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Offline Louis DiasTopic starter

potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« on: January 31, 2005, 09:22:46 PM »
http://www.gc-linux.org

If you can put linux on it, you can put AOS 4.
And only $99, keyboard sold separately:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8164827670&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT

guess who's the current high bidder? :-D

uh Nintendo kicks ass!  Nintendo should buy Amiga...
http://www.dsbuzz.com

And if you read  http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/gamecube.htm , you will see that a GC is designed like an Amiga.  A true gaming machine unlike those PC's (PS2/XBOX) posing as game machines.
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2005, 09:33:51 PM »
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If you can put linux on it, you can put AOS 4.
 


How have you made that connection?

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2005, 09:37:27 PM »
I also would like to know that; but no matter what it is a funny conclusion :-D

Maybe I should start making such conclusions myself...
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2005, 09:37:53 PM »
Ookay, enough with the glue sniffing now.

Offline Louis DiasTopic starter

Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2005, 09:43:55 PM »
oops, I mean here:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-503797.html?legacy=zdnn

to find out how a GC is like an Amiga...

And I'm sure there is a way to overclock it as this article semi-alludes to (or rather, me just reading in to it...)
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2005, 09:48:45 PM »
Er....what makes it an Amiga then?

Offline Louis DiasTopic starter

Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2005, 09:50:03 PM »
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If you can put linux on it, you can put AOS 4.
 


How have you made that connection?


it seems only natural and obvious that if you can install one PPC OS, you can install another.  The Action Replay is used to do this and loads it from an SD card I think...  Think: Amiga OS 4.0 now available on an SD card ready to run!

It's just so natural.
 

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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2005, 10:03:25 PM »
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It's just so natural.


If by "natural" you mean "possible, yet completely absurd and unlikely to ever be implemented," I'd agree.....

I mean, there are TONS of machines out there that are powerful enough and of a similiar processor family...  But the fact remains that KMOS & Hyperion are apparently uninterested in them.  AmigaOS 4 is only licensed for AmigaOne and classic PPCs.  And he who controls the proprietary boot code and low-level device drivers controls what systems a chunk of code runs on.  (At least until some people do a TON of reverse engineering....  [More work than available people would be interested in, most likely])
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2005, 10:05:36 PM »
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Think: Amiga OS 4.0 now available on an SD card ready to run!


hmm somehow the word "think" doesn't fit in there very well I think ;-)
 

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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2005, 10:36:58 PM »
maybe imagine is the better word but it would be Hyperion who would do the thinking...
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2005, 10:39:43 PM »
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maybe imagine is the better word but it would be Hyperion who would do the thinking...


Or just port AROS... :-)

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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2005, 10:50:24 PM »
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It's just so natural.


If by "natural" you mean "possible, yet completely absurd and unlikely to ever be implemented," I'd agree.....

I mean, there are TONS of machines out there that are powerful enough and of a similiar processor family...  But the fact remains that KMOS & Hyperion are apparently uninterested in them.  AmigaOS 4 is only licensed for AmigaOne and classic PPCs.  And he who controls the proprietary boot code and low-level device drivers controls what systems a chunk of code runs on.  (At least until some people do a TON of reverse engineering....  [More work than available people would be interested in, most likely])


Why does it sound absurd?  You can get a quick, overclockable G3+ PPC computer and excellent 3-d graphics chip and internet access for $99 + a bit more for the Action Replay and Powerboard keyboard and Broadband adapter which I'm the lead bidder ($26) on those 3 items on ebay in the link I posted.  There are high-speed serial ports on it, analog controllers, digital-capable output, super fast internal memory.  64 channel Dolby II Surround stereo sound chip. Nintendo now sells a microphone with Mario Party 6 so you could add voice to your chat clients...

Personally it's a steal over the A1 and has an installed base of 18.8 MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEllion users.  Since it has support for an ethernet connection (certain Nintendo games support LAN play) running Amiga OS (if it supports net-printers), you could run a network printer for printing.  Mouse support could be simulated with the analog stick...

You tell me what a GC couldn't do running OS4 that the A1 can/should/will?
 

Offline Louis DiasTopic starter

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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2005, 10:56:28 PM »
oh and the "reverse engineering" seems to be done by the Linux people already...it uses Action Replay to install Linux from a memory card.  Yep, Linux on an SD card.  OS4 on an SD card... Almost sounds like Amiga Anywhere or whatever the DE is now...
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2005, 11:10:39 PM »
No it wouldn't.  The GC is a game machine.  And, as such will never replace a fully functioning computer.  There is a lack of expansion, and the expansions that are available are suitable for games only.  

For example, the Ethernet port has a maximum throughput of ~27Mb/s.  It can't even run 100Mb/s like a $.99 NIC.  There's also the lack of suitable mass storage.
Time to move on.  Bye Amiga.org.  :(
 

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Re: potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2005, 11:16:11 PM »
>If you can put linux on it, you can put AOS 4.

They why'd they tell me it won't happen for an iBook?
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