Re: Netscape for M68K?

[Bernd Sieker <bsieker%freenet.de@localhost>]

On 16.10.00, 14:08:33, John Klos wrote:
> 
> If Mozilla under Unix is too slow, what about Basilisk, MacOS, and
> Netscape 4.08? Has anyone tried to run it on their NetBSD machine?

I'm not sure if it really uses the native 68k CPU on Unix systems, I
remember that there were some bits about Supervisor mode that
prevented the MacOS from running natively on the 68k CPU in Unix
Userland. I think it can use the CPU on AmigaOS like its predecessor,
ShapeShifter, did.

Have to re-read the docs and maybe give it a try. But I also remember
that netscape-MacOS-m68k was very unstable on ShapeShifter. It locked
the complete system (including the underlying AmigaOS) whenever I
interrupted a transfer.

> 
> Christian Bauer says in the docs that although Basilisk used 68k emulation,
> on 68k chips it actually runs the code natively.
> 
> I've run it under AmigaDOS, and if I had a NetBSD Amiga with X, I'd give
> it a try.
> 
> John Klos
> 
> 

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