Subj : Synchronet can maybe...?
To   : Digital Man
From : Time Warrior
Date : Fri Jul 15 2005 09:27 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Digital Man
  Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
  By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Fri Jul 15 2005 02:58 am

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: Synchronet can maybe...? By: Time Warrior to All on Thu Jul 14
 > 2005 11:54 am

 >  > This may or may not be true, but i've heard that the *nix version
 >  > Synchronet is coded to only support PC hardware (a major no-no in the *ni
 >  > world from what I understand -- its supposed to communicate with the kern
 >  > for that stuff not the HW directly).

 > That's incorrect. Synchronet currently only supports little-endian processor
 > but that does not mean it's "PC hardware only" and has nothing to do with
 > "communicating with the kernel" or not.

 >  > If I heard correctly, and if anyone might be motivated to correct
 >  > that,

 > Yes, big-endian support is already scheduled for the v4 time-frame.

I am unfamiliar with the terms "little-endian" and "big-endian" however I am 
going to take a wild guess and say that this may possibly mean that lower end 
proccessors are supported where as much higher end proccessors are not 
supported yet but scheduled for the v4 time-frame.

 >  > I think that Macintrash going to the "Intel" Chipset is something
 >  > Synchronet could take advantage of.

 > Not really.

 I disgree. The other day I met a guy local here who as it turns out he's an 
old school BBS'er from back in the day. He did not know the scene exsisted, 
did not know about Synchronet or any of that until I showed him. He also runs 
a MAC using OSX 10. He expressed interest in possibly running Synchronet 
however I was forced to respond with "I am unsure as to whether or not that 
would run on your Mac".

 Seeing as he knows alot more about his Mac than I do, I'll have to have him 
jump in here and make these inquiries. I have insufficient information to be 
able to come to a conclusion on this, seeing as I am not too familar with 
Macs.

 If his Mac is "little-endian" I guess the theory can be tested. If not, then 
I guess we'll have to wait for v4. Either way, when and if Synchronet is 
proven to work under OSX, at that time, it might be good to mention that on 
the synchro.net website :-)

 I'll get him into this forum as soon as I can.

       Thanks,

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