Scott Johnson (Bellevue) wrote in message <34046@palm-dev-forum>...
>
...
>Actually though, all this trap fiddling is definitely not going to work
when
>running in 68K emulation on the ARM, right? In David Fedor's ARM talk at
>PalmSource, he said trap patching (including Hackmaster) won't be
supported,
>and I'm assuming that just fetching trap addresses won't either. That
makes
>sense since there's no 68K function there to take the address of. So this
>makes the whole SpeedTrap technique less safe and less useful. When
running
>68K code on the ARM it just won't work, and when running native ARM code
>it'll be so fast it won't be needed. (If this technique is even available
>at all in native ARM code.)
>
AAack! All those nifty little hacks that make my life so convenient
will have to be tossed out if I upgrade to an ARM device? Tell me
it ain't so!
Well ... two questions then: will there be an equivilant mechanism
to the hack for the new ARM OS? The ability to alter basic system
functionality is extremely useful. A "HackMaster II" could be written
to take advantage of this. It would be even better if Palm came out
w/ the hack manager before to many "wild" hacks for the new system
sprouted up.
Second since the current Palm apps will run on an ARM in emulation,
and assuming the answer to my first question is "yes", then it might
be possible to write a "Hackmaster 1.5" that would enable the old
68k-based hacks to work in the new OS after all ...
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-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
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