OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.1: Difference between revisions
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=== NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 === | === NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0 === | ||
This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. | This is kept in <code>./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe</code>, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (<code>\\.\mailslot\NeXT\</code>)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the <code>-install</code>, or <code>-remove</code> arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the <code>-d</code> argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output. | ||
=== NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) === | === NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB) === | ||
Revision as of 22:33, 12 January 2023
OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.1 is a port of the OpenStep APIs, Adobe's Display PostScript engine, the NeXT/GNU Objective-C toolchain, and graphical application development tools, to Windows NT (3.51/4.0, x86), Solaris (SPARC), and HP-UX (HP-PA).
ToDo - Elaborate on this topic, further, based on Discord discussion, from a while ago. Need to investigate compatible Windows versions, build numbers, introduction date, and other info, at some point, too...
Windows NT Version
The Windows port is based on a modified version of CygWin, Congruent ToolBuster, and newly-developed adaptation layer code, by NeXT, and has additional functionality, to support interoperability with OLE, and Visual BASIC/COM.
This version was codenamed Bastion4R1, according to the "About NeXT Software" dialogue/tool.
NeXT Mach Emulation Daemon v2.0
This is kept in ./NextLibrary/System/machd.exe, relative to the installation directory of OPENSTEP Enterprise, and implements a thin veneer of Mach's messaging APIs, on top of a Windows MailSlot (\\.\mailslot\NeXT\)-consuming message pump. It is intended to be ran as a Windows Service, and the main installation process will attempt to configure this, but it is also possible to run the daemon's executable, with the -install, or -remove arguments, to install, or uninstall the service, or with the -d argument, to keep it running, as a foreground process, that prints debugging information, on the standard output.
NeXT Object Request Broker (ORB)
ToDo - Elaborate on this
GDB 4.15.3
The gdb --version command reports the following:
GDB 4.15.3 (i386-next-cygwin32), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation. Inc.
GCC 2.7.2
The gcc -v command reports the following:
Reading specs from C:/NeXT/NextDeveloper/Libraries/gcc-lib/1386-nextpdo-winnt3.5\2.7.2\specs gcc version 2.7.2 for NeXT PDO
Solaris, and HP-UX Versions
The Solaris, and HP-UX ports use HP, and GNU components, and NeXT-developed code, to provide an OS abstraction, in place of Mach.
Note - sparc-nextpdo-solaris2, and hppa1.1-nextpdo-hpux tuples, for toolchain