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Executor Developers Kit?
I've been reading about some of the native-code + emulated
comments, and I came up with an idea (partially taken from Thruman...
Why not create an Executor Developers Kit, which would come with
DJGPP, a staticly linked library with the primary ROMlib code, and
documentation (possibly with some bundled in API docs - maybe licensed
from Apple? I know Inside Macintosh can now be FTP'ed, but you need
Apple's DocViewer to read them, and unless things have changed lately,
that will not run under Executor.)
It should also be bundled with Linux libraries (statically linked
and maybe even dynamically linked libraries), so it would be easy to make
Linux programs as well. It is also hypothetically possible to come up
with a cross-compiler so those programs could be built under DOS, and
maybe even run without testing (since ROMlib would be the same in both
cases). The vdriver + other interface code would be tucked into the
libraries of all releases.
I think this could easily sell for $295-495, and would be a very
useful tool for Mac developers wanting cross-platform capabilities.
It would also be dirt cheap by comparison (and much easier to use too) to
the Microsoft Visual C++ for Mac cross-platform tools.
I think this project would be EXTREMELY profitable if done right,
and I really think this is something ARDI should do.
- Chad
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