OS Enhancement Pack for 68K users - market demand?

[benJamin]

An old topic, but who cares... ;-)


I'd just like to remind people that I am not going to turn off my A1200 when I get an AmigaOne, I'm going to use it so other people can view web-pages, listen to music and watch movies that stream from the A1, while I use the A1 for whatever I want.  Why shouldn't my 'Classic' look and function the same as the A1, rather than just approximate it with more patches?

I also agree, funnily enough, with what most of those in favour have said.  How many of you owning multiple Amiga's have wished all their machines could run OS4, as they probably do OS3?

I do want PPC.  Especially now that x86 seems to be running out of options (they'll obviously think of something for the time being), and all those options are slowly but surely making appearances to help PPC architecture, too.  It may only be a matter of time before PPC is the prefered solution (IMHO).


benJamin

"If 68K is dead, how come companies manufacture 68K compatible CPUs for use in embeded applications?  'Powered by Amiga' bicycles with mp3, speedometer/odometer, etc. is probably a silly idea, though..."  ;-)

[benJamin]

@mikeymike:
Huh?  I'd pay for it, if only to encourage something else to be made for me to buy also.  I'd rather spend AU$10 a month on ensuring my OS is up-to-date than try to spend AU$150+ to buy a new OS out-right.  That money would only be wasted on Alcohol or Cigarettes, anyway, and I'm DEFINITELY more addicted to my Amiga (I can spend weeks without alcohol, but my Amiga is used nearly everyday).

But, by far the biggest reason: I use WinUAE for demonstrating my products to PC users at University, etc., even if the product will never see release on their platform.  Especially to wow them.

It takes money to make money, therefore it takes product to make product, maybe?

benJamin

"Once I've duped a hundred thousand people into buying A1+OS4, they'll all be demanding Word be ported, and I'll tell them that they can get the DataTypes as ShareWare, and support the little people instead."

So there.  :-P

[benJamin]

@vortexau
Being in an eight-piece ensemble, including a DJ, and living with two vinal junkies (hip-hop, classical, etc.), I don't need to buy records.  I hear them more than the radio.

Bought any 12" Laserdiscs ever?

Next stop OS3.9, then A1.  I need an OS upgrade, and I was actually thinking of something like the 'Amiga Club' (not wanting to Jynx anything...) where, for however many months I invest in the operating system, I am entitled to the culminating release of all the works done during that period once they are stable.  ie., no upgrade for four months, then if you can't afford it for three months because you have to pay a medical bill or something, you still get the next upgrade, whenever it is, probably reminding you to continue subscribing.  The more subscribers, the more work, the more work, the more improvements, the more subscribers, etc..

Might be a difficult DBMS, but its the way of the future.  Just look at the next generation mobiles and consoles on the horizon.


benJamin

"Quickly, now, there isn't much time."