I think OS4 CAN be run on MAC MINI (USABLE)

[amigadave]

Are you using the original AOS4 CD for an AmigaOne, or will the AOS4 CD for Classic Amiga's work?

If you are making a custom combined CD with both Moana files and AOS4 files, I would think that perhaps both versions of AOS4 would work?

[amigadave]

klx300r wrote:
Thanks Leo24..I knew it could be done :pint:  :destroy:

It was only a matter of time!

Now if someone can only crack the problem that keeps Moana only working on one very specific model of Mac so that the rest of the PPC Macs can be used to run OS4.  That would really be something to celebrate.

[amigadave]

If Moana is only going to work with the original A1 install of OS4 then it is ont going to help Hyperion to sell any more copies of AOS4 for Classic Amiga computers, and it won't help any of us that do not already have an A1.

I hope with time a solution will be found that will allow the many hundreds, or perhaps many thousands of us interested in running AOS4 on a PPC Mac, to realize that hope.

[amigadave]

Great work and info Jeff.

I do not have a PPC Mac Mini (mine is Intel), but I do have
a dead G4 PowerBook laptop that I would resurect if AOS4.x,
or MOS2.x were to be ported to it.

You ask why would anyone want AOS4.x instead of MacOS10.x
on their Mac hardware, and I would answer this: (in no order)

1. Just to see if it can be done.

2. Because of that lightning fast response AmigaOS4.x provides.

3. Because this is just a first step toward network drivers
and many other improvements that will follow later.

4. The obvious reason is that there is no current hardware
available for AmigaOS4.x and there are still many people
that want to develop for it and to use it for their everyday
computing needs, even if it never catches up with other OSes.

5. There are thousands of PPC Macs out there that will soon
be available for next to nothing and it will be a great source
of faster hardware for that lightning fast AOS4.x (or MOS2.x).

[amigadave]

A1260 wrote:
its never ever going to happen, period!!!  :roll:

There are so many members here that speak in absolutes!  :lol:

I love it when they get to eat their words.  Time has a way of making fools of many prophets that predict the future. :-D

[amigadave]

kickstart wrote:
Please morphos have an official support isnt like moana, developers will make morphos runs in all macminis.

Let's dream bigger and hope for MorphOS running on ALL PPC Macs!  Not just the Mac Mini's. :-D

[amigadave]

motorollin wrote:
If enough people test Moana, then it should be possible through a process of elimination to establish exactly what is preventing it from working properly, and hopefully then work towards fixing the boot CD to work around it.

--
moto

I agree and look forward to it.

But how do you (we) "work around" getting it legally from Hyperion/AOS4 Team, and how do we stop it from dying a slow death at the hands of A.Inc, should they prevail in their attempt to obtain AOS4?   :-?

[amigadave]

motorollin wrote:
@amigadave
Hopefully Moana is enough for someone to get it working. Then there's little AInc can do - it's already out there!
moto

Well, my question was how do we get "it", Moana legally from Hyperion/AOS4 Team, not AOS4 itself.  Also, I was under the impression that the few people that are attempting to get AOS4 running on their MacMini's are using and can only use their original AOS4 CD's from their A-1 computers, not the AmigaOS4 for Classic Amigas that can currently be purchased.

I would be one of the first in line to buy AOS4 if it would run on any G4 or faster Mac hardware, or any commonly available x86 hardware too.

[amigadave]

gaula92 wrote:
MorphOS for the Mini? It's been a while since we heard of it. I said it other times: I don't believe it's gonna be released. Amiga OS4 for the mini, even in an "alternative" way seems a good alternative to me.

Why do you say that you don't think MorphOS "gonna be released" for the MacMini after one of the MorphOS development team has shown a screen shot of it running on his personal MacMini?  Then you turn around and say that AmigaOS4 for the MacMini seems good when the AmigaOS developers have stated over and over again that they are not working on porting to the MacMini and that anyone running the stolen Moana files to get AmigaOS4 running on their MacMini would be breaking the law, as the code is stolen and should never have been distributed in any way or form.

 :crazy:

[amigadave]

kolla wrote:

amigadave wrote:

... and that anyone running the stolen Moana files to get AmigaOS4 running on their MacMini would be breaking the law, as the code is stolen and should never have been distributed in any way or form.

Law? What law? Stolen code? What do you mean? It was/is out there in the open and noone did or is doing squat about it - normally that means "public domain".

And I can buy software and get it running on whatever hardware I like, no matter what the EULAs say - without breaking any laws.

So if someone steals source code, or program executables with keyfiles and posts them to a Pirate site on the Internet, it makes it Public Domain just because no one is "Doing Squat" about it??? You are funny! :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[amigadave]

Define decent software. Decent seems relative to me. MorphOS does what I need it to do. Web, email, I can SSH to my server, I can remote desktop to Windows. Whoa, no PC games? Whoops.. I have 1000s of old Amiga games to enjoy and if I need something modern I have a PS3. I am not a "gamer" so that aspect is more or less moot. MorphOS is completely usable on a day to day basis.

+1

P.S. Congrats on #3 on the way Gary.  More sleepless nights on the way, but there is nothing like kids to make life worth living.