Why no Amiga equiv to Firebee?

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Piru wrote a nice report on the state of coldfire compatibility with the 68000 it is worth reading (sorry I can't remember the link). But basically, it will still need an emulator to run Amiga software, at which point you would probably consider a fast more modern processor.

I'm finding it hard to be impressed with seeing TOS at various resolutions... I installed GEM on my old PC years ago and I felt like I was using an ST...

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HenryCase is right, AROS took the only approach it could take to achieve a viable open source AmigaOS clone, without any budget, regular developers or even support. It was very sensible for the developers to focus on using the most powerful inexpensive hardware and software available at the time, and the results speak for themselves