BeOS

Samuel Rydh mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:28:32 +0200


On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:44:43PM +0100, Natalia Portillo wrote:
> There are more versions of BeOS powerpc-compatible than x86-compatible.
> 
> No matter, BeOS supports IDE drives that are included in any Apple EIDE
> interface, so it is supposed that if MoL doesn't emulate the Apple SCSI
> interfaces, it does emulate an Apple EIDE one, or not?

No, MOL doesn't emulate SCSI or IDE host controllers (due to 
performance reasons). Instead, MOL uses custom OS-side
drivers which interface MOL directly without emulation.

(Well, in the oldworld mode, MOL actually emulates the
53c95 SCSI controller although the attached bus is empty).

/Samuel