At 09:22 -0400 2001.07.29, Chris Nandor wrote:
>We have been discussing what to do about system requirements for MacPerl
>5.6.1. One thought was to drop support of any system prior to Mac OS 8.1,
>because of changes in the OS that would make development easier. This
>would also mean dropping 68K support, since 68K Macs don't run Mac OS 8.1.
>
>I don't know what we will do, but if you really want support for 68K Macs
>or System 7.5/7.6, speak up now, so we can have an idea of who is out there.
Sorry about being wrong; Mac OS 8.1 works with some 68K Macs, Mac OS 8.5
does not.
And to clarify, the question is really two parts: architecture and OS version.
I also meant to add that MacPerl 5.6.1 will have greater memory
requirements (as perl 5.6.1 has greater requirements than perl 5.004), this
making it less usable on legacy Macs anyway. And of course, MacPerl
5.2.0r4 is still usable on the old machines. :)
No decision is immediately forthcoming; please keep up the feedback and
thoughts. Thanks,
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