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Title: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: redrumloa on July 04, 2002, 11:41:29 PM
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amigaone/message/17938

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Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: whabang on July 05, 2002, 12:17:06 AM
Didn't Argo make a post about this?
Cool anyway!
Is 3D hardware acceleration supported by MOL?
Would be nice to see someone run Q3 on an A1...
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Bobsonsirjonny on July 05, 2002, 12:44:32 AM
Man - if this is the case you effectivly have a mac on a shoestring budget - very interesting. It will be of interest to my mates who freelance, and cant afford the latest high end macs..... Roll on bigger badder A1's :-)
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: whabang on July 05, 2002, 12:48:10 AM
I really really hope that MOL will be ported to OS4.
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Kronos on July 05, 2002, 01:02:12 AM
@Bob
AFAIK this is limited to MacOS_9, and that had more or less been
declared dead by Apple.

@Whabang
MOL is Mac on Linux and it does say Linux for a reason  ;-)
Porting it to OS4 would be just as easy as any other big Linux-thing
like QT/KDE,GTK or OpenOffice.
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: GadgetMaster on July 05, 2002, 01:10:35 AM
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MacOS_9, and that had more or less been declared dead by Apple.


But there is still a large app base out there for OS9.

Win 3.11 was declared dead ages ago but I still know companies torturing their employees with that (semi) OS, just because it runs certain apps that they need.
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Kronos on July 05, 2002, 01:35:03 AM
@Gadget
I just played my role on Amiga.org  ;-)

(control rod to prevent the hype/enthausiasm(sp) to hit critical mass)
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: redrumloa on July 05, 2002, 01:42:13 AM
@Kronos

No matter what you post, you cannot put a damper on this freight train of good news:-P
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Kronos on July 05, 2002, 01:47:57 AM
@red
Sure it is good news !!
But if it really was that easy it should be no prob on the Pegasos to,
and might be even possible on APUS-Linux (bit slow probraly).

But then if I wanted to run Mac-SW, I would look for a used iMac or so  ;-)
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: whabang on July 05, 2002, 01:51:07 AM
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and might be even possible on APUS-Linux

AFAIK, that has been done...
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: redrumloa on July 05, 2002, 02:00:21 AM
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But if it really was that easy it should be no prob on the Pegasos to,


I havent even heard of Linux running on Pegasos. Are there devlopers working on it?
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Kronos on July 05, 2002, 02:05:37 AM
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I havent even heard of Linux running on Pegasos.


The Peg has been debugged with Linux just like A1/TeronCX.

Has been running atleast since spring 2001.
 (maybe before, but not confirmed)
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: redrumloa on July 05, 2002, 05:14:27 AM
What distro, YellowDog?
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Bobsonsirjonny on July 05, 2002, 05:24:28 AM
Look - either way, my mates in education are gonna love this. They work in a comunity centre - funding is tioght. They have licenses for many OS 9 apps - but bugger all machines. Cheap Mac compatible hardware - there gonna love it! these kids are gonna get educated, get jobs = my car is safe at night, and I can leave my PF albums in my car without fear of them being nicked :-P
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Dagon on July 05, 2002, 07:12:12 AM
Does anyone knows why they can`t do something similar for MacOS X? Anyway I`ll be glad to see it ported on AmigaOS 4.0
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: System on July 05, 2002, 08:08:54 AM
But the real question is:  When will AmigaOS 4.0 run on the Amiga One?

I don't want a Mac.  If I did, I'd have one already.
Title: Re: MOL can feasibly run OS X
Post by: System on July 05, 2002, 09:40:34 AM
I checked on the MOL development list, and a message in the archives says plainly that it is possible to add OS X support, just that the author does not think that its needed (because until now the only people using this software were those on PPC macs that alrady run OS X). He has put this feature on the back burner for now. But if enough Amigans desire this software, i'd bet that this feature would be added pretty quickly.

I cant find the original post where I saw this info, (it was a post about what features to concentrate on for the future) but here is another post with similar info. http://maconlinux.org/lists/mol-general/July01/0060.html

Awesome!!

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Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: redrumloa on July 05, 2002, 11:08:21 AM
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I don't want a Mac. If I did, I'd have one already.


I don't want a Mac either, but being able to run Mac, under Linux on an A1G3SE with a boot manager(mostly booting into OS4.0) will fill in the gaps of software missing on the Amiga platform.

1 computer(A1G3) + 3 OS'es via a boot manager(OS4.0/LinuxPPC/MacOS) = No reason or need for M$ Wintendo!! YEAAAA! :-D
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: asian1 on July 05, 2002, 12:19:57 PM
>Three OS on Amiga One G3-SE

Hi
I hope they can run Six and half OS (Semi OS): DOS, MS Windows (BOSCH X86 emulator),  BSD (NetBSD, Apple Darwin) and Amiga DE (hosted / Semi OS).

Unfortunately BeOS is already dead, therefore it is impossible to port it to Amiga One.

My concern:
* What about speed / benchmark?
* What about application compatibility?
* Is Mac Applications need special feature / chipset that only available on PowerMac / iMac motherboard?
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: Argo on July 05, 2002, 01:21:23 PM
Yes, I did. Look at the forums the MOL and yellow dog threads.

Now for a sneak peak from ackcontrols AmigaOne G3 SE Dev machine.

(http://amigaone.homeip.net/images/snapshot2sm.gif) (http://amigaone.homeip.net/images/snapshot2.gif)

(http://amigaone.homeip.net/images/snapshot4sm.gif) (http://amigaone.homeip.net/images/snapshot4.gif)
Title: Re: Mac On Linux(MOL) is reported running on the AmigaOne
Post by: System on July 05, 2002, 03:40:39 PM
OK my first post here though I've been visiting Amiga.org daily for 5 years...

Anyway, my question: Would it reasonable to expect sequencers like Cubase or Logic to run on top of A1->YDL->MOL ??

OK I guess they'll run for sure but will it be of any use? I don't know what soundcards A1 supports, I vaguely remember somebody raving on about SB Live but that isn't really of any use with Cubase (due to the horrible latency).

A (working) harddisk recording solution running on a brand new A1 would be nice....  :-)

edit: typo