Porting Squeak to iPod touch

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> On 8-Jan-08, at 8:01 AM, Mathieu Suen wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> Dose anyone have try to install/port Squeak on a ipod touch?
>> The ipod have a ARM processor IIRC there is a version running for  
>> an ARM processor. So I should be able to compile the source for a  
>> ARM processor.
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> It's C code. Aside from a few tiny bits in the FFIPlugin you won't  
> find much processor dependent stuff around. My guess is that if you  
> compiled a Mac VM with the iTouch switch (or whatever) flipped it  
> ought to do the job.
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> Of course, first you have to have the tools to compile *anything*  
> for iPhone/iTouch/etc. Have they released them yet?

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> On Jan 8, 2008, at 5:18 PM, tim Rowledge wrote:
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>> On 8-Jan-08, at 8:01 AM, Mathieu Suen wrote:
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>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Dose anyone have try to install/port Squeak on a ipod touch?
>>> The ipod have a ARM processor IIRC there is a version running for  
>>> an ARM processor. So I should be able to compile the source for a  
>>> ARM processor.
>>
>> It's C code. Aside from a few tiny bits in the FFIPlugin you won't  
>> find much processor dependent stuff around. My guess is that if  
>> you compiled a Mac VM with the iTouch switch (or whatever) flipped  
>> it ought to do the job.
>>
>> Of course, first you have to have the tools to compile *anything*  
>> for iPhone/iTouch/etc. Have they released them yet?
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> Nop but I have found jailbreak. It is suppose let you write  
> application for the ipod or iphone:
> http://jailbreakme.com/1.1.2/
> http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/11/1-1-2-jailbreak-software-released/

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> On Jan 8, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Mathieu Suen wrote:
>
>> Dose anyone have try to install/port Squeak on a ipod touch?
>> The ipod have a ARM processor IIRC there is a version running for  
>> an ARM processor. So I should be able to compile the source for a  
>> ARM processor.
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> I've had an iPhone for 3 months now and have been occasionally  
> trying to build Squeak for it (and it runs the same binaries as the  
> iPod Touch). It is definitely fast enough (400MHz) but Squeak would  
> require some modifications to handle application switching which  
> seems to shut things down. I want the Faure (http://www.squeaksource.com/Faure 
> ) framework to run on it and use the Layers system (core animation,  
> basically, over OpenGLES) but haven't gotten to step one yet, for  
> reasons described below:
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> You need a cross-compile toolchain, provided by hackers here:
> http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> http://code.google.com/p/iphone-dev/
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> There are a lot of applications built or ported using this method,  
> but there's no support from Apple, so debugging is very difficult.  
> Alas, toolchain issues have vexed me nearly every time I try to  
> tackle the problem. Apparently everyone who creates a working  
> toolchain is more-or-less lucky and can't rebuild it on demand.  
> There are also outstanding (often not universally reproducible) bugs  
> for specific platforms, too. See the Google Code issues tracker if  
> you have a problem.
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> Apple has stated intentions of delivering an SDK/toolchain in  
> February, but the notion of application signing and security  
> restrictions may make this not-open-enough for Squeak to ease in.
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> -Brian
> http://briantrice.com
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> Hi All,
>
> Dose anyone have try to install/port Squeak on a ipod touch?
> The ipod have a ARM processor IIRC there is a version running for an  
> ARM processor. So I should be able to compile the source for a ARM  
> processor.
>
> Thanks
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>    Mth
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