On 3/10/06, Carlo Calica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/10/06, Rafael Jeffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > With another Mac desktop on its way, the G3 will be "Full Gobo" soon.
> > (not now, since it's my only machine...). Could the PPC port be
> > G3-compliant (i.e. no AltVec)?
> >
>
> That seems reasonable. Really dependent if the code could be faster
> with Altivec. In some ways, supporting G3 is like i586 support.
>
Few applications take advantage of Altvec. For those, I think
"Compile" is the right tool to use (with an optimized "C{XX}FLAGS").
I agree that G3 support is similar do i586, but the diferences between
G3 and G4 are much narrow than the x86 world (namely: AltVec).
On Mac OS X, few applications won't work on my G3, most of then I have
to blame Apple (e.g. iLife and iWork '05, that shipped with my G4), or
some that can really take advantage of AltVec (e.g. MPlayer -- there's
a G4 version around -- and Handbrake).
> > I'd like to help with the LiveCD for PPC as I'll have more free time
> > (and a new machine) in a few weeks (2-3 weeks).
> >
Not so true anymore. I'll have the time, but the machine will have to
wait about 2 months (so I can get the Intel Core Duo Mac mini for less
than they are selling G4 minis today...).
Back to another port going on...
-- Rafael
--
"Surrealism is feasible compared to reality."
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