On 26/11/03, Matt Sealey wrote:

>> 
>> Unfortunately for 68k users, until a 600MHz 68080 appears, some of
>> the functionality of modern browsers is going to be far beyond your
>> reach anyway, the same way that Aweb has split now into "APL" and
>> "KHTML" versions to accomodate both, Voyager may do the same.
>> 
>> Anyone using Amithlon has in effect a 600MHz (or faster) 68040. This
>> particularly benefits the Flash plugin.
>> 
>> No need for special editions for 68k users, IMO.
> 
> I think you misunderstood.

Your original post suggests that the problem is the slow speed of the
CPU. This certainly makes Flash almost useless on a "real" Amiga. It is
not a problem on Amithlon.
 
> Voyager is going to use whatever OS functionality is available to
> do certain tasks. AmigaOS 3.x (and therefore Amithlon) has not and
> will never get such functionality.

What functions do you have in mind?

 
> AmigaOS 4.x might, I know for a fact MorphOS has certain things in
> development as we speak. Amithlon.. well, it's a dead platform for
> all intents and purposes.

There are probably more Amithlon users than MorphOS users. 

 
> Note, Voyager will *NEVER* include such functionality to try and
> work on slower machines with incapable Operating Systems, firstly
> because it will make Voyager about 10MB in size, and secondly
> because you'd find it unusable even if you had any memory left.

Memory is not a problem on Amithlon. Why are you talking about "slower
machines" again? An Amithlon setup can be a great deal faster than an
AmigaOne or a Pegasos.

Obviously if the authors want to make Voyager MorphOS-only they are free
to do so. That is what I am expecting.
 
Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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