[MacPerl] 68000 Macs (was Comments about new FAQ)

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 16:58 -0400 98/07/29, Jeffrey D.R.S. Carl wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
>
> > 2) Does MacPerl actually run on 68000 based machines (i.e. MacPlus)?
>The
> > FAQ seems to say that it does, but I thought Perl 5 doesn't.
>
> MacPerl 5.1.9r4 runs just fine on my Macintosh Classic II ('030 processor
> and 4 MB RAM). I don't know, but I would guess any old "Mac-in-a-Box"
> capable of supporting System 7 could handle MacPerl 5 ... however, I'm
> sure someone else can speak to that more knowledgeably.

My mail from Matthias from back when we were putting "the book" together
indicates that MacPerl 5 does not run on the 68000 chip (that's not the
M68K chipset but the literal 68000, i.e., the Mac Plus).

I have reworded the FAQ to make this more clear:

----
MacPerl runs on any Macintosh, including both m68K-based machines and
PowerMacintosh models. (Only MacPerl version 4 will run on the 68000
chipset, i.e. the  MacPlus). You'll need at least 4 MB of RAM and System 7
or above to run MacPerl version 5 or later.

Also, to run MacPerl 5 on a 68K machine, you'll need to install a special
version of the appliation. The alternatives are the "Big" application and
the"CFM68K" application. "CFM68K" should be supported on all 68030 or 68040
Macintosh models running System 7.6.1 or later. If you have a 68020 (Mac II
or SE) or are using earlier System Software (e.g. 7.1 or 7.5), install the
"Big" application.
----

Yes, I realize that you can probably install various extensions into 7.5 to
allow the CFM68K stuff to work but I didn't want to get into that at the
time.  That belongs in the READMEs with the Installation (I think).  But if
someone wants to volunteer to send more explicit wording (tested!) I'll put
it in ;-)

- Vicki
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