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Offline Yasu

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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #14 from previous page: December 17, 2014, 03:12:24 PM »
Yes. But it won't happen. Thread closed :p
 

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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2014, 06:27:17 PM »
@ AmigaDave,

Yeah, that would be nice.  I like AmiKit on UAE, but I think it would strain most "real" classic Amiga models.  I don't have any above 68040 (although I plan on getting the 608060 expansion for my FPGA Arcade).

It would be a dream to just insert a floppy disk which detects your CD/DVD drive, allows you to format a large hard drive and then prompt you with various questions like:

Do you have a Mediator (loads drivers)
What RTG card are you using (loads drivers)
etc, etc, etc

We can dream.  :D
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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2014, 07:17:09 PM »
Quote from: gary2000;780037
I would buy an update- less bloated than 3.9 and including features similar to ClassicWB, being all up to date (including browser, etc.)... OS 3.2/3.91?

And I would hate that.  ClassicWB on an advanced/heavily upgraded Amiga... bleh.  Oh well, you can't please all the people all the time, that's why I like to say that every Amiga is unique!  This would also making an updated release an almost impossible project, lol.  ;)
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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2014, 01:10:21 AM »
Oops, first I read it like if I'm going to buy AmigaOS 4.1 FE for Classic and voted Yes.

But after rereading the question I see it doesn't say so..

So my real answer is probably no :-S I'm already happy with OS3.x and Amiga NG OS on PowerPC...
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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2014, 02:30:54 AM »
I would pay for a 68000 compatible OS3.9 update. I never understood the point of 020+ requirements for OS3.5+, especially after I started fiddling with it and realized all vital components actually do run on 68000 and only very few require 020+.
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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2014, 04:47:57 AM »
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...I never understood the point of 020+ requirements for OS3.5+, especially after I started fiddling with it and realized all vital components actually do run on 68000 and only very few require 020+.

I was disappointed in this, too.

@ Gulliver  
This is why your BetterWB appeals to me so much more than the other WB updates/add-ons.  I still get the biggest kick from the more modest (read: more stable and true to original concept) Amiga systems. ;)

@ no one in particular
I used to hope the rest of the world would recognize the design elegance of Amiga's OS and hardware.  Now, I simply appreciate it like a treasured antique, a snapshot of what was.  I now like that Amiga is off the radar of the rest of the world.  If it were modernized to have memory protection, updatability on the web, "add your favorite wish from newer platforms here", it will have lost what made it great to me in the first place. No offense, but, I have a next gen Amiga that I so far don't care for and don't power up much.  Isn't there enough selection of modern OSes, especially if the countless Linux variations are considered?

Also, I agree that Amiga's classic OS should move toward the open source model, not another layer of someone's property.  The turf wars of the past 20 years have really only splintered the community.
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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2014, 05:15:57 AM »
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@ AmigaDave,

Yeah, that would be nice.  I like AmiKit on UAE, but I think it would strain most "real" classic Amiga models.  I don't have any above 68040 (although I plan on getting the 608060 expansion for my FPGA Arcade).

It would be a dream to just insert a floppy disk which detects your CD/DVD drive, allows you to format a large hard drive and then prompt you with various questions like:

Do you have a Mediator (loads drivers)
What RTG card are you using (loads drivers)
etc, etc, etc

We can dream.  :D

Exactly what I was thinking and dreaming of!

I am thinking that such a powerful version of AmigaOS3.x would run acceptably on one of the proposed Apollo FPGA accelerator cards, since they are supposed to run multiple times faster than the fastest real 68060 in many tests.  The tests that have done so far were on the smaller, less powerful Vampire 600 FPGA accelerator, so when the Phoenix, or Apollo accelerators are released with the Cyclone 5 FPGA, they should be much faster than the Vampire 600 board.

I need to test the latest version of AmiKit for Real Amigas on my A1200 w/A1260@50MHz & 256mb Fast RAM, but I don't have a video card on that system, only an IndivisionAGA, so I am not sure how it will perform.

I also have an A4000D in a tower case that has a CS MkII w68060@80MHz and a PicassoIV video card, which will run AmiKit v8 for Real Amigas better than my A1200 w/A1260.
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Offline QuikSanz

Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2014, 06:13:46 AM »
Looks like we need 2 flavors. Bare bones fixed OS for non accel models and one "Heavy" one for 040 or better. Throw in some advanced flash boot ROM replacement for "dare I say "Classics" and call it a decade.
 

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Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2014, 07:10:20 AM »
A big YES for me, of course... And for a new *F*A*S*T* accelerator card 060 too !



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Offline danbeaver

Re: Would you buy a new AmigaOS for 68k?
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2014, 10:04:48 AM »
I voted "Yes," under the condition that it ran as well as OS4.1.