[openbeos] Re: PPC openbeos?

Lee Morgan <leeamorgan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I heard awhile back that OpenBeOS could / would be ported to the PPC 
> (G3, G4) if / when the NewOS kernel was running on a PPC. Well it 
> seems 
> that the NewOS kernel is running on PPCs now, but I don't see any new 
> information on the openbeos web site about a PPC version.
> Is it in the plans? Or better is it currently being worked on?

I don't know where you got the information from, but it is not correct. 
Sure, we would benefit from NewOS being ported to PPC, but Haiku's 
(that's our name nowadays ;-)) presence on PPC is independent from 
NewOS in the end.
I got a free Pegasos PPC board from Genesi to port Haiku to it, and 
that's what will happen one day; parts of it are already working there.
NewOS itself is in the process of being ported to PPC, but I'm afraid 
it's not further along as Haiku at this point.

> I really can't wait to see BeOS back on a PPC, it was simply amazing 
> on 
> my old 200MHz 604e, I want to be blown away with it on my 1GHz 
> PowerBook.

I'm pretty sure that will happen, but the x86 version has precendence. 
I'll work on PPC when I feel like it and have the time to do it, both 
is not happening that often :)
Any help on that subject is welcome, though.

Bye,
   Axel.

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