Hey,
For those who are really curious about platforms that pd has run on:
I use it in MkLinux on a PowerMac 7200/120MHz.
Haven't tried yet GEM package with it but pd runs almost fine.
Almost because the MkLinux system seems to have no support for MIDI :(( And no duplex audio :( I can either read or write to my dev/dsp.
So I'm still working in MAX in MacOS. When I have more time I will have to recompile the kernel to tkae out sound in order to install OSS which is supposed to be running on a PPC and supposedly has full duplex audio support.
Unfortunately other MkLinux users don't seem to be interested in doing music on their machines.
However, given a well developed kernel and system with all support you need and considering various benchmarks, pd should perform better on a PPC processors than on Pentium.
For now, though, it's just a wishful thinking.
Let's hope OSX server will be more reliable.
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Miller Puckette wrote:
->Hi Steev, -> ->Did anyone answer your letter yet? (you should have a pentium; otherwise ->I don't know much about Pd on linux...)
yes, thanx! someone said they're using a p-200 and it works fine; so far i've tried it on an Indy and a p-100 with 24M RAM. The p-100 is pretty sluggish (window draws and cursor movements were really slow when i had 2 patches open at once, cos.pd and fm.pd, i think). However, it actually never crashed whereas the Indy dumped core a few times...
btw, roughly how many pd users are there? does anyone have an idea?
thanx again,
Steev Hise, Would-be World-Wide Web Wizard (WWWWW) recycled art site: http://www.detritus.net
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