Aros vs. X1000

[KimmoK]

@yester64
>Then i read years ago about Aros and their mobos. And now the X1000. But i am not sure what of an Amiga there are.

http://www.amigaos.net   Official info about latest AmigaOS.  (next gen AOS, AOS3 binary compatible (partial and full via included emulator) runs on x1000 etc.)
http://vmwaros.blogspot.fi/ Home of one AROS distribution. (AOS3 API compatible)
http://www.morphos.de Home of MOS (AOS3 API compatible OS, partially AOS3 binary compatible, OS with next gen features).

>Can you run legacy software on them and is there new software? ...

Every flavour of next gen Amigalike OS have their own set of native apps.
Also all of them can use some legacy SW.

AOS4 and MOS can run some system friendly apps directly (they have 68k jit and AOS3 API compatibility)
+ AOS4 comes with UAE and AOS kickstart files as standard, enabling close to 100% compatibility
For MOS you can buy kickstart files + install UAE separately.
For AROS you need UAE and to buy kicstart files to make it legacy AOS SW compatible.

For every next gen AOS flavour you can recompile old apps to make them fully native if you have the source codes available.

>If someone can link me to some webpage thats fine. I just like to get more knowledge about these computers.

I mainly use AOS, so here's some further info:

AOS4 uses re-implemented exec kernel and it's source code is ported and improved from AOS3.1.
Here you can see how AOS source code has been developed during the last 25+ years:
http://hyperion-entertainment.biz/in...s-4x&Itemid=18

Here is one example what SW you can use on AOS4:
http://www.blitterwolf.com/testing.html

Most new (AOS4 original) and ported SW can be found here:
http://os4depot.net/

New and updated SW is released daily:
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=recent
http://aminet.net/recent (notice that most 68k Amiga applications can be run on AOS4 as well, +AOS4 comes with AOS3 files for emulation needs)

For new AOS4 user, this document is nice starting point for the search of SW:
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?fu...tmooya2011.pdf

[KimmoK]

@psxphill

You mean the opensource remake of 68k kickstart for UAE?
(+Aros68k?)
It enables using some (more and more) 68k apps in UAE without commercial kickstart ROM (etc...) files.

Other than that, JanusUAE for AROS seems to have the best desktop integration for UAE.

[KimmoK]

@takemehome...

"MorphOS is everything OS4 is"
You only wish!  ;-)

I'm glad that MOS is not the same. MOS was planned to be a new Amigalike OS that can also run legacy Amiga SW. Due to limited resources, it still has not gone far beyond that (most stuff run still on the ABox, on the AOS API compatibility sandbox).

But yes, it's the most mature variant. Not based on original AOS, like AOS4, therefore a little bit different and therefore a bit more modern in certain things.

I only wish there would be new HW to buy for MOS as well.

[KimmoK]

btw. AOS4 experience became a little bit more affordable.
SAM440ep-flex price got dropped to 270eur+taxes.
(AOS4.1 is sold separately)

I imagine full system should be buildable for about 600eur.

[KimmoK]

AOS4 comes with 68k rom files and runinUAE. It enables one to run kickstart+UAE needing apps (in full screen) with point+click.
Not sure if MOS has any solution now, except to buy AmigaForever or get ROM files from somewhere else. I would guess that they will adobt the opensource remake of kickstart one day.