[openbeos] Re: USB and PPC port.... I'm here to help... when I can...

  • From: GThom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:56:11 -0500

>Actually, OF knows nothing about PEF binaries. OF 3 can load COFF, X-
>COFF, Mach-O (I think), ELF, A.OUT, and some others, but *not* PEF. OF
>2, at the least, can load COFF and X-COFF. If all else fails, we can
>make our loader in COFF.

Damn the lack of data on this on Suns site!
That would explain why when I try to excute a PEF it yells at me and says
unsupported format or something like that. (been a while since I messed with
it)

>hehe. Actually, I think there may be 7 or so of us.

Note: Just slightly higher than the number of people who can code in Fourth.
:)

I've been following this thread, do you mean Forth, or is there another
language called Fourth?
If it's Forth, then I can too :)

>ICCCK. It requires a deranged mind to try to RE something like that.

Like I said, I'm not that bad yet. (And I hope I never get there!)

>LOL! Just imagine trying to RE an x86 OS Chooser from asm. Blech.
I'd rather be forced to watch Steve Ballmer jump around like a monkey for 48
hours straight.

>> Oh, BTW, I believe that's OS_Chooser. :-p
>
>Oh, so we're being picky, are we? It's actually ' OS_Chooser', where
>the first character is option-space.

You didn't see my option-space there? :-)

>:P And I think it was OS Chooser
>in DR8 (I forget). See, not only am I the ppc user, I've been using
>BeOS since DR8.2. :)
>-Nathan

*sigh* DR8... those were the days. I saw the screen-shots of DR8, loved the
description, and the shots, and instantly became a follower. I still hold
all
my old MacUsers mentioning BeOS and Copland. It was PR2 when I first got my
hands on a copy. And I haven't let go since.

-Bryan

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