So, since I'm hoping beyond hope to win the 640 Million Mega Million Jackpot tonight, does anyone out there have a good idea of what it would cost to port/recode AmigaOS 4.x to run on x64 processors? I'd really love to see my beloved AmigaOS running on completely modern hardware.
On top of that how much would it take to fund a driver initiative to keep support for modern video cards, sound chipset, network chipsets, printers, scanners, etc.
Will Amiga Inc or Hyperion allow you to?
I have highlighted the most expensive part, actually there is no single edition of Windows supported everything AND it is what makes it partly so useless and bloated.
Solution? Simple, lock the hardware for x86 Amiga to just 3 specifications initially. Low/medium/high spec of CPU/MOTHERBOARD CHIPSET/GPU/SPU/NETWORK/IO Controller.
eg i7+most powerful GPU+most popular 7.1 digital audio, gigabit ethernet, best motherboard.
This will result in a very tightly coded responsive OS. Job done. You could do it via an Amithlon type HAL that natively runs OS4.2 PPC code via emulation coded for 602/603 CPU
So there you have it
1 lock the spec to 3 machines (about 15 drivers required)
2 write a PPC emulator to run OS4 initially
3 give free upgrade to x86 native version later
4 get blitz basic 3D, chrome/opera/firefox, VLC and open office ported to it Asap
Simple