WarpUp (326/442)

From:Kolbj�rn Barmen
Date:19 Dec 99 at 22:51:15
Subject:Re: [warpup] Re: Something about G3/G4 cards

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Sam Jordan wrote:

> Am 16-Dez-99 schrieb Richard Drummond:
>
> Hi
>
> >> yes, it would be possible to run it on the POP boards. in the first
> >> instance as a WarpUP on the PPC with 68k emulator....then finally with a
> >> PPC AmigaOS
>
> >So, you are saying that WarpUp running natively on PPC-only hardware can
> >provide an environment sufficient for running the 68k emulation?
>
> Sure, the emulator itself doesn't need anything else than a kernel
> running. But this doesn't help at all for the POP boxes, because
> AOS simply doesn't run on such hardware yet, neither directly nor using
> 68k (CPU-only) emulation.

How do you do it on current boards?

bootstrapper loads warpup with m68k emul, machine reboots now using
m68k emul, while real m68k is turned off?

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