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Offline Quixote

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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 18, 2003, 06:23:03 AM »
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By the time you get a Powerbook (like the one I'm typing this on) you'll soon forget about the Amiga.

;-) Maybe you would.  I own an Apple Powerbook myself, and I would like nothing better than to be able to run Amiga OS on it.  (Natively, of course.  Mac UAE is only so-so.)
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2003, 08:54:22 AM »
Not sure if ArtisiaS is suitable for laptop, but...

After AOS4 is in mature state...

Someone could try to make a deal with apple about some powerbooks to be sold with the Amiga license.

Other option is to build a laptop around embedded chips... ~500Mhz few hundred milliwatt 440GP should be ok with AOS4...
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2003, 12:17:51 AM »
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I think some sort of portable could be constructed using the mini-atx used by the Pegasos,

YUCK! too big!
i would want somthing sleek and sexy a bit like(IMHO) the older G3 powerbooks!
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2003, 12:20:52 AM »
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I suppose fiting a lcd display on a A1200 would not do the trick?

it would probably work, but YUCK!!
i want somthing that IS a notebook computer, not one that just does the job of one
it must look the part!
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2003, 01:11:14 AM »
NIce thread , a good idea...

but i think..

1. Would be to expensive to even think of (using G3/4)
   (look at the Mac laptops)

2. Someone said "use it with what" , thats my wuestion also, as atm there aint much PPC stuff out, but yes i agree..LATER!!

I think that this is a good idea, running Aos4 on a ppc laptopand i guess it would appeal to many in a later stage.

but i wont pay 3x times the price of an A1 for a laptop, not unless its great!

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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2003, 04:19:06 AM »
There is a company that make high end SPARC based UNIX laptops: Tadpole. Perhaps they will be interested in manufacturing PowerPC laptop for running Linux, AmigaOS and MacOS.  

Tadpole

Problems:
1. Is G3 or G4 suitable for Laptops? What about power, size  and thermal problems?
2. Is there any PowerPC chipset suitable for laptops?
3. What about the video display chip for LCD?
4. WHO will buy such product? What is the size of the market?
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2003, 05:42:33 AM »
There are already PPC laptops. "PowerBook" and "iBook" should ring a bell. :)

Drop the hardware distributor license requirement nonsense, port AmigaOS to a few PB/iB models, and sell shrinkwrapped copies of AmigaOS. Problem solved.

Maybe some third-party vendor would even like to sell licensed Mac/AmigaOS bundles, if so, great. But that's unlikely to happen and nothing to expect or depend upon. And the rest of the Mac market, including the second-hand one, shouldn't be removed as an option for AmigaOS users.
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2003, 10:50:21 AM »
by strobe on 2003/1/17 19:05:06

By the time you get a Powerbook (like the one I'm typing this on) you'll soon forget about the Amiga.



wait a minute! what about you, strobe?
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does your avatar suggest something you dont want revealed? possibly something shameful? (a M$ tattoo or are you just a disturbing sight in general)  :-x  :-x  :-x  :-x  8-)  8-)  8-)
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2003, 11:35:58 PM »
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asian1 wrote:
There is a company that make high end SPARC based UNIX laptops: Tadpole. Perhaps they will be interested in manufacturing PowerPC laptop for running Linux, AmigaOS and MacOS.  

Tadpole

Problems:
1. Is G3 or G4 suitable for Laptops? What about power, size  and thermal problems?
2. Is there any PowerPC chipset suitable for laptops?
3. What about the video display chip for LCD?
4. WHO will buy such product? What is the size of the market?

1. yes!! the macintosh powerbooks use them! and there was an ibm rs/6000 notebook once!!
2.yep
3.just the display chips used in the above, it doesnt matter you can use display hardware for x86
4. I will buy such a product! the number of people who will buy it will be low, but i would pay quite a bit for an actual amiga PowerPC notebook! if it is good enough
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Re: Laptop Amiga PPC?
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2003, 11:56:02 PM »
just visited that tadpole site!
thats quite good! id consider buying one of those!!!!
 :-D

now if only it came in ppc flavour....
or if amigaos/morphos/aros was available for SPARC


but SOLARIS is ok... i just wouldnt use CDE, id probably use KDE or somthing instead!!!




infact solaris is good, verry good
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