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Posts: 2057 from 2003/6/4
Quote:Kronos schrieb:
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geit wrote:
Since every step as a result means loosing software compatibility this needs to be done in one go.
Does it really?
AFAIR bigfoot's proof of concept did run in 31bit big endian with at least the possibility of a seamless PPC EMU.
Anything little endian, 64bit and multicore could and should be build out as a "QBox" directly in and around the Quark kernel.
I fear "done in one go" is a non starter with the limited resources.
Exactly.
1st step port and release MorphOS 32bit for x64 systems.
2nd step make some MorphOS 64 with multicore and what else is missing and put MorphOS 32 bit into a box/virtualize it.
The boxing idea is there since 25 years now. Time to use this idea eventually (not only the hardware is ageing, we all do!)
One in a go is nice, but probably unrealistic.
But hardware is aging and cpu grunt often not sufficient (albeit Wayfarer became impressively fast!). MorphOS itself and the applications are better than ever though (I actually can do much of my daily work on MorphOS these days!).
Pity the hardware is holding us back.
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