68k Mac version of Squeak

Bruce O'Neel beoneel at mindspring.com
Thu Jun 8 20:45:15 UTC 2000


Hi,
  If you already have a full up 2.7 package from the ftp site you 
have all that you need for your 68k.  I haven't  tried 2.8a on a 68k
but 2.7 runs ok.  You will notice a difference between you G3 and 
your 280 though.   

cheers

bruce

"Andrew P. Black" <apb at cse.ogi.edu> wrote:
> >"Andrew P. Black" <apb at cse.ogi.edu> wrote...
> >>Is there a 68k version of the Squeak VM?  Or would it be too slow 
> >>to be useful?
> >
> >The one I posted on May 26 to the 2.8 folder at UIUC
> >(SqueakVM2.8beta.sea.bin) should run fine on the 68K.
> 
> Ah, thanks, Dan.  I didn't looks at 2.8, only at 2.7.  (I'm not 
> really a test pilot).
> Should my 2.7 images run OK on 2.8?
> 
> >Too slow?  Depends on the speed of your 68K.
> >Faster than the simulator anyhow ;-).
> 
> And faster than hand calculation too 8-}}
> 
> (I decided to take an old 68040 Duo to ECOOP, because my G3 PowerBook 
> is such a behemoth.  On most tasks, it doesn't seem to be much slower 
> -- but then it's running older (and less wasteful?) software.
> 
> 	Andrew





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