vogt@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Vogt) (05/06/91)
To be able to run NextStep what does one need. Is it as simple as
Display Postscript and Mach? How is the IBM RS6000 doing it? What
happens to toolkits for sound, etc. on the RS6000. Is code portable
between the RS6000 and the NeXT boxes? What vendors have licensed
NeXTSTEP?
21 questions is over...
Thanks All
-Mike
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===============================================================================scott@erick.gac.edu (Scott Hess) (05/06/91)
First off: I've never really heard anything all that official on
this stuff. Well, a little, but I'm sure NeXT will deny anything
I say (should it be repeated to them).
In article <1991May5.175753.1467@news.cs.indiana.edu> Michael Vogt <vogt@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> writes:
To be able to run NextStep what does one need. Is it as simple as
Display Postscript and Mach?
Sort of. You'll certainly need to tailor the sources to whatever
setup you have, but having Mach as a base would help alot. You'll
also need Objective-C (this will eventually be availiable from GNU
on top of g++).
How is the IBM RS6000 doing it?
They licensed DPS from Adobe, Objective-C from StepStone, and NextStep
from NeXT. The obvious missing link is Mach - they simulate Mach
threads and the like via AIX stuff, which is one of the big complaints
people have (I guess that slows it down a bit, esp. for NextStep2.0).
What happens to toolkits for sound, etc. on the RS6000.
Nothing. Quite literally - the SoundKit, MusicKit, and DSP
stuff in general are apparently not part of NextStep, and thus
IBM doesn't get them. Not that it'd do them a whole lot of
good - I'm sure a fairly decent part of the code will depend
on what DSP is is used, and how you get to it from your Unix.
Also missing are many of the utilities we've all grown to know
and love. InterfaceBuilder, Terminal, and Edit are there, though.
Is code portable between the RS6000 and the NeXT boxes?
Supposedly, it's pretty good.
What vendors have licensed NeXTSTEP?
IBM's the only one, I believe. I've heard rumors that others are
thinking about it, but nothing substantial. I've been told by
some people at NeXT that they'd like people to port it, and would
be willing to work with them, but I doubt it'd be cheap. DPS
would be a big stumbling block (license fees to Adobe for every
sale . . .).
Later,
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scott hess scott@gac.edu
Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad <almost out!>
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