yeah I heard it was gonna be shipped on a bootable cd , so presumable it would be pretty simple for them to make it self installing etc. I take it there will be separate mac and pc versions with powerpc / ix86 kernels ? I cant see that being much work for them - especially if the code uses standard OSS/ALSA libraries it should be pretty portable.
A friend of mine runs a sound+light business in the UK, he was telling me he sold the first FS the other week - am going to get some leaflets and pricing info off him soon hopefully Marc >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:41 AM >To: Jayson B. >Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [313] final scratch ==>> Very Appealing for these reasons >==>> > > > >On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 01:56 PM, Jayson B. wrote: > >> >>> All this adds up to me wanting a MAC version. I'll keep >buying vinyl, >>> I love listening to it at home and almost all the music I own in on >>> wax, but come on, get that heavy record bag off my shoulder >and I'm a >>> happy camper. >> >> -------- >> >> >> if i'm correct, finalscratch still runs on the BE operating system. >> And while i know it only comes with the pc version, if you >bought the >> mac version, there's no reason why final scratch wouldn't >work on it. >> that was one of the beautiful things about the Be os; although you >> could use either a mac or a pc with the Os, anything that >would work on >> Be Pc would work on the Be Mac. >> >> anyone know anything different? > >you could only use be on much older versions of macs. basically about >the time that jobs came back to the company, that compatibility went >away. so it was several years ago. and that's also irrelevant now.... > >the pro version of FS (i.e. the first version) was based on >be. be got >sold and basically dismantled, sot that screwed up everything. > it then >got ported to an embedded linux system -- this is a little different >than a normal linux install. the consumer version will come with a >stripped down linux distribution, designed to run FS. it uses a >loopback file system on your (pc) c: drive, which is basically like a >virtual partition. it creates a 500mb (or so) file from within which >all the OS stuff happens, independent of the rest of the c: drive >(believe this doesn't apply to the audio files). this is how they get >around the latency issue without requiring the home user to >repartition >their drive and do a 'normal' linux install - which, depending on the >distribution and the hardware, can be a real bitch. this need to make >FS consumer friendly is what has delayed the launch.. which is >a pretty >good reason. stanton swears that if you have a pc that meets >the basic >system requirements you'll just be able to run the installer >and be done >with it. and as that letter stated, a mac version will be out shortly >thereafter. not sure if that will also be an embedded linux >solution as >well or not. it's feasible to run FS under osx because of >it's unix/bsd >heritage so we'll see. no way will it run on 9.x systems. i'm one of >those people anxiously awaiting the mac availability... > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
