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Re: Toni Wilen adding PPC emulation in WinUAE?
« on: August 14, 2014, 08:21:31 PM »
I tend to shy away from emulation. Hence why I don't use UAE, AmigaForever etc. The only systems I do emulate currently are PC-9821 and PSP. All others I have perfectly capable systems to run anything I want. I'd get into the whole " Why run Amiga on x86 hardware when there are significantly better alternatives " but I'm starting to think that to be an Amiga fan you need to have a degree of insanity, which I definitely meet the definition on.
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Re: Toni Wilen adding PPC emulation in WinUAE?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2014, 12:20:37 AM »
Pentad,

You do realize MorphOS isn't supported on Amiga PowerUP cards anymore right? All you have is the legacy 1.4 release which as Magnetic said, is free.

In broader perspective, even if Amiga derivatives ran on commodity hardware you'd have the same issue faced by GNU/Linux and BSD on a larger scale: Lack of drivers due to developers being limited to small sets of motherboards and combination setups. And because the majority of Amiga users cannot code at all, you're going to have the same people bitching and moaning about their hardware being unsupported, and since x86 hardware is pretty much junk ( I've had 3 out of the 7 machines I have owned in the last 2 years die or in some cases catch fire ) in terms of build quality any attempt to make "Amigas" via custom built boxes that are 100% supported will be cost ineffective.

I had a colleague of mine in college who has a Pegasos II which has been running 24/7 for nearly 10 years with no failures as a server. He has gone through 4 desktops in the same period and cost himself nearly 3 times the amount the Pegasos II G4 cost from initial investment. He now is building a refurb  POWER 5 server and adding a video card to make a workstation. Too costly for me personally, but I think he will get his money's worth before it dies.
After many years in the Amiga community I have decided to leave the Amiga community permanently. If you have a question about SGI or Sun computers please PM me and I will return your contact as soon as I can.