov-99 17:18:46 +4.freemem.ppcwithmerge
- 7848 2097 73.2% 26-Nov-99 17:21:48 +4.freemem.ppcwithoutmerge
- 7640 1385 81.8% 26-Nov-99 17:51:16 +5.freemem.ppcexe
- 784 49 93.7% 11-Jul-99 01:57:36 +MiFont.font
- 4728 2151 54.5% 11-Jul-99 01:57:36 +16
- 1808 919 49.1% 11-Jul-99 01:57:36 +6
- 2936 1621 44.7% 11-Jul-99 01:57:36 +8
- 136 86 36.7% 11-Jul-99 01:57:36 +Install Font
- 530 263 50.3% 27-Nov-99 19:57:28 +Install Font.info
- 204440 59507 70.8% 27-Nov-99 19:53:14 +PPC680x0
- 95530 33513 64.9% 26-Nov-99 20:37:38 +PPC680x0.guide
- 1625 777 52.1% 27-Nov-99 19:57:28 +PPC680x0.guide.info
- 1567 1013 35.3% 27-Nov-99 19:57:28 +PPC680x0.info
- 2278 626 72.5% 04-Jun-99 15:35:38 +fprom.s
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- 391199 123325 68.4% 28-Nov-99 04:33:20 23 files
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