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- I've been reading about some of the native-code + emulated
- comments, and I came up with an idea (partially taken from Thruman...
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- 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.)
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- I think this project would be EXTREMELY profitable if done right,
- and I really think this is something ARDI should do.
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- - Chad
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