Mac PPCs and Amiga PPCs - OS compatibility?

[Samuar]

In the age of Linux, is there any chance that Macs and Amigas could share an operating system, given that they both use similar processors?

It would open up the market for the AmigaOS product if old and new Macs were supported. Anyone have any ideas or knowledge related to this?

I had an A500+ Cartoon Special Edition yonks ago, and now own lots and lots of new and old, x86 and Macs.

Samuar

[Samuar]

"share same OS":

Use the same operating system with little or no modifications. Say, get AmigaOS working on both an Apple Mac and AmigaOne from the same CD?

Or get a version of linux that runs on both?

Without emulation.

[Samuar]

I'll explain my interest:
Development of amiga hardware is, compared to that of x86 and MacPPC systems, trivially slow. If it doesnt get sorted, it will be the downfall of Amiga [again].
Since we don't have the rights to take on development and produce a new 'amiga', is there a way to open the door to more hardware that AmigaOS [and therefore the support for all our old Apps and Games] can run on.
First port of call, on my check list, was systems with similar processors - hence the Apple Macintosh range.
I have some LC475 systems (good old 68K) and some PowerMacs (7200, 8550 etc loads!) - and wanted to know if AmigaOS could be put onto those.

Emulation is not the answer, for Amiga to continue.

I've looked at Pegasos (http://www.pegasosppc.com) and its interesting - but it means purchasing an expensive new system that doesnt have a lot of support. Recycling old systems should provide a large number of new interested people. Hopefully.

There are plenty of people throwing A1200s into tower cases, but this does not provide a good solution: support for this hardware is dwindling - based on your geographical location: West Yorkshire, U.K. appears to have pitiful support.

What do you lot think?

[Samuar]

"but then we go the route of BeOS."

I think it is important that Amiga offers such a port to the PowerMacs - because the number of machines then capable of running AmigaOS would increase by a figure of at least 100000x and maybe a lot more. Thats a lot of new customers. If they sold the software dirt cheap, a large percentage of those older Mac owners might be tempted.

Surely, in the porting stage, they're cant be too much work to be done? perhaps just the bootloader? afterall, most of the system hardware is similar. What isnt similar, should be fixed by some clever driver writing?