Amount of MorphOS copies sold

[Boot_WB]

The real trick will be figuring out how to alter the firmware.
I wouldn't be particularly worried about patching the firmware.
While some may view this as questionable, as far as I understand it, its completely legal.
Think about it David, when you install a Sonnet upgrade processor card in a Mac you patch the firmware. You know how proprietary Apple can be, but their fine with this. Even modding PS3 or XBOX360 isn't illegal. You can be banned from online services, but you can not be arrested for it.
We don't have to distribute a modified firmware.
We only have to patch it.
This should not involve any legal issues.

Since openfirmware can configure memory for Peg2 etc dynamically, I would doubt that the Efika memory is statically programmed in firmware.
However, if going above 256MB, there is a pin on the 5200b which requires bringing up to voltage (or connecting to ground, I forget which). This may be the 'firmware modification' which is referred to.

256MB upgrade should be easier, simply by replacing the current 64MB chips with 128MB ones.

Regards


Rich

[Boot_WB]

@amigadave

:rolleyes:

The reason to why MorphOS registrations are constantly increasing (yes dave, *increasing*) has nothing to do with what people thinks about me or anyone else on *any* website forum. It has everything to do with its qualities and its extremely low threshold of entry. It costs very little to get going, and you get very much for your money. As simple as that.

Actually the real reason is that it is a cumulative total, it's not possible to go down. What's interesting is the first derivative of the graph against time, ie the rate of registrations. This shows exactly what you'd expect - an increased rate of registrations with the introduction of new hardware support, followed by a decline in the rate over time. (Although the increase does stay pretty steadily at 75-100 per 6-month period.)
If anything, the graph shows that each new hardware platform has added a smaller initial 'bump' of new registrations than the previous.

And the other way around - the reason to why the OS4 graph (had there been one) would look like the MorphOS graph flipped upside down (I'm quite certain it would) in this zero-sum game, has very little to do with peoples opinions of Ben Hermans OS4 community split, what they think of the Friedens regular primadonna rage tantrums, or what people thinks of some of the Amigans.net regulars. It has more to do with the extremely high threshold of entry.

Again, this is a cumulative total so would probably look pretty similar.

At least when it comes to *real users* (not just people discussion in forums, which doesn't reflect real users very well at all)!

The weaknesses in the MorphOS graph are well established (no tracking of licenses transferred, multiple license ownership, etc). The speculation on OS4 numbers is just that - speculation (however in/accurate).
Additionally, at least the number of downloads shows active useres (if you accept it as a representative number). The MorphOS graph shows simply those who have registered over a several-year period.
Download figures for MorphOS2.7.iso might be a more equally unsound basis for comparison with the Timberwolf figures, if they were available.