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AmigaOS 4?
Trenatos:
I read that there was work done on an AmigaOS 4 port (Not AOS4 classic), any info on how far that got?
molly:
I'm curious as of where you might of heard that.
Free Pascal 3.0 now officially (re-) supports classic Amiga/68k/020 (note the absence of the OS 4 part, which is for the most recent Amiga OS family, see also here).
Other then that MorphOS support was already available, and since release 3.0 FPC now also officially supports AROS (no official FPC wiki page yet, see here).
Amiga (Chain-Q + ALB42), AROS (ALB42) and MorphOS (Chain-Q) downloads are kindly provided by ALB42 on either the release directory or nightly directory of ALB42's build-server, or you can take a look at ALB42's blog page which contains some links to downloads and other interesting topics as well. That is, if you're interested :D
AFAIK AmigaOS 4 support has been dropped by lack of a maintainer :'(
Trenatos:
That's awesome, love that AROS is supported.
Do we have the full Lazarus on AROS?
I read about it here: http://wiki.freepascal.org/AmigaOS
And here: http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/language/fpc.lha
I don't have an AOS4 machine, but plan on getting one.
It's much more interesting if I can use Lazarus on it though, as that's the only realistic way I can develop software for AOS4
Trenatos:
Aha, yeah, seems the port was started by Chain-Q
molly:
--- Quote ---That's awesome, love that AROS is supported.
--- End quote ---
I second that 8)
--- Quote ---Do we have the full Lazarus on AROS?
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Unfortunately, that would require some additional work.
Lazarus is a _huge_ project, and currently ALB42 is the only person working on it. It takes some time to get LCL working for MUI/Zune.
It does compile many common components very well though (using FPC with Lazarus units installed), and you could always use Lazarus on linux/Windows to build your GUI and cross-compile (or compile on the native machine). For instance the Edisyn editor runs perfectly on Windows, Linux and AROS.
fp-ide runs as well on all Amiga and derived platforms.
fpGUI from Graeme is also fully supported, although i do believe Graeme updated fpGUI quite recently, so that would mean the port for AROS lacks behind a little.
--- Quote ---I read about it here: http://wiki.freepascal.org/AmigaOS
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Ah ok. i know the information on that page all too well...
--- Quote ---And here: http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/language/fpc.lha
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Yes, that was Chain-Q's attempt to get some people interrested on OS4. Seems that never happened :'(
(After all, Pascal is some dusty programming language from the seventees, and got stuck there for about half a century. ever heard that phrase ?) >:D
--- Quote ---I don't have an AOS4 machine, but plan on getting one.
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Always nice to see someone trying another route 8-) Hopefully enjoy !
--- Quote ---It's much more interesting if I can use Lazarus on it though, as that's the only realistic way I can develop software for AOS4
--- End quote ---
Sorry, i can't help you there. As said, no maintainer is currently available for the OS4 port, and Chain-Q does not have the time to fully maintain the port anymore (at least that is what i understood).
--- Quote ---Aha, yeah, seems the port was started by Chain-Q
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Correct. See also my above answers.
In case you (or someone else reading this) are interested in helping out maintaining the OS4 port, then please don't hesitate and contact Chain-Q. He's more than willing to give a hand (if his time permits).
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