On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Jesse St.John <jesselorenstj...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > >> On Oct 31, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Gottick International wrote: >> >> I thought I ask you folks instead of all the experts roaming the >>> internet. I run x.5.8 on an quicksilver and now some programs are >>> asking for Java 1.6 and there seem to be very conflicting views on if >>> Java 1.6 can be found and be made to work on X.5.8. Any expert tips? >>> >>> >> Someone correct me, but I believe Java becomes "Intel only" at some point >> ... >> >> Hmmm ... How can I find out what version I have? All I see is "12.9.0" as >> a version for parts of "Frameworks" of Java ... >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group >> for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on >> Power Macs. >> The list FAQ is at >> http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-**list.shtml<http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml>and >> our netiquette guide is at >> http://www.lowendmac.com/**lists/netiquette.shtml<http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml> >> To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/g3-5-list <http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list> >> > > "Someone correct me, but I believe Java becomes "Intel only" at some point > ..." > > yeah it does, not right considering they for years talked of it as though > it was completely platform independent, it happened recently. I ran in to > this same problem recently wanting the latest and greatest on my ppc > mac........ derp apparently not. > > IIRC, Apple required a minimum of 10.5.x and a 64-bit system for Java 6. This meant that the G5 was the only PPC to get Java 6. I believe that there is/was some community attempt to port Java 6 based on OpenJDK to Mac OS X. See http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/ John -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
