Executive Update - Amiga Status Announcement

[Alkemyst]

I guess what I mean is that I would like to have seen eventually "100" manufacturers making "200" different boards, all to the Amiga baseline architecture (much like Mobos of the PC world).
 
anyone can make An AmigaPPC mobo.
 
where does it say they can not ?
 
but its no good you going out & buying unsupported gfx cards & sound cards.
 
& it aint like there are loads of openPPC mobos out there for use to choose from.
 
this is just the start damnit give it time to grow.

its not Amiga.inc fault that there are
not loads of open ppc mobos out there. for the home user.
 
infact there are none atm.

& for getting G4 cpu's right now at the start & trying to get around the Apple's grip on it with the deal with motarola
would mean putting loads of £ up front to get them.
 
the mobo is not closed at all like a Mac.
 
the rom is a flashrom the openbios will always be there it will have AmigaOs stuff added to it.
 
look at it being like your libs draw where you can add more libs to give more functions.
adding a lib does not stop all the over libs from working nore does it try to replace them.
 
& even if there was 100's of types of openppc mobo you would still to start of with being limited to just a few as drivers have to be made
& you cant just make loads of them over night & even BeOs had problems getting drivers made fast enough trying to support to many PC mobo types at once when they started out & ppl got febup
of BeOs not runing on the pc they just bought.
 
this is all about lack of money you cant just expect eyetech or hyperion to
bring out stuff as if it was on the scale of the pc world.
on the first try of going fullout ppc.

even windows-XP will not work on all pc mobos & im even talking about some mobos just 8 months old.
 
so you see win-xp add on tv & think hey i like that & run out & buy a pc mobo & put it all together your self.
 
woould you like an un cert-ed mobo or one that is knone to work with Win-xp.
 
& what are you thinking of runnig on the Aone beside linux & other opensource Oses wich can run on it when ppl get there hands on one.
 
if think you will get a leagal version of mac os on it then forget that. Apple aint going to do that.


 

[Alkemyst]

well the cookies seem to work now

well they do with IB2.2 i have not had to re enter my nick & PW

[Alkemyst]

Does this have the smell of Microsoft's heavy handiness in doing business? The same thing happens with agreements they have with computer makers, plus they (M$) are now lobbying for any PC sold must have a Windows license!
 
no it is nothing to do with M$.
 
Mac branded hardware have always come with MacOs
 
Amiga branded hardware  has alway come with AmigaOs.
 
Amiga & Mac have always been that way & no one moaded about that over the years.

did the Mac ppl moan about Mac branded hardware coming with new ppc MacOs when they moved to PPC.
 
i doubt they did has they bought a mac to run MacOs.

if you buy an AmigaOne it will come with AmigaOs just like Amiga branded computers always have.
 
eyetech can sell the same mobo to ppl who dont want AmigaOs.
 
by just simply not flasing the bios with Amiga.extention
& name the mobo as something else.& would not have to pay the Amiga tax with thoes boards.
 

 

[Alkemyst]

BTW in getting sick of ppl posting Anon
 
as there is no good reason to be doing so
 
on a forum like this.
 
& you dont know who you are replying to.
 
you cant see the trend of the poster or if they are contradicting
them self with a post made by them selfs earlyer.
 
if you think what yor are saying is worth anything & you beleave
what your are saying is truthful to the best of what you know then it should be worth putting a Name to it.
 
 

[Alkemyst]

>>Wanna know the difference between AInc and Apple (or C=) ?

>>Apple develops and builds their maschines at their own risk and cost.

>>In ower 2 years AInc hasn't spend a single cent into new HW or the "classic" OS.
 
loads of firms do what Amiga.inc are doing.
 
& most comsumers do not know or care how there computing HW got to PCworld or who payed for what.
on the mobo or how the OS was funded.
 
>>hey want money from every AOS4-capable board -> no way !

for ppc board to be AOS4 capable it will need the amigaosbios.extentions.

the bPlan modo does not have that so is not AOS4 capable.
 
for any ppc mobo to be AOS4 capable it will need to have amigaosbios.extention flashed in
& thats when you have to pay amiga,inc.
 
yes i would say that rules have changed like it or not that is totally up to them.
& when you buy most things you will read that.
 
& its not upto hyperion to what HW AmigaOs4 runs on its up to Amiga.inc
 
as thats what the executive update says.
 

 



 

[Alkemyst]

>>havent read the latest statement from Amiga Inc, by reading the threads, I really do not need to...
 
yes you do