Re: Forms not supported on Mac RISC

Brian Morgan <bfmorgan_at_llnl.gov> wrote:
> > Blame for Oracle's dilemma falls squarely on Apple's shoulders. Apple
> > developed a shared library API (ASLM) for 68K Macs and then abandoned
> > that in favor of another (CFM) that did not support both platforms
> > right off, only the PPC Macs.
> >
> > Things should straighten out in mid '95 when Apple ships CFM for 68K
> > and Codewarrior supports it.
>
> I'm a little confused here about whether CFM supports 68K code now, as
> Inside MacIntosh seem to indicate, or as Liam stated that Apple will ship
> CFM for 68K.

As far as I know, Apple has yet to ship a 68K version of the CFM.

> The other troubling statement Liam seem to imply was that Codwarrior is
> not now supporting CFM. Since CDE2 is now being written in CodeWarrior
> the next questions is how can Oracle be planning a May/June role out of
> CDE2 for both the 68k and PPC platforms?

CW supports CFM for PPC now, but not 68K (since it's not out yet). CW will support CFM for 68K in their May '95 update. I assume Oracle is doing all the development on PowerMacs with CW as we speak, with the intention of moving the final product to 68K Macs when it is possible.

I've just read the Oracle position statement on Macs. That explains things pretty well; I hope I haven't confused things!

Liam Breck

Data Innovations, Amherst Mass.                   breck_at_external.umass.edu