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johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell) writes:

>In article <1993Jan9.091727.13156@ornl.gov> fadickey@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU
>(Fred A Dickey) writes:
>>I'm still wondering if this allows a compiled GEOS app to be executed on
>>any hardware platform that has a version of GEOS designed for it?  After
>>all, the app would be using the same system objects no matter what system
>>it would be running on wouldn't it?  

>That's the basic idea.  It' truly astounding if you think about it a bit.
>:-)  I'm still awed and I work with it everyday.

So basically, if you find someone who's got enough capability to port
Object Assembly to platform X (a 386, perhaps, using RAM protection, or a
NeXT, or a Sun, or a Mac, or an Amiga, or a television, whatever), you can
make a GEOS kernel for it, with the appropriate system-specific libraries,
and wham-o, play some tetris.

Has anyone considered the potential the new palmtops have to completely
kill the Gameboy? ;)

-Shag

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