shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) (06/28/89)
In article <1149.AA1149@geo-works> bryan@geo-works.UUCP (Bryan Ford) writes: >Good idea. Too bad the Amiga's executable file formats aren't forward >compatible like IFF. Hmmm...I wonder if it would be feasible to create a >new executable file format that uses an IFF standard for executables. >Maybe 'X68K'? Who knows. Probably wouldn't be practical, unless C-A is >planning to put IFF stuff in ROM. This is exactly the idea I have been contemplating using for the standard executable format for Amigix. (Amigix is a (major) project based in part on implementing Unix V7 on the Amiga... Email for more info, or check comp.sys.amiga.tech if the old threads haven't expired.) The idea is you could put other things, like an icon, startup screen, the actual source code, stack size, whatever, all with the binary. It could be a very flexible format. I haven't had time to work extensively on it, however. :-( As for putting it in ROM, the amigix.library (containing IFF support code and loader, along with Unix syscalls and other stuff) would be in RAM, but shared, so it could do well enough... thoughts/comments? >Oh well, nice idea while it lasted... Oh, it's still a nice idea... I haven't dropped it yet. Deven -- shadow@[128.113.10.2] <shadow@pawl.rpi.edu> Deven T. Corzine (518) 272-5847 shadow@[128.113.10.201] <shadow@acm.rpi.edu> 2346 15th St. Pi-Rho America deven@rpitsmts.bitnet <userfxb6@rpitsmts> Troy, NY 12180-2306 <<tionen>> "Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible." - A.K.