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Offline Flashlab

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Re: AmigaOS and The x86 Question
« on: March 31, 2009, 05:02:49 PM »
Let's not have this OS4 x86 crap here too. Visiting AmigaWorld was horrible lately. It's not that I'm against x86 but some people whining on forums are not going to change the legal obstacle that prevents this port from happening.
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Re: AmigaOS and The x86 Question
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2009, 10:10:43 AM »
@takemehomegrandma

The legal obstacle in that they can only port OS4 to PPC hardware. So that rules out x86. I don't know what the exact words in the contract are but if it states PPC architecture instead AmigaOne or any other specific computer model Hyperion did nothing wrong. But I'm not the judge here and neither are you sadly.

And, yes, I think that anyone whining about OS4 on x86 should switch AROS, Icaros or Anubis. These are open source, run on x86 and you have your cheap available, powerful hardware. And if you want you can actually contribute to it in development; that's a lot better than whining on forums about OS4 on x86.
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