Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett)]

In article <55vc89$h0u@mozart.inet.co.th>
mpatnod@mozart.inet.co.th (Mark R. Patenaude) writes:

> > Well, I might agree with you.  The "PowerMac" is as different from a 680x0
> > Mac as it is from a IIGS.  I would like to see Apple actually port GS System
> > Software (GS/OS and the Toolbox) to native PPC code, though.  This would be
> > more flexible than a mere emulator and be just like how the Power"Mac" runs
> > 680x0 Mac software.
> 
> 
> Does such a GS/OS emulator exist for a 040 mac? My father who has a GS
> now has my old Centris 610 (upgrade to 40 mh + FPU) and would love to
> continue using his AppleWorks GS.

I believe Apple's Gus runs on 68k Macs, but I suspect it has not been
receiving much attention since d3 leaked.  The authors were doing it in
their spare time, and as some of them are key Copland programmers, they
don't have a whole lot of free time right now.  :-)


-Eric Bennett (ericb@psu.edu; http://emb121.rh.psu.edu)