[X4U] Re: "Backwards Compatibility"

[Doug McNutt]

At 12:05 -0400 6/22/08, Jon wrote:
On Jun 21, 2008,  "Zane H. Healy" <<mailto:healyzh at aracnet.com>healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:

Interesting how Apple has taken an OS that started out on the 68030,
had x86, Sparc, and PA-RISC support added for V3.1, then supported
all three through V4.2, at which point they removed 68k, Sparc and
PA-RISC support to add in PPC support.

I really would appreciate it if you had a citation for this, especially
x86 support.

I assume when you talk about support, you mean the ability to run
on computers with those chips (x86, Sparc, and PA-RISC). Never
happened until Boot Camp!


I think he's talking about the Next OS rather than Mac OS  or Mac OS neXt.

But it is said that all versions of the Mac classic OS were compiled for the X86 because Apple wanted Motorola to know there was an option. I don't think any binaries ever left Cupertino.


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