[softwarelist] Re: OPW - Enhanced justification

In article <dc59+oBE9sFJFwVz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, the latest issue of Qercus made me see things anew. Castle,
> Iyonix, 32 bits etc. was a dead end, the future is ROSL and
> emulation.

> I was always in favour of 32 bits and against Virtual Acorn

I do not normally enter into these sorts of discussions but I am
rather puzzled here. I was under the impression that essentially all
the 32-bit software produced for the Iyonix was '26/32-bit neutral'
and would run on earlier machines. What software is specifically
32-bit, or causes problems on earlier machines? I think that without
the Iyonix there would have been even less development of older
software, and RISC OS would have been even deader than it now is.
There was quite a flurry of software development (more than simply
32-bitting) when the Iyonix first came out. I do not believe that
emulation has, of itself, brought any new software development, or
new users.

For my part, without the Iyonix, I should have left RISC OS years
ago. I see little point running old software under emulation on a
machine (PC/Mac/whatever) which has a multitude of superior native
software.

Just my 2p worth.

      Chris...

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Chris Johnson

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