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Re: Again, Why didn't they port Amiga OS?
« on: November 20, 2004, 02:37:05 AM »
*moan*  :oops:

windows cross bread with AmigaOs :-x

...........yeah bill gates would love that!!


he would have access to actual advancement,
but what a horrible cut 'n paste patch kludge afiar that would be!!! ewwwww!!! :-o
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Re: Again, Why didn't they port Amiga OS?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2004, 09:27:48 PM »
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@bigbenaussie

Well, you totally forgot one major part of the story. In 1997, Phase5 had already produced PPC boards for the Amiga and proved they could supply a viable hardware PPC platform for migration from 68k without having to drop legacy totally and suddently (which would be fatal for such a small software base).


yeah and I've ALWAYS (even tho I own a PPC+Bvision) wondered WHY they went for the dodgie cache flushing context switching 68k/PPC  :-?  when they could have saved money + buyer cost + a faster board by having just a PPC chip with a 68k emulator????  

you could have held down ...say F8 to disable the card for old games (non os friendly etc.) I dont think this would have been a bad thing :-D
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