From: David Arnold (arnold_at_dstc.monash.edu.au)
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 22:01:51 PST
-->"Finn" == Finn Thain <fthain_at_telegraphics.com.au> writes:
Finn> Thinking about this some more, it seems that a Linux port to
Finn> Newton hardware and a Newton emulator both face the same
Finn> problem but from different perspectives -- proprietary
Finn> hardware.
right.
hence the approach in GNUton of simply trying to provide the
(application) programmer visible APIs, such that existing
pure-NewtonSript apps could run, but device drivers (ATA, WaveLAN,
etc) and C++ programs would not.
it's a tradeoff between the work of reimplementing the layer of
NewtonScript above the Newton OS vs. emulating/understanding the
ASICs.
it seemed to me at the time that reimplementing the NewtonScript layer
was an easier task.
d
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