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Nope. Far as I'm concerned, nothing past the classic machines is a "true Amiga." Money and a sticker don't make an instant Amiga out of anything.

What operating system it runs doesn't matter. Running Linux on an Amiga still leaves you with an Amiga. Running Linux on a Mac still leaves you with a Mac. Running Windows/MacOS on other hardware doesn't turn your machine into a X86/Mac.
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..and pegasos aint amigaos.
That's because the pegasos is a motherboard. :roll:
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Could someone please explain how the Pegasos is anymore a "custom design" than any other micro-ATX motherboard? I mean seriously Lando, you sound just like a "real 'name' fanatic"... Just worshipping a name that beginss with a "G" or maybe "P" as opposed to one that begins with an "A".
It's not. Happy?

Please.. Calm down and have some punch.
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So... nothing except 68k hardware would ever be an amiga in your eyes?? WOW! So i guess todays Macs is not a mac either? Cause they now use ppc? And pcs wont be pcs when they got 128bit??
What are you guessing for? I'm an adult and perfectly able to make decisions for myself. For future reference, I don't need assistance in this area.

Also note that we're discussing "true" Amigas. Personally, I do make a distinction between an Amiga and a true Amiga. I will explain.

With Commodore and Escom, they either made the machines themselves or had them made for themselves. This is what I'd refer to as a true Amiga. The AmigaOne has almost nothing to do with Amiga Inc. The board is designed by Mai, fabricated by someone else for Eyetech. Just about the only thing Amiga Inc has to do with it is that they licensed the Amiga trademark to Eyetech for Eyetech's own product.

In other words, is it an Amiga? Sure. Is it a true Amiga? Nope. If Amiga Inc ever brings out hardware of it's own, then I'll consider it a true Amiga. (If the hardware is PPC based for use with AmigaOS. Let's not go off on some bizarre tangent, okay?)

Let us also remember that we're just discussing personal opinions, okay? For myself, all this doesn't really matter that much to me anymore. I spent several years hoping to find something even remotely Amiga-like on the PC. Having MorphOS is even better, because (to me) it feels just like an Amiga.. That's what matters most to me.
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