> > The processor() function seems to return "Motorola PowerPC" on all
>> machines of that architecture. So, it would seem to be analagous to
>> the 'sysa' (system architecture) gestalt selector rather than the
>> 'cput' (CPU type) selector. For my purposes, the system architecture
>> is not very informative. Is there a way to query the system for the
>> actual CPU type?
>
>Just out of curiosity, why do you need to know this?
I've used the name of the CPU to as a rough measure of the speed of
the machine. If the function returns the slowest of the PowerPC
processors -- "601" for example -- I can skip a complex animation and
show a simple graphic instead. So, basically, I've used the
processor() function as a simple measure of the speed of the machine.
Is there a better way?
In SC, "the processor" returns things like 604e, G3, etc. That would
seem more logical and informative than "Motorola PowerPC."
On Windows, "the processor" and "the machine" both return "x86." Can
the actual processor name (e.g., "P3") or a code that represents it
be returned instead? Can the clockspeed be queried? Handling the
"machine()" function would seem to be a lot more difficult,
especially for PCs. Is it possible, for example, to determine
whether the machine is an HP or Gateway box?
Craig
> > Just as an aside, I came upon this problem when I tested one of my
>> SuperCard apps on a G4. SC's processor() function, which, btw,
>> checks CPU type, returns "unknown." I started wondering what MC
>> would do, and discovered that it sees all Power Macs as simply
>> "Motorola PowerPC."
>
>I'd say this is an improvement over SuperCard's behavior ;-) But
>we're open to suggestions as to what the return values of this, and
>the machine() function, should be.
> Regards,
> Scott
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