Hi-End Amigas from Amiga Inc. True or fake?

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Rob wrote:
@murple

What makes a computer an Amiga

Depends on who you ask. Personally, I call a modern Amiga a computer which:

- is sold with a copy of AmigaOS (which must be compiled from, or at least been derived fron the original AmigaOS sources) which runs natively

- runs most of the OS-friendly software for 68k Amigas made from 10 years ago until today (no need to natively support the old non-DOS games, there are already emulators for that)

- it shouldn't be a PC (i.e. a x86 machine using BIOS as its firmware) or a Mac (x86 or PPC)

Still, I call Pegasos machines running MorphOS Amigas, for their high level of compatibility, while I don't fell I'd call Amiga a PC running AROS native, rather a machine running an AmigaOS clone.

IMHO, of course.

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_ThEcRoW wrote:
If you consider an Amiga a machine that hasn't some sort of bios, the the Amiga ONe is automatically discarded, as the Uboot is a open source kernel loader developed before the A1, so by your definition it is a PC and not an Amiga.

The AmigaOne's firmware isn't BIOS, nor it is BIOS compatible. I was referring to the specific BIOS used on PCs, not to a generic firmware: the BIOS is just one type of firmware, as is UBoot or OpenFirmware.

Classic games wont work on aros as well they don't work on the A1 with os4 without the aid of UAE.

Correct.

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leirbag28 wrote:
What an Amiga is is NOT a matter of opinion.
no matter what anyone thinks an A1200 is............an A1200 is still an A1200 with whatever specs it has.

There's no question about what Amigas were in the past. What differs in opinion is what are today's Amigas (or if there are any). This IMHO all depends on how everyone experiences/have experienced the Amiga, and what makes feel them it's unique. Some feel that Amiga was unique because of its hardware, some others feel the OS alone was more important, and others think the philosophy behind AmigaOS was the most important part.

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