[Openmcl-devel] Running (Open)MCL on a "Pismo" PowerBook

[Tim McNerney]

I eventually bought a cheap refurbished G5 iMac and got CCL 1.6 working on it. So my (delayed) question is moot. 

--Tim

> On May 9, 2022, at 21:08, Tim McNerney <mc at media.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> I need to study the PPC-target (Open)MCL compiler to help fix a bug in CCL.
> I tried running OpenMCL 1.3 under MacOS 10.3 on a PowerBook "Pismo"
> RME warned me it would need "Leopard" to run, and it seems he was right.
> "Tiger" is the last MacOS version that can run on a "Pismo."
> 
> Can anyone recommend a path to reach my goal?
> I only need to compile short pieces of test code, and disassemble it,
> (and maybe instrument the compiler with trace and print statements).
> 
> Do I need to "dig" back to the DigiTool MCL days to run on MacOS 10.3?
> 
> I don't need any FFI, OS interface, or external libraries to work.
> I'm happy to do this work in emulation if need be. (but I'd need a PPC emulator).
> I'm told cross-compilation is "ugly" but I'm willing to try that too.
> 
> --Tim