>Just FYI, Carbonizing turned out to be a much more invasive procedure
>than we had expected, and I'm sure we got off easy because the Mac
>version of MetaCard wasn't done all that long ago. I'd guess that
>Carbonizing some of those older apps out there is going to be a real
>challenge and so it'll probably be a long time before most people will
>be able to stop using the compatibility box (aka Classic). Consider
>yourself forewarned that there are going to be a lot of limitations
>and stuff that just doesn't work right in this first release of
>MetaCard for OS X, and at least initially, compatibility between the
>OS X version and the other Mac versions is likely to be worse than
>compatibility among the platforms we currently support. It's also
>likely that there will be *three* Mac engines for the next few
>releases because it's looking like Carbon won't be supported on enough
>MacOS versions to make it practical to replace the PPC engine with the
>Carbon version.
I don't understand Scott. Would it not have been easier to port over
the IRIX or other UNIX build of MetaCard rather than carbonizing? It
would be nice to get your point of view on why you choose this path,
is the OS X too far from your current X builds that you *had* to port
the Mac build or was there other considerations (like hoping
carbonizing would produce a single source exe capable of running on
both).
I thought for sure we'd get a UNIX port to OS X then have to run the
PPC version under OS9 which is not that big a deal for me since I'll
be dropping OS9 like a hot potato (I have already lined up all the
apps I'll need to make this feasible. Just need MetaCard now...)
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
>> :)
>> Richard MacLemale
>> Instructional Technology Specialist
>> James W. Mitchell High School
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>MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
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