Re: [NTLK] Wildcat for X

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.rr.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 01:32:05 EST


on 06/02/02 19:40, Eric Schneck at eschneck_at_mindspring.com wrote:

> Yes, I have the same problem with the DILs and OS X when building my iTunes
> plugin. The good news is that the DILs are layered, and only the lowest
> layer (MNP and/or AppleTalk) appear to need to be re-written. The libraries
> with the deep knowledge of the Newton architecture (Frames and Protocol)
> would probably not have to be changed.
>
> Eric
>
>
>> From: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
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>> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 18:24:00 -0500 (EST)
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>> Subject: newtontalk Digest V2 #97
>>
>>
>> I think the problem here would probably be the same problem that people who
>> would like to have an OS X version of NCU are facing: the Desktop
>> Integration Libraries (DIL) that Apple did provide to developers at the time
>> the Newton was still supported, were libraries with a lot of legacy code.
>> Since Apple is unlikely to "update" those libraries to make them OS X
>> compatible, and since Apple is also unlikely to release the source code,
>> that means that someone would have to rewrite those libraries from scratch,
>> without any support from Apple. That's a very tough job, and the only one I
>> know who I would bet on to write those beasts would be Paul Guyot. But he
>> has other problems at this time...
>>

That's very encouraging! I'm guessing that you're writing your app in C++?

-Laurent.

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