| From: | Jack York |
| Date: | 14 Mar 2001 at 17:33:29 |
| Subject: | Re: PPC systems - please explain |
Hello Neil
On 13-Mar-01, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> I know there is WarpOS from H & P. And then there is
>> something called MorphOS.
>
> MorphOS is a PPC OS, running everything on the PPC and emulating the
> 68040/060 processor.
Ahh, this is part of my problem. I had always heard there were two
versions so when I saw Morph mentioned I got confused.
>> Do both of these use the ppc.library?
>
> PowerUP uses the ppc.library, WarpOS uses the powerpc.library. There's
> also a version of ppc.library that works with WarpOS, allowing you to
> run most PowerUP programs with WarpOS.
I tried the version of ppc.library that supports them both but the datatypes
I had installed failed whereas it worked if Warp was installed.
>> As far as libs, I just have the ppc.library on disk right now.
>> When I try to run lame.elf, it looks for ppcdiss.library.
>
> ppcdiss.library is part of PowerUP and should have been installed at the
> same time as ppc.library.
Ok, now it is clearing up. I had ppc.library installed prior to 3.5.
I always assumed it was the default.
>> I am totally confused on what I should have on disk to
>> be able to use the ppc. I would prefer to get the basic OS
>> method working before I start installing a new program
>> if possible.
>
> You have two options:
>
> 1) Remove powerpc.library for now. This will cause any WarpOS programs
> to fail to run, but PowerUP software will run as intended.
>
> 2) Install the replacement ppc.library from
> http://devnull.owl.de/~frank/ppclibemu.lzx
> You should then find you're running WarpOS with PowerUP programs
> using this library to emulate the PowerUP environment.
I tried all three ways (PowerUp, WarpOS and the hybrid ppc.library).
I am trying to get five programs to use the ppc: jpeg dt's, lame, mpega,
Amster PPC and Voyager. The only thing I can get working
is the dt's. I am assuming this is working since I don't get a failure
but I don't know how to test it. Loading jpegs don't really seem that
much faster. From what I can see, lame requires Warp while mpega
requires PowerUp. The same hold trues for Amster/Voyager. So how
are these issues resolved? I can't have ppc use with both Amster and
V at the same time? Or am I still missing something?
Jack
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