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NeXTStep ran on Intel so when they ported it to PowerPC they simply kept the Intel builds running.
by melling 6y ago
NeXTStep ran on Intel so when they ported it to PowerPC they simply kept the Intel builds running.
- cmiles74 6y agoIt also ran on SPARC and PA-RISC, I think even some Motorola 68000 at some point.
- icedchai 6y agoYes, NeXT's original hardware platform was 68K based: the NeXT Cube and NeXTStation (slab.) They were 68030 and later, 68040, based machines.
- mattl 6y agoThey were already working on PPC but when they went software-only the hardware division was sold to Canon and spun off as Firepower Systems.
- gsnedders 6y agoHeck, until Rhapsody Developer Release 2 Apple shipped IA-32 builds. It was only after that, with Mac OS X Server 1.0 that they dropped IA-32 support publicly. That they'd kept the whole thing running on IA-32 never seemed at all far-fetched.