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Title: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: sian on October 21, 2010, 03:54:53 PM: quick question

can i put os 4 on any power pc ie apple gs etc
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: Piru on October 21, 2010, 03:57:28 PM: No
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: persia on October 21, 2010, 04:03:08 PM: Hyperion have no stated interest in making OS 4 available for other PPC machines. It likely could be done, if you had the skill set to do it, and files called Moana exist on the net, but given the lack of interest on Hyperion's part and the lack of people capable of making it work without Hyperion's blessing, the short answer is NO.
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: jorkany on October 21, 2010, 05:30:04 PM: Quote from: sian;586069
quick question

can i put os 4 on any power pc ie apple gs etc

Rogue had this to say a while back about it (running OS4 on non-AmigaOne hardware):

"Pardon me, what market? The "I have a few PPC boards lying around" market? That hardly qualifies. Hyperion has repeatedly stated that our goal is to place OS 4 in the embedded market, namely for STB's, kiosk systems, point-of-sales and so on."

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?forum=14&topic_id=12673&post_id=176573&viewmode=thread&order=0#176573
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: Bennymee on October 21, 2010, 06:19:58 PM: Quote from: jorkany;586088
Rogue had this to say a while back about it (running OS4 on non-AmigaOne hardware):

"Pardon me, what market? The "I have a few PPC boards lying around" market? That hardly qualifies. Hyperion has repeatedly stated that our goal is to place OS 4 in the embedded market, namely for STB's, kiosk systems, point-of-sales and so on."

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?forum=14&topic_id=12673&post_id=176573&viewmode=thread&order=0#176573

That quote is 5 years old...is it still valid ?
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: jorkany on October 21, 2010, 06:49:32 PM: Quote from: Bennymee;586096
That quote is 5 years old...is it still valid ?

Since Hyperion has not issued a statement to the contrary, it must still be valid.
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: sian on October 23, 2010, 11:50:54 AM: i tried find that thread but cant seem to find it yet

i was reading this

Moana project" loader which makes it possible to run AmigaOS4 on Mac Mini 1,5 GHz PPC

here link for the site it was from

question is has anyone tried it .
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: tone007 on October 23, 2010, 11:52:37 AM: I believe there was no network or sound support for the MacMini.
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on October 23, 2010, 12:04:07 PM: Check English Amiga board. They have a massive thread of people playing fiddlywinks trying (sometimes successfully) to get it to work.
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: redfox on October 25, 2010, 12:15:20 AM: Quote
can i put os 4 on any power pc ie apple gs etc

No.

Hyperion chose to support certain PPC hardware configurations.
AmigaOS 4.0 Classic for A1200, A3000, A4000 with compatible PPC accelerators
AmigaOS 4.1 for AmigaOne SE, AmigaOne XE and MicroA1
AmigaOS 4.1 for Pegasos II
AmigaOS 4.1 for Sam440ep and Sam440ep-FLEX
AmigaOS 4.1 for Sam460ex ... coming soon
AmigaOS 4.x for AmigaOne X1000 ...

Quote
Moana project ?

Never shown in public (as far as I know). It first hit the news around the time that Amiga Inc. terminated the contract for AmigaOS 4.0 and court proceedings started between Amiga Inc. and Hyperion. I don't know the details, but I think it was killed due to licensing issues. Apparently someone later released the files as they were. Now and then someone claims to have it working on a certain version of the mac mini.

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redfox
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: actung_bab on October 25, 2010, 02:39:45 AM: Quote from: sian;586406
i tried find that thread but cant seem to find it yet

i was reading this

Moana project" loader which makes it possible to run AmigaOS4 on Mac Mini 1,5 GHz PPC

here link for the site it was from

question is has anyone tried it .

yes l tryed it just to see what facts where l belive calling spade and spade hehe
ran it like 3 times you have to boot of cd no network no sound so no real use.
but looks fab makes me want OS 4 hardware again so for that reason its great.
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: Linde on October 25, 2010, 09:35:05 AM: Apple GS? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS)
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: jj on October 25, 2010, 11:09:51 AM: What ?
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: tone007 on October 25, 2010, 11:40:24 AM: I'm guessing the original poster meant Apple G3s, G4s and G5s. The Apple Gs!
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: jj on October 25, 2010, 12:50:30 PM: Ahhh I see, wondered what that link was about. Though I am pretty sure the person posting that link realised that the OP was talking about PPC macs G3,G4,G5 etc
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: Amiga_Nut on October 25, 2010, 01:30:38 PM: That wouldn't explain why the comment links to a wiki page about the pathetic and inferior [to Amiga 1000] Apple IIgs ;)
Title: Re: installing 0.s 4 on ppc question
Post by: Linde on October 25, 2010, 06:32:18 PM: Pathetic? The Amiga 1000 could have done with something like an Ensoniq 5503, really :)