Re: [NTLK] Wildcat for X

From: Eric Schneck (eschneck_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 19:40:35 EST


Yes, I have the same problem with the DILs and OS X when building my iTunes
plugin. The good news is that the DILs are layered, and only the lowest
layer (MNP and/or AppleTalk) appear to need to be re-written. The libraries
with the deep knowledge of the Newton architecture (Frames and Protocol)
would probably not have to be changed.

Eric

> From: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 18:24:00 -0500 (EST)
> To: newtontalk digest users <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Subject: newtontalk Digest V2 #97
>
>
> I think the problem here would probably be the same problem that people who
> would like to have an OS X version of NCU are facing: the Desktop
> Integration Libraries (DIL) that Apple did provide to developers at the time
> the Newton was still supported, were libraries with a lot of legacy code.
> Since Apple is unlikely to "update" those libraries to make them OS X
> compatible, and since Apple is also unlikely to release the source code,
> that means that someone would have to rewrite those libraries from scratch,
> without any support from Apple. That's a very tough job, and the only one I
> know who I would bet on to write those beasts would be Paul Guyot. But he
> has other problems at this time...
>

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