AROS vs traditional Amiga vs SAM

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It's starting to shape that way, EFIKA, SAM, and a meriade of x86 computer

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Fingers wrote:

The last time I looked at AROS (I installed it), there seemed to be absolutely no compatibility with Amiga OS3.1 (which it seems is supposed to be the goal).

The goal was to reimplement Amiga API so that Amiga programs could be ported effortlessly, quite a few programs were like directory opus 4, sadly either programs were coded close to the metal in assembler, or their authors saw no interest (or lost their sources in the process) in porting those to AROS, either way it' not due to AROS, you cannot expect a 3.1 program to run on PPC either unless on emulation (which UAE also does in AROS).

Is it yet even able to run a single Amiga program?

There were some straight ports, but perhaps more importantly AROS in 68k actually runs Amiga programs which then take advantage of some of the advantages brought by AROS, and it's code named AfA AROS

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Atheist wrote:

Dammy wrote:

Then why haven't they?

I don't know, but I do know that Hyperion hasn't been found guilty of anything yet, and the court hasn't told Hyperion that Hyperion can't sell HYPERION'S SW. I don't see any problem?

I've always said Hyperion should proceed sooner rather than later.

The problem is that Hyperion ain't selling HyperionOS, Hyperion is selling Amiga OS...

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@dammy:

Except I'm no longer a AROS supporter.

Please define 'I'm no longer a AROS supporter'.

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@bloodline:

While I miss the feature, which I'm used to from the Amiga days... I'm not sure it's actually a useful feature anymore... and is actually somewhat inconsistent design...

If program is on memory why do the os should care if it is on it's physical location? And while we're here why the hell I'm forbiden to open the same pic on several apps? Evolution?

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paolone wrote:

Piru wrote:
@paolone

MorphOS supports shutdown on Pegasos2 and EFIKA (and Mac Mini).

In fact, MorphOS calls the resethandlers before powering down. This way for example AmIRC will quit before the system actually shuts down.

The shutdown is lighting fast, too. If there are no slow resethandlers around the shutdown is immediate.

I wish I had some device to play with MorphOS a little, but unluckily I haven't money to waste in computers I don't really need...  :roll:

So please forgive my ignorance.

And why do you have a Sam then? :-P