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Rob Kendrick  
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 More options 8 Mar 2007, 18:41
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.apps
From: Rob Kendrick <n...@rjek.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:41:25 +0000
Local: Thurs 8 Mar 2007 18:41
Subject: Re: Latest news from VirtualAcorn

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:04:42 +0000, druck wrote:
> It was first previewed on Mac on PowerPC so there was the issue of the JIT
> needing to be ported to a different processor which was a big job, but now
> MAC is on Intel this task has evaporated as the x86 JIT code can be used.

It's *quite* that simple - Both Apple and Microsoft are insane enough to
use bizarre (and rampantly differing) calling standards that might make
things tricky. Certainly though, you're right to suggest that it's
unlikely to be a lot of work.

There's a lot more to get working that just that though - things like
printing, and reliable host file system access etc need to be done as
well, and last time I asked anybody about this, this was precisely the
work that needed to be done.

I'm still hoping somebody will put the work into making RPCemu less
repugnant than it is, and adding a JIT to it, such that we have a nice
free alternative to use should ROOL ever actually manage to do anything.

B.


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