[fpc-devel] Re: Mac G3 and FPC

[Marco van de Voort]

> On 2004-11-17, Tony Maro wrote:
> 
> > I know almost NOTHING about Mac's, so my question is, is the G3 so 
> > different from the G4 that I can't expect to run FPC 1.9.x on it within 
> > any reasonable timeframe (or ever)?
> 
> FPC is already working well on all PPC CPU's including 603, 604, G3 
> (750 series), G4 (7400 series) and even G5 (9x0 series) in 32bit mode. 
> (Tested.) I'm not sure about the very ancient 601 series, which had some 
> compatibility issues/bugs compared to the recent PPC's, but this shouldn't
> affect you.

For 603 it needs an extra compiler define when cycling. OPT='-dppc603

Otherwise, depending on the OS, it will cause alignment exceptions or (if
the OS "fixes" it) possible performance detoriation.