Re: "Volunteers to make OS4 HW entries for Big Book of Amiga HW"

[Methuselas]

From a technology point of view, does OS4 have anything that MorphOS or AROS even need?

[cue Mario theme]

The Frieden Bros.

[Methuselas]

As far as I am concerned, the BBoAH should really only contain information about hardware built specifically for the original Amiga machines. So, while info about a particular PCI expansion bus is useful, I don't feel there's any value in including information about generic PCI cards you'd put in there. Possible exceptions to that rule being perhaps lists of known compatible devices.

Regarding "NG", it's a bit muddier. Nobody can seriously claim that OS4, MorphOS and AROS aren't anything to do with the Amiga (though many try), so in my view it's fair to include information about hardware purpose-built to run these operating systems. So stuff like the A1, Pegasos, Efika, Sam and so forth are all valid entries.

Of course, generic PC's and PPC based macs are as much commodity hardware as anything else, so I don't feel there's a need to include them because as with vanilla PCI cards, it's all already out there. However, it would certainly be useful to include information about, for example, which specific models are supported. If you want a fully supported MorphOS, AROS or Amithlon box, it would be an ideal resource to check.

+1

Sums it up quite nicely.

[Methuselas]

Yes, but AmigaOne is hardware specifically built for Amiga(OS)

So what? What do you want? A frakking cookie?


There is *NO* difference between AROS, MorphOS or "AmigaOS(tm)". Please get your head out of your arse and quit with the elitist mentality. If you wish to put details regarding "AmigaOS" hardware on BBoAH, then you need to do it for all of them, 'cos every one of the Big 3 are the "successor" to Amiga OS 3.1......

Frakking zealots..... :anger:

[EDIT] - And *PLEASE* spare us the whole "But Hyperion won the case against Amiga Inc. and are the chosen ones" bs.....