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Re: How much would it cost to port AmigaOS to x64?
« on: March 31, 2012, 02:08:27 AM »
Since they wrote it from the ground up, 50p, if they knew what they were doing and did it right....
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Re: How much would it cost to port AmigaOS to x64?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2012, 02:16:37 AM »
The problem with Power architecture is the price of entry, why should I have to spend 1900 quid on machine that in the X86 world is out performed by a couple hundred quid machine?  AmigaOS's are a hobby, as such they should fit a hobby budget.  At 1900 quid you get the truly devoted, but you don't get the vast majority of people who just want to play with it.  I actually don't even want another machine at this point, just make it run in a Fusion or Virtualbox instance.
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