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[NicoPPC]

Hi and Welcome !

I just want to point that there is an alternative to the OS4. As you
are "back" you may don't know it.

There is MorphOS and the Pegasos.
But what's that ??!!!

Pegasos: MicroATX PowerPC motherboard designed by bPlan (ex Phase 5).
Rev1: use the ArticiaS chipset with a patch named April.
For some reasons, bPlan decided to choose another chip named "Marvell
Discovery II" for the Pegasos II which is about to be release.
the Pegasos II feature are nearly the same than the Peg I but
- faster RAM (DDR)
- working NB
- Gb Ethernet
- faster NB
more info: http://www.pegasosppc.com

MorphOS: It's a new PowerPC OS. It's made by amiga fan and former
phase 5 team. It's already working and ship with Pegasos computer.
From an user point of view, it really looks like to the AmigaOS but
much nicer (32bit deskop, skinable ...), moreover you don't need any
patch.
more info: http://www.morphos.net
you can find screenshot on www.aps.fr/morphos/ and on
http://www.morphzone.org

Genesi: It's the company which design, make and distributed the
Pegasos computer and develop MorphOS.

I hope to have been clear.
About 3D gaming: Well, would be nice to play to HL2! Give me the
sources and I spent all my time night and day to port it !!!
But in the meantime, I can play to Quake II in 1024*768 at 60 fps on
my Pegasos I with a Voodoo 3 on MorphOS. (not bad !!).

Feel free to ask more question about it if you wish

Bye

[NicoPPC]

MorphOS CD included:
- PDF viewer
- TurboPrint
- An MUI calculator
- Voyager as internet browser but no TCP/IP stack (will be include in
the next release
- FxPaint lite (painting, image processing software)

There is MPlayer as movie player, it's not on the CD but free to
download

About OS4, I will let other people answer !