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Re: Alignment exception examples

From spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com>
Subject Re: Alignment exception examples
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Date 2012-06-27 18:13 +0100
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In article <2118ba57-b1ca-4a22-ae0c-0c7ea693db7a@googlegroups.com>,
   <chrisbazley@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:58:20 AM UTC+1, spampling wrote:
> > In article <1bced15b-6ff8-4bcd-8f19-93bbd3e58f06@googlegroups.com>,
> >    <chrisbazley@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > > I don't think there are enough RISC OS users left to alienate the
> > > returnees who buy Acorn machines on eBay.
> > 
> > I think the more likely scenario is that the returnees buy a
> > beagleboard (or successor) and load RO5.18+ to use the OS on modern
> > hardware.

> Would they do that if they knew that none of the software that they
> nostalgically remembered would work?

Well a scan of the ROOL forums suggests that they are doing. Maybe
nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

> > As Theo says the proposal was to include VFP emulation so that the
> > functionality was there for slow old machines.

> But as I pointed out, many of the "slow old machines" have an FPA that
> will be sitting idle.

I thought that was covered in the emulation or detect aspect.

> Chris Bazley

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Steve Pampling

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Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-23 20:55 +0100
  Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-23 13:21 -0700
    Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-24 11:35 +0100
      Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-24 04:02 -0700
        Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2012-06-24 17:29 +0100
        Re: Alignment exception examples Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-26 00:02 +0100
          Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-26 01:15 -0700
            Re: Alignment exception examples Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-26 11:51 +0100
              Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-27 05:40 -0700
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 22:43 +0100
            Re: Alignment exception examples Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-06-26 14:06 +0100
            Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-26 21:57 +0100
              Re: Alignment exception examples Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-06-26 23:20 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 22:51 +0100
              Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-26 15:17 -0700
                Re: Alignment exception examples Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 00:23 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-27 05:52 -0700
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 22:46 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples Nick Roberts <tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk> - 2012-06-28 18:28 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-29 18:38 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples Nick Roberts <tigger@orpheusinternet.co.uk> - 2012-06-29 20:14 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2012-07-04 20:50 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-27 07:58 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-27 05:44 -0700
                Re: Alignment exception examples spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-27 18:13 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 22:47 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-27 23:04 +0100
                Re: Alignment exception examples chrisbazley@bigfoot.com - 2012-06-28 15:43 -0700
  Re: Alignment exception examples Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2012-06-24 08:24 +0200
    Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-06-24 11:37 +0100
      Re: Alignment exception examples Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2012-06-24 12:49 +0200
        Re: Alignment exception examples druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2012-06-24 17:01 +0100
          Re: Alignment exception examples Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2012-06-24 19:16 +0100
            Re: Alignment exception examples "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2012-07-10 00:14 +0100
  Re: Alignment exception examples Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-06-24 09:42 +0100
  Re: Alignment exception examples Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2012-06-27 15:36 +0100

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