| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 13 Mar 2001 at 18:23:39 |
| Subject: | Re: PPC systems - please explain |
Jack York said,
> First of all, how many ppc software programs are there?
There are two PPC kernels for use with AmigaOS. PowerUP is supplied with
the card, WarpOS is from H&P and comes with OS 3.5+.
> 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.
> 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 wanted to install the ppc jpeg datatype
> (WarpJPEGdt.lha). It says it will work with Warp and
> Morph. So do I have to install one of these to get it to
> work or does one of them come with the OS?
Yes you do. WarpOS comes with the OS if you have 3.5 or higher. Or you
could use the AK datatypes with PowerUP.
> 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.
> If I put that one and powerpc.library (which came in the same
> distribution) on disk I get a requester saying PowerPC and
> Warp cannot run together and then the system hangs. So
> somehow I have the wrong libs it seems.
You have both PowerUP and WarpOS libraries installed. It would appear
that something is loading ppc.library in your startup, and then
something else is trying to load powerpc.library. That's when you get
the requester.
> 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.
As to which is better. Use whatever works for you and ignore the
opinionated hotheads who will shout that one is perfect and the other is
the work of the devil.
Neil
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