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... -- Chris Johnson To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling