FS: D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station 2nd Gen w/ AmigaOS 4.1

[c64man]

I am pleased to announce the launch of the D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station Second Generation.  They come with an AmigaForever Plus Edition License,  WHDLoad License,  AmigaOS 4.1 License.  

You can hook these up to your HDTV with the included HDMI Adapter & cable.  

Heres the blog post about it

https://slandon110.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/the-next-generation-of-d-uae-dedicated-amiga-emulation-station/

[c64man]

WHDLoad would be registered under my email I use for D-UAE Purposes.   It will be coming with the original physical media for AmigaOS 4.1, AmigaForever comes on a USB stick with the system. The latest WinUAE supports PPC Emulation.  The reason it includes AmigaForever Plus edition is so the machine is entirely legal with licenses for the ROMs and AmigaOS.     I will soon be posting a video of one of the new ones in operation .  

So far its a pretty sweet set up,  Hoping to ramp up production in the spring when its warmer and I can set the paint booth up to start doing custom colors.  They should be ready to ship by Mid April.  

This project has really turned out to be a lot of fun.  I really like the small footprint of the thin clients.  

The First gens will be dropped to $100 shipped in the USA and 165 shipped internationally.   I have another run of 8 being prepared right now.  Just waiting on more parts to come in.  The next run of the first gens will be using the t5630 so its a bit smaller client,  but it runs everything great

[c64man]

I was aware that WinUAE had gained PPC support, but I didn't realize it was so good that WinUAE could now run OS 4.1. NICE!

 I'd really like to see a video of one of these running that!

 Anyhow, I think this thin client concept is very cool, emulation or not, it deserves attention, and the pricing isn't bad either. If I wasn't so broke, I order one off you and soon, but alas, I've other priorities in life right now.

 The best of luck to you and this ever so interesting venture!

 Next up, the D-UAE tablet when the new intel chips become affordable and Pc tablets cheaper?

Im working on a D-UAE Laptop next, thin client style laptop,  those will also be affordable as the D-UAE

[c64man]

Well after a nasty email from Hyperion threatening me with legal action for purchasing a license for each D-UAE,  They are saying its not available to OEM manufacturers.  Well Im just a small time hobbyist lol.  Not running a darn computer company
So  I won't be able to include a copy of OS 4.1 with each one.  However since the end users of this system aren't building them,  You can purchase and install OS 4.1 on the machine yourself.  

Id rather not risk buku legal action against me just to make sure each one has a legit copy of OS 4.1

[c64man]

Forget OS4, it's a dead end anyways. Why not preinstall AROS instead?

You know im going to give AROS Vision a go in WinUAE and see if it works well.  If it does,  Itll be an option on both Gen 1 and the future Gen 2 Units.  

As far as the lawyers are concerned,  I dont want a legal battle,  as much as lawyers suck,  its better not to tick peeps off.  

Thanks for all the support guys,  I really appreciate it.

[c64man]

I haven't claimed the brand Amiga belongs to Hyperion but they do have a very specific agreement with Amiga Inc about what they can and cannot do.  Allowing a third party vendor to bundle Amiga OS on hardware that is not defined as target hardware within the agreement could be seen as a breach and land Hyperion in court again.



Just because it can run Amiga emulators it doesn't give him the right to use Amiga in his product name.  He is calling it "D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station".

First it doesnt run AmigaForever,  It is based on a specialized WinUAE Config,  The reason it comes with an AmigaForever License is because of the legal issues with the ROMs and Workbench that comes with it.    So by purchasing an AmigaForever License for each one,  that takes care of the legal issues regarding the roms and workbench software.

First I got heat for calling it the AmigaMini,  So i changed the Name to D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station.   Now what else am I supposed to call it??,   It is what it is,  a Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station.   I can't just call it the Dedicated Emulation Station because it just runs AmigaOS.    

Essentially what you are saying is the Amiga Name is forbidden forever.  Im not going to rename it again.  Its a good product and it sells well.  People enjoy the ease of just plugging in a system and have it work out of the box.  

Gen 2 will not be sold with OS 4.1.   It will be just like Gen 1 except for the fact that it will be quite a bit faster and come with more accessories.

[c64man]

Back on topic:

How does it come with registered WHDLoad Key, if your using same email.

That means your using one licence on all your machines.
You should be asking people who buy from you, for their email and then get key from bert for each one.

I've emailed Bert on the WHDLoad Key issue,  and each person that buys is going to provide their email so they can get a WHDLoad Key.

[c64man]

Parts have arrived for D-UAE Gen 2 and are available for pre-order now.  They will ship within 14 days.