Hyperion Entertainment Q&A Chat Log

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The only thing I can't understand, is that they have to pay separate sums after both the hardware and the software? Why?

Because Eyetech has to pay for the right to call there hardware AmigaOne, as well as pay for the right to include 0S4 with the hardware.  
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It seems wildly innacurate. Eyetech clearly stated in the price breakdown of the Micro AmigaOne that they were paying $100/board to Amiga Inc while that contract says that Eyetech would have to pay only $25.

I'd love to see where Eyetech actually said the above, I'll take it here or privately if you would rather.  Now 0S4 has been valued at $100 several times (starting with the Party Pack buyers who were to get a FREE copy of 0S4, a $100 value), but I dont think you are going to find Alan saying that he was paying $100 for the OS for his boards.
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What matters is what the customers [will] pay for the whole system. If Hyperion is in no hurry to make a "classic" port of OS4, it's hardly worth guessing the value of the software.

I'm not guessing at the value of the software, several people have said now that Alan said he was paying $100 to include OS4 on his boards, if that really happened, I'd like to see the source.  That will tell us about how much its going to cost to add it to Vixen or Troika, and give us a look at what kind of money Hyperion is bringing in for each unit.
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Poster: Hattig  Posted: 2005/12/28 19:00:34

I'm more interested in the PDA comment, about Amiga OS 4 booting on a PDA currently, at 240x320.

That must mean that OS4 is also compiling for ARM based architectures, unless someone has made a PowerPC based PDA. It might not be optimised that much ... the only thing it would need is software. Bum.

Both previous references to 0S4 running on a PDA have pointed to a PPC based one from IBM, I dont think this is any different.  The screen is even the little 240x320 that they are talking about.  And is uses the PPC405 that Hyperion was going on about running there OS on now.  
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