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- From: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se (Jon WΣtte)
- Subject: Re: One binary for all Macs (even 128K)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.234925.4623@kth.se>
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <1992Dec29.201304.14795@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:49:25 GMT
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- In <1992Dec29.201304.14795@walter.bellcore.com> art@leis.base.bellcore.com (A. Zysk) writes:
-
- >This is a two part question concerning the mant versions of
- >MACS out there. I've divided the questions into an ENGINEERING
- >section and a MARKETING section. Any response to any question
- >is appreciated.
-
- If you're a developer, a lot of info is available from Apple
- regarding your questinos.
-
-
- >Is there anyone else out there who is trying to keep
- >thier applications *absolutely* portable to ALL Macs
- >including the Original 1984 128K Mac?
-
- Not me. Not Apple. Neither MPW nor Think C support the
- 64K ROM anymore. Also, the 68000 is fading out, but still
- hanging in there in the PowerBook 100s.
-
- >I know that producing such a library will be very painful, but I anticipate
- >the results will be well worth it. Do any comprehensive texts exist
- >on this subject?
-
- Worth it? What's your market? The 128K I know of is a fish tank;
- the 128K sold less than, say, Quadras sell today I think (I don't
- have any figures)
-
- There's just no point in supporting pre-plus pre-system-6
- machines today, and tomorrow that's gonna be pre-sys-7
- non-color machines.
-
-
- --
- -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
-
- -- I don't fear death, it's dying that scares me.
-