Amiga OS4 on old (PPC) Macs

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That's why AROS is the ultimate answer, it will run on multiple platforms but the x86 is the most important because it provides the most "bang for the buck."  One a few people would be willing to buy an OS without real software on expensive equipment, but a whole lot more would be willing to use empty space on an existing machine or use cheap parts.

Look OS 4 which is the subject of this thread, nobody is going to see this on US$700 604e equipment, but if you can run it on a US $200 G4 iMac then a whole lot more would be interested.

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What part of Amiga One is not implimented in a PPC Mac?  

Has anyone tried OS 4 in a PPC Mac?

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We are better off with OS 4 on old Macs because you pay US$700 for an Amiga 603e card which makes a G3 look blindingly fast.  You can pick up full PPC (G4 and G5) Macs, Monitor, Keyboard, mouse, for less than that.  It's a way to run OS4 without paying serious money for serious trash.

The future of the the Amiga of course is Intel AROS, but that's a different issue.

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At this point there have been so many contracts, bankruptcies, name changes and sales I don't know who owns what.  SCOs a good example, the original SCO owned Unix, the new SCO only owned a right to produce Unix System V.  Same name, but the rights to their OS were transfered to Novel.

It'll take years to figure out who owns what.  Hyperion could just release their de-dongled OS 4.  If they lose the court case with Amiga they're toast anyway, they might as well go out in style

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If somebody has a copy of OS 4 that they'd be willing to lend, I'd be happy to try it in a variety of old PPC Macs....

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But again, is there anything in the A1 specs that isn't a PPC Mac?  Well, except for legacy ports...

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Yes, a bounty, terrific idea.

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Do we have a clear picture of what needs to be emulated?  Does OS/4 use any of the motorola chips or Angus/Denise/etc?

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There's the problem, the user base for OS4 is so bloody tiny that no one will develop for it.  Put it on old Macs and you'll have a potential base.

BTW - The iMac that started this discussion is, for now, running Leopard and plugged in my home network, but with read only access to the terrabyte file server....

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Not to belabour the issue but the quote reads

By buying the disc, you have not gained ownership of the artwork and music. Rather, you have gained the right to use them in certain ways. This is because these products are the intellectual property of other entities and are protected by laws governing their use, ownership and reproduction.

Laws governing - a EULA is not a law, only Canberra can make laws.  In other words use is governed by what Parliament says and nobody need give a rat's arse about EULA.  In fact the information given deals only with clear issues such as look and feel.  Where, in Australian Federal Regulations does it say I can't run "OS X" on a generic PC or Amiga OS 4 on a PPC Mac?

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Am I understanding this correctly, that moana only gets to kickstart, workbench can't load?

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Any possibility of running Amiga OS 4 on an HFS file system?

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Would perhaps the solution be to write an HFS file system for OS 4?

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Wll, I've tried OS4 on every PPC Mac in the house and several at work, nothing seems to boot to even Kickstart...

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Any news yet?

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Yep, the only viable solution to put OS4 in the hands of the teaming masses of Amiga users (we'll maybe not teaming masses,but...) is to have it run on PPC Mac hardware,  I just cycled out 15 PPC Macs at work, replacing them with Intels.  We''ll dump those PPC Mac cheaply.  There's at least a dozen more I'll be taking out of service this calendar year.  

There's a glut of PPC Macs on the market.  Here in Australia no one have ever been charged with running legally purchased software on non-Eula allowed equipment.  I don't think they could be charged under current Australian law.  You bought the software, you bought the hardware, it's nobodies business what you do with them.

If you can buy a highend "Amiga" (ppc mac) and os4 for less than $400 who's the loser?  Nobody, Amiga inc (KMOS) does not and never has produced hardware.  Same with Hyperion.