I've been away all week, so I was really excited when I saw this news item:
VmwAROS to support 68K applicationsI skipped the description and went straight to the good stuff on the video page. It was interesting, but not what it said on the tin. A start, nevertheless.
Remembering this thread, my favourite part of the video page is...
Obviously, this is not the "UAE integration" many AROS users are aiming to, since it needs the original Amiga ROM and system files to work
Even if Rich had of completed the UAE bounty, it still would have needed AmigaOS system files and Kickstart Images. The first part of the Kickstart bounty is due tomorrow. It will be interesting to see if that has got anywhere.
When will you guys actually realise that a 68k port of AROS isn't some guy {bleep}ing about what he wants, but an actual requirement? It's not a good thing for an open source OS to require a closed source OS to be able to run 95%+ of the software library. :roll: Even super-duper-mega-Linux-AROS is going to need 68k port to be able to run legacy stuff (which lets face it is what the majority of the people that are going to take any notice of an Amiga-like are going to want).
I got such a kicking from the AROS community for this thread, but at every opportunity I've been proven right. The 'split' that everyone was pissing their pants about has happened anyway, and time and time again it has been shown that a 68k port is vital.