From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Thu Apr 30 09:55:05 2009 Message-ID: <20090430144731.upgjp2o4080o8kc8@pop.freeola.net> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:47:31 +0100 From: p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi Subject: Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib for ColdFire References: <49F743B1.8030803@freesbee.fr> <1240957935.9590.38.camel@joy> <49F78A7A.9020001@freesbee.fr> <1240985088.4402.13.camel@petr> <49F803C5.9050303@freesbee.fr> In-Reply-To: <49F803C5.9050303@freesbee.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: Various thoughts: 1. what puts me off Aranym is having to run it on a host OS. I tried it briefly on XP and it was a struggle just to get it working. 2. M68k assembler to Cf issues. Could existing assembler apps be de-compiled into C (on any platform) so that they could be ported to Cf or any other OS/hardware ? I realise de-compiling isn't great but I gather it's a lot better than it used to be. 3. could the assembler conversion process be automated in some way to save lots of manual work ? 4. I like the idea of a Cf machine but question whether all the obsolete ports are needed. Is there a lot of demand for an ACSI port ? Would USB adapters not be better ? That might work with Aranym too (more sales). Peter