| From: | Marion E. Wyatt |
| Date: | 3 May 2000 at 07:45:52 |
| Subject: | Re: OS 3.5 & PPC |
On 02-May-00 at 20:45:29, Jaeson Koszarsky wrote these words of wisdom:
>> WarpOS bundled on the Cd :-) (Is PowerUP also included?) It would be nice
>> if parts of the OS were PPC optimized in future BoingBags and possbily
>> OS3.6 :-) Things like datatypes, libraries, devices, C; commands, Utils,
>> Tools, etc. (nudge nudge, wink wink)
>
> Well, a partial PPC OS may not be the best thing. Sometimes, the processor
> switching could end up being slower than running straight 68k code. If
> performance isn't diminished then I'd like to see it too. Otherwise an all
> PPC OS would be the welcome alternative (nudge nudge, wink wink).
Good point, but there are ways to program so that context switches are at a
minimum (from reading various lists about PPC). An all PPC OS wold of cours
be the ultimate.. I wondr if H&P still plan on a full PPC port of the Amiga
OS.
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