Hi Franke,
A new one? Naa, I don't think that's worth even the time to talk about. To my opinion there are only two possible ways:
I was referring to the C-One and not another new computer. I was wonder if people might develop for it in its native mode rather than as an emulated IIgs. People with IIgs experience shouldn't have too many problems since both share the same processor.
Yes, I know a IIgs is more than just a 65c816 but I assume that the C-1's graphics and audio aren't too different to program than a IIgs. I guess it just depends on what SDK's or tools are made available.
Again, maybe providing a seemless emulation mode, like of like what Apple did with the PowerPC's. They provided a seemless emulation layer between PowerPC and 68K apps. OS X does things in a similar way then running Classic apps.
Currently, it seems like going from one platform to another requires a reboot of the C-One.
for the platform. The backdraw is that a lot of interfaces are missing and some of them (slots, ADB, Smartport) might be cruical for transition
I understand what you're saying. People don't want to completely disgard their hardware however, these ports can be emulated at a certain degree. An ADB mouse and keyboard can be mapped to the PS/2 ports. An attached hard drive can be mapped to the Smartport.
I guess the real question lies in the capability of how to transfer all your software and data from an original IIgs over to the C-1. What happens if all you have are disks, how do you get it into a C-1? Certainly without including some of the ports you suggested, it wouldn't be possible to plug in an external Apple drive. This is probably what's stopping a lot of people moving from a IIgs over to a PC/Mac emulated environment.
By the way, can you take a IIgs-formatted SCSI drive, stick it into a Mac and transfer your files over?
Now, who ports GS/OS...
That's a very good question. Mike