Subj : Synchronet can maybe...?
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 15 2005 06:50 pm

  Re: Synchronet can maybe...?
  By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on Fri Jul 15 2005 09:27 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 
 >  >  > world from what I understand -- its supposed to communicate with the k
 >  >  > for that stuff not the HW directly).
 > 
 >  > That's incorrect. Synchronet currently only supports little-endian proces
 >  > 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 en
 > proccessors are supported where as much higher end proccessors are not
 > supported yet but scheduled for the v4 time-frame.

That would be an incorrect guess. "endianness" has nothing to do with how "high
end" a processor is or not, but rather the order in which it stores the bytes
of multi-byte integers. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endian for details.

 > 
 >  >  > I think that Macintrash going to the "Intel" Chipset is something
 >  >  > Synchronet could take advantage of.
 > 
 >  > Not really.
 > 
 >  I disgree.

Really.

 > 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 run
 > 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.

Currently, there is no such thing as a "little-endian" Mac.

 > If not, the
 > 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 :-)

Of course.

                                                  digital man

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