Amiga OS 4 should be ported over to the xx86.

[woz111]

I think that Hyperion should port the Amiga OS over to the PC platform now, due to the death of the promised power-pc motherboards etc and a total lack of new hardware for the amiga. It's now only a matter of time before our beloved platform dies out forever. You can get new pc motherboards for under £30? Think of the possibilities, Hyperion could develop OS 4 for the pc platform with a specific setup requirement. What do you all think?

[motorollin]

How many more times...

--
moto

[mikeymike]

The xx86?  I think the 8086 is a little slow even in Amiga terms :-P

[Trezzer]

It's amazing how so many people manage to live under a rocks with no network access for so many years.

[nadoom]

forget X86 we need it in AMD64

[woz111]

You all know what I mean, ATHLON 64 or the new Pentium P4's. I also know that this discussion's been brought up many times in the past. I feel now however due to the many dead ends, I, like a lot of other amiga users am getting a little disheartened the way things are going, and have been the last few years. I've tried UAE & Amithlon, and indeed still use my A1200 now and then for the ocassional game of Alien breed 3d 2. But I'd now like the OS to get ported to a viable future, one that's cheap and readily avialable.

[dammy]

forget X86 we need it in AMD64

You mean like this?

Dammy

[monty]

woz111 wrote:
You all know what I mean, ATHLON 64 or the new Pentium P4's. I also know that this discussion's been brought up many times in the past. I feel now however due to the many dead ends, I, like a lot of other amiga users am getting a little disheartened the way things are going, and have been the last few years. I've tried UAE & Amithlon, and indeed still use my A1200 now and then for the ocassional game of Alien breed 3d 2. But I'd now like the OS to get ported to a viable future, one that's cheap and readily avialable.

Cheap and readily available ??
You already mentioned, dude: UAE; it's the ONLY viable amiga platform. Period!

Aros & MorphOs & O$ 4, have nothing to do with the amiga, apart from claiming themselves very arrogantly "amiga-like"!

It's sad how so many pseudo-amigans out there can't see this simple fact! VERY SAD!!

[shoggoth]

... or think of it this way - Open Source - or die. It's the only way for alternative platforms to stay alive.

-- Peter

[Akiko]

Search the forums this has being discussed to death already!

Hyperion have already answered your question and it's a "No!"

[woz111]

I also agree with you Pete, Open Source is another way to go about things. And as of UEA, who in the hell wants to have Win XP in the background running, I only use Windows as it's the only way to go at the moment, macs are overpriced and linux is S**t. A simple Amiga OS 4 disc to install on a nice new HDD, then, no crap blue screens of death anymore. I HATE Windows with a capital H, who in their right minds wants to format there PC's one a month because of crashes etc, not me, and personally I'm sick of it, XP that is.

[coldfish]

A couple of years ago I wouldve agreed with this thread, now I no longer care what happens to OS4.  Ive got Windows for WinUAE and Ubuntu for learning something new and different. Both have massive software support, which is what I want.

Once AROS offers a browser, that'll do me for an Amiga OS on x86 to toy with.

If by some chance OS4 does turn up on x86, what would be the point beyond giving present Amiga users something to go on with?

[_yak_]

Hyperion can't port AmigaOS4 to x86 because their license only covers PPC. Period.

[Manu]

"Amiga OS 4 should be ported over to the xx86."

Absolutely, but for OS4 I don't really care anymore
just like Coldfish said. OS5 can bring me some
interest again if I feel I can wait another 5+ years.

AROS is looking good, and even better when it is more ready for Internet Browsing etc.

It's just insane keeping anything AmigaOS like on
expensive hard-to-get hardware. And what if I would
like to have a laptop running OS4 how many XX years would
I have to wait for that?

PowerPC is a dead end for Amiga. It always has been.
But if you want to keep the community tiny and not care
if you bring in new users or not then PowerPC is the
best choice out there.

[irishmike]

I, of course, agree that OS 4 should be ported to x86... as I have said before :-)

But if the owners of the copyright won't do it (for whatever reason) then we are stuck.  Our only course is to support the open source projects or use our aging machines, which I think is still the best way to go!  -- Folks this is wholly MY opinion, I am not endeavoring nor would I presume to speak for the entire community!

Anyhow, we are going to have to live with what we can do.