PowerPC support

Palpatine · Post by **Palpatine** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:29 am

Hi,

I was just wondering if PB Linux only runs on x86 distributions or also on PPC ones?

Best regards,
Ron

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:00 am

no, fred, noooooooooooooo....

:roll:

naw · Post by **naw** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:51 pm

Why not...

I think porting PB to PPC Linux (perhaps even AIX) would be very easy for Fred, because ...

... he's already done it! (at least I *think* so)

Fred has ported PB to MAC OSX and is using GTK as an interim measure until he implements OSX's native GUI - so that means he's already done all the PPC ASM stuff and is already using the Linux GUI APIs (GTK). So, like I said he's surely already done it.

I think it would be a great idea. I hear the XBOXII will be PPC based as well. Fred then has a language that is available for the biggest 64W Servers to a pokey little W2K Server....

FloHimself · Post by **FloHimself** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:18 pm

OT:

naw wrote:I think it would be a great idea. I hear the XBOXII will be PPC based as well. Fred then has a language that is available for the biggest 64W Servers to a pokey little W2K Server....

XBox II are based on IBM PPC and ATI graphic chip!? MS going the Nintendo way to keep the cost low?

naw · Post by **naw** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:38 pm

Its what I heard in conversation... Its surprising cos M$ would have a lot of redevelopment to do and backwards compatability probs with XBOX1.

Maybe its B/S - I'll check...

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:58 pm

i've heard the rumours too, it may include x86 compatibility on microcode level, and why not?

FloHimself · Post by **FloHimself** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:07 pm

no doubt about the rumours! just wondering that ms stop working with intel / nvidia and go with ibm / ati!

naw · Post by **naw** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:52 am

IBM make better faster / cheaper / CPUs than Intel. IBMs new Unix Servers scale up to 64 Ways are dual core and allow virtualisation in the CPU.
IBMs 64W Server is over 3 times faster than Suns 104W and is twice as fast as HPs Itanium based 64W

The PPC chips are mass produced into all sorts of consumer stuff you'd never imagine (maybe even toasters

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thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:57 pm

maybe even toasters

could be cool to program my washing machine with purebasic

Post by **Dare2** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:01 am

thefool wrote:could be cool to program my washing machine with purebasic

hehe. Some important functionality:

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If isEvenNumber( sockCount )
  hideSock()
EndIf
SetAllWhitesToAverageColour()
While SomeOneInShower()
  HogHotWater()
  Delay(15000)
  HogColdWater()
  Delay(15000)
Wend
If WarrantyVoid()
  GroanAndGrumble()
  SplashAndSplatter()
  TangleAndTear()
  EmitSmell()
EndIf

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:40 pm

hehe