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AmigaOS 4?
Trenatos:
I would love to help out with the port, and I'd be ok with developing on Windows/Linux/Mac, and then compiling on AOS4 or cross compiling.
But I don't have an AOS4 machine yet, so it doesn't seem like a good idea to go delving too deep into that at least until I get a machine.
I've also never written anything systems related like drivers, so I'm not sure how much help I would actually be..
People need to get over the "It's old" mentality, it's utterly irrelevant how old it is, as it's actively updated.
molly:
--- Quote ---But I don't have an AOS4 machine yet, so it doesn't seem like a good idea to go delving too deep into that at least until I get a machine.
--- End quote ---
No problem at all.
Indeed it would be better to wait until you actually have a physical machine in front of you :)
Besides that, and if you're new to Amiga OS (or returning from long ago), then you might have some better things to explore before doing anything else :P
--- Quote ---I've also never written anything systems related like drivers, so I'm not sure how much help I would actually be..
--- End quote ---
Well, that's the beauty. No drivers writing required, although you would need to have some knowledge on system library calls, but that's basically the same as for Windows/Linux/etc. Read the documentation/SDK, figure out which system calls to make and implement a function :D
--- Quote ---People need to get over the "It's old" mentality, it's utterly irrelevant how old it is, as it's actively updated.
--- End quote ---
Correct. Other against arguments are available in plenty as well, but they can usually be counter-argumented.
I really don't mind if someone dislikes Pascal or has other well educated reasons to dismiss it. Even i dislike using it for certain projects. But the 'dusty' argument is one of those arguments that simply makes my skin crawl ...
... In case you still have interest after your machine arrived, then please feel free to post a message here again, or hang around the OS4 forums. You could always play around with the 'old' FPC compiler available for OS4 from the link you posted earlier and see where that brings you.
Trenatos:
Oh I've been bent on developing software for AOS4 for many years, just never had enough spare money at the right time to buy a machine.
Now I'm in a good job, so should be able to afford one in a not too distant future.
Pascal/Lazarus has, for me, the perfect mixture or ease-of-use, RAD, and power.
Bah, dusty, it's dusty in the same way that internal combustion engines are dusty. lol
molly:
AmigaOS4 support added to trunk by Chain-Q and ALB42. These guys are on steroids 8-)
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Keep in mind though: all experimental. Implementation(s) are (most probably) subject to change.
Visit ALB42's blog to read more about AmigaOS4 support.
Some hihghlights:
- most required native libraries such as exec, dos, intuition, graphics etc. available
- FP-IDE up 'n running
- initial LCL implementation
saashapont:
If it possible please write any tutorial, how i can install it on mac?
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