Amiga PCs on the way....

[tone007]

Who knows, with all this in the news, it may draw more attention to AmigaOS from people who weren't previously aware it was still in existence.

We can always use a handful of new trolls!

[tone007]

The question is, is it are they really going to sell the product and when will they be ready to move forward?

Selling the product is the easy part, since it already exists! Anyone on this forum could buy and resell an already existing computer after adding a sticker to it.

The only product in question is the custom C64 breadbin shaped machine, which would require new cases to be manufactured.

[tone007]

..and if they don't show up or you don't feel like waiting, you can always find something similar and cheaper on eBay, if you're stuck on the computer-in-a-keyboard style.

(usually cheaper than these examples, maybe he's buying them all up? )

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZPCGX31SB-Cybernet-ZPC-GX31-All-in-One-PC-Inside-/220650077374?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item335fc4fcbe

http://cgi.ebay.com/Elite-4-Cybernet-Zero-Footprint-PC-80G-H-D-1-GIG-Memory-/260654346605?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3cb035b16d

I got one of the second ones for $20, runs Ubuntu 10.04 just fine, and I did put an Amiga sticker on it.  Doesn't get nearly as much use as my netbooks or laptops, though.

[tone007]

... but ... but ... it won't be TEH REEL!!1!

Actually, the sticker I used was an Amiga 2000 case sticker, I cut it down to say Amiga 200.

Mine is REELER!

[tone007]

...as was the Teron, Pegasos and the "X1000" computers; desktop oriented motherboards with the bog standard PC controllers, slots, connectors and other interfaces. The only difference was that those were based around PPC instead of x86, otherwise it's exactly the same PC stuff.

You forgot the other (major, important) difference, those systems run OSes the standard x86 PCs cannot.  That PPC "dongle" unfortunately can't be stuck on your Dell.

[tone007]

The PPC issue didn't affect Apple when it changed platforms. Neither of the makers of these PPC OS' has written off the idea of doing an X86 version.

Hi, we're talking about Amiga OSes here.  OS4 and MorphOS only run on PPC.  Calling the PPC a dongle is more of a joke than anything.  Bottom line, Amiga OS4 and MorphOS currently only run on particular hardware, which you'll need if you want to run those OSes.

..and if you think the PPC issue didn't affect Apple when they changed platforms, ask them how much they spent on development to get OS X on x86.

[tone007]

Oh, no doubt there'd be a lot of work moving from a RISC PPC processor to a CISC X86 processor.
But there's nothing that one type of processor can do that can't be rewritten for another, completely different processor.
One of the real challenges presented by the move to X86 platforms would be all the additional chipsets and drivers need to support the wider variety of hardware.

Thank you for these platitudes.

[tone007]

Just another corpsehumper!

[tone007]

That actually made me spit coffee.
 
Sounds like a line from Gran Turinio

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/quotes?qt0477767

Haven't seen the movie yet myself, but the quotes page is pretty good.