[openbeos] Re: memory beyond 1 gig
- From: "Vitaliy Mikitchenko" <vitviper@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:23:27 -0700
Damn! Look at what I've started... Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut...
> "p willis" <p.willis@xxxxxxxxx> <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [openbeos] Re:
> memory beyond 1 gigDate: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:16:09 -0700
>Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>> >Perhaps there should be a parallel effort to duplicate BeOS
>> > for IA64
>> > while BeOS 32 is being developed.......
>> >
>> > BeOS32 should be ported to more 32 bit platforms once the standards are
>> > worked out.
>> > BeOS64 should be ported to most 64 bit platforms too.
>>
>> For me, thinking of the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version is going
>> in the very wrong direction. It assumes that all 32-bit CPUs you'll be
>> working with will behave similarly enough, that all 64-bit CPUs you'll
>> be porting to will behave silimarly enough, and that the difference
>> between those categories is big. Personally, I don't agree with that
>> point of view.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jean-Baptiste Queru <jb@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>You have a good point. SOmeone mentioned porting to Alpha....
>The DEC Alpha is dead. No support or systems from Compaq
>anymore and I doubt HP will continue any alpha development
>since the focus there is on IA64.
>64 bit sparc is a good bet since Sun is stable (for now).
>IA64 is a good bet since Intel isn't going anywhere soon.
>
>Peter
Vitaliy Mikitchenko (aka "VitViper"), Lead Programmer, Mage Productions
(http://magep.cjb.net/
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