[OFF?] Re: MacOS X, WallStreet & Dylan

To: Rob Myers <robm@onetel.net.uk>, <info-dylan@ai.mit.edu>
Subject: [OFF?] Re: MacOS X, WallStreet & Dylan
From: Raffael Cavallaro <raffael@mediaone.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 10:41:09 -0500
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Rob Myers wrote:

>>> but I don't  
>>> even know if my old SCSI/ADB/serial PowerBook G3 is supported.
> 
> If it isn't in the first release, it will be in the second. This email is
> being written using MacOS X PB1 on an iBook, and my web site has pictures of a
> Gwydion Dylan-compiled Carbon app. running under MacOS X.

Two things:
1. I too am running the MacOS X PB on a WallStreet PowerBook, so, yes, I
know it works on these machines (although the PB is agonizingly slow on it).

2. The "October 1998" date in the press release may be an error: The Apple -
MacOS X - Requirements page at: <http://www.apple.com/macosx/requirements/>
Clearly states that WallStreet PowerBooks are supported.

> 
>> Makes me want to take a serious look at another platform.
> 
> Win XP desperately wants to be MacOS X. It still won't run on a Wallstreet,
> though. And it looks so sucky, IMHO...

I wasn't thinking of Win XP, but rather LinuxPPC, which, of course, runs on
these PowerBooks. The attraction is running one OS (Linux) on all my
different hardware. Anyway, may be moot if the MacOS X Requirements Page is
correct.

Ralph

References:

Re: Objective C bridge

From: Rob Myers <robm@onetel.net.uk>