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Re: Apple Mac G4 and AmigaOS 4.1?
« on: October 29, 2010, 10:28:26 PM »
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So does the Morph OS  support any amiga software/games?

If you are referring to OS 3.x software MorphOS probably runs this even better than OS 4.x.
MorphOS can run 68k code, WarpOS Code, PowerUp Code and of course MorphOS code. Also Warp3D apps run directly on the system using MorphOS 3D API Rave3D. A few OS4 apps run with the use of an OS4 compability wrapper. For hardware hitting stuff there is EUAE which emulates entie old Amiga systems. Ambient (the "workbench" of MorphOS) can launch adf files directly with an apropriate EUAE configuration (predefines A500 and A1200).
There is also a nice set of MorphOS games (And applications).
And the best of all: It is free to test. Just download the demo and play around with it directly from the LiveCD (or install it on HD). All you ned to test is a little time and an .iso file. the demo is not restricted except it slows massivle down 30min after boot up. Press reset and you have the next 30 time (you can do this as often as you want, you only need to register when you want to use it for more than 30 min w/o the need of a reboot).

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Re: Apple Mac G4 and AmigaOS 4.1?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 11:57:06 PM »
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Sorry guys (and gals) but i mean its an apple powerpc g4 :)


Jackpot! That's a fine maschine for MorphOS. If you happen to have an nVidia card or Matrox gfx card though, you'll need to replace it with an ATI gfx card (use a Mac original card, not a flshed x86 card), but generally all G4 Apple PowerMacs are supported by MorphOS.
Just do the following:
Grab an empty CDR, point your browser to http://www.morphos.de, start the download, burn the image to the CDR and boot off your Powermac G4 straight from CD into the live system (or install MorphOS on the hdd).

If you have questions about MorphOS just ask on the usual forums or visit #MorphOS on freenode.