when is wm2005 final due?

[aslan]

hi guys

i understand the wm2005 released here is the beta ver.

googling seems to suggest the final should have been released already.

do we have the final available on the forum anywhere?

cheers
aslan

[hdbueller]

There is not and probably will not be an "official" release for the Blueangel. Our copy is being worked on by mamaich and buzz and others,and has come a long way since it's early version. It is almost de-bugged and works well. I would not hold my breath waiting for a "finished" release....it's probably not coming.
Later....... 8)

hi guys

i understand the wm2005 released here is the beta ver.

googling seems to suggest the final should have been released already.

do we have the final available on the forum anywhere?

cheers
aslan

[aslan]

i dont mean an official version, but more like a rom dump off a ppc which is sold with wm2005 final.

or are they not making a final? or is what we've got thy final? ;)

[Mastiff]

PPCs and their software are so much together that you can't really take a ROM dump from another unit and get it to work on a BA. Bits and pieces have been taken out from the Himalaya, but a full ROM can't be used.

[Bebbo]

All WM (2002, 2003, 2003SE, 5 etc) are compiled SPECIFICALLY for each device which includes drivers ONLY for that particular device and the ROM contains a large number of XIP modules (eXecute In Place) which can only run at a specified memory address (Think back to when you could only compile code that did not have relocatable code addressing...)

If you can manage to remove a module from one version of WM5 the chances are:
1) It is incompatible with the device you are trying to move it to (Hardware is different / at different memory locations)
2) The module will be loaded at the wrong memory location causing it to fail when executed.

So although the base WM5 might be the same code wise the above problems will prevent moving the vast majority of items between devices using simple file transfer - we need the original code, compilers and device drivers to be able to create our own - very, very unlikely!!!