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From: Anthony K. <mai...@an...> - 2008-09-05 18:22:37
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Hmmm ... well I guess if using the CPU like that makes your fan run on high, it could be pretty annoying. There may be some moderately simple things that I can do to lessen the CPU usage in the code. I do want to thank you, Jacob, for your interest in Bol Processor! And do feel free to try BP 2.9.6 on your Performa as it still runs on anything as old as System 7! (Just be sure to install OMS for Midi). You will get a very nice "retro experience" since that version of BP uses colorful windows with rounded corners :) Regarding a Universal Binary, I am currently planning some kind of an upgrade to my computers. I will either buy a new Intel Mac or upgrade my G4 to 10.4 or 10.5. I will then be able to port BP2 to XCode and the Intel architecture. I'll be moving forward with my upgrade plans within 2-6 weeks but I'm not sure how long it will be before the computers are fully usable for development work again. (I need to do a lot of backups and shuffle files around, etc.) Anthony Kozar mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net http://anthonykozar.net/ Jacob Glenn wrote on 9/5/08 11:26 AM: > Thanks for your help. I became alarmed when my CPU fan started going full > blast while simply browsing the FAQ. I'll give it another try, although I'll > be surprised if I can hear any sound output above the fan noise. > > Universal Binary would be excellent. For now, maybe I'll drag out the old > Performa to get the full retro Mac experience. > > Jake > > On 9/5/08 5:41 AM, "Bernard Bel" <ber...@gm...> wrote: > >> Hello Anthony and Jacob, >> >> I remember that Anthony and I had got scared of this CPU high load when >> porting from MacOS 9 to MacOS X. However, we also checked that, despite its >> CPU usage in the event loop, this version runs quite well on "slow" (single >> G4 >> or G3) machines in parallel with other time-critical applications requiring >> important CPU usage. I currently run it with the PianoTeq soft synthesizer. >> >> Since moving to Universal Binary under XCode is a project that we were not >> able to evaluate in terms of duration, our priority was to deliver a >> carbonized version covering all features of the previous version. This CPU >> aspect was perceived as less critical as we may figure out that musicians >> would not run BP2 along with CPU-greedy sotware (video editing etc.) in the >> same time. >> >> I am now trying to figure out the next phase as suggested by Anthony. |
