[Camelbones-devel] Re: Camelbones and Rosetta ?

[Sherm P. <sh...@do...>]

On Mar 5, 2006, at 2:06 AM, Thilo Planz wrote:

> I was wondering about how compatible PowerPC-Camelbones is with the  
> Rosetta emulator used on Intel Macs.
>
> I went to the local Apple Store the other day to try the Universal  
> Binary I made for PerlPad (did not work)

That's disappointing to hear that. I was told by a very reliable  
tester that the universal build of ShuX ran perfectly on a DTK Mac,  
although that was obviously a pre-release version of the OS. Maybe  
there were incompatible changes made to the final. I'll build a  
package with the latest tools, so we can see how that goes.

I'm saving my dimes to buy an Intel Mac, but it'll be a while. Maybe  
now that they're available for sale, I should take up a collection. ;-)

> Since we can build Universal Binaries now this is probably not a  
> really interesting topic, but does anyone have more insight about  
> if Rosetta should work for CamelBones applications?

I don't know of any reason why it wouldn't work. It wouldn't be very  
quick, naturally. I've heard reports that Rosetta on a low-end Intel  
Mac is roughly comparable to a 400-500Mhz G4. I'm still using a  
500Mhz G4, so I can tell you if those reports are correct, then  
CamelBones apps will be quite usable under Rosetta.

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