hello jack, it's been a while since we all heard from you and i must say its cool to know you're still around.
As for what happened the last 5 years... i'd like to think a lot has happened, everything from Morphos , AROS , Amithlon and OS4 and there is a lot of sidetracking and to mention a few things....
Elbox has gone Coldfire and seems to ignore the PPC market for now (with their sharkppc not comming) and MorphOS seems to have stagnated though they made a huge leap from 2000 to 2003 and as late as last year they put out Morphos for the classic line (in a complete package).
The mediator's are still selling like hotcakes, god knows why but one must admit it is a nice kit of hardware.
There is also a AROS branch for 68k called AFA os or something and seems to be updated frequently (just replace components with the ones you use in os3.9 currently and all should be set (with new features etc).
The Genesi/morphos guys have got 2 motherboard designs (pegasos 1 + 2) and a third one which seems to be a set top box or something...(i am sure someone with more knowledge will fill you in on it).
Amiga OS4 has 3 motherboard designs out, the A1SE , A1XE and the µa1c but with several new designs in the pipeline like the PowerVixxen (which is made by one of the guys behind the µa1c) and that board is a ppc card for the classic range (ie A1200) , do some search for more info about specs etc but i can also mention that this board will also run standalone (ie without an classic attached) and the board is supposedly going to be cheap... Other hw alternatives comming is the Troika projects and theese are priced for people with less cash and it should be affordable but also seems the specs will be pretty low.... (but time will tell).
The AmigaOne range has a option to use 1.7GHZ cpu's now which is a milestone (IMO) though the first demo of theese cpu's will be shown in early june at a show (in the USA..)..
I'd also like to think that the 68k market has stalled pretty much to a grind halt though i also must admit that i stopped supporting it back in 2004 and therefor not following it that much (ie i might have missed major stuff).
Another nice thing is that forums keeps growing and people are returning to AMIGA , some choose UAE and some choose AROS , MorphOS or OS4.
hope that filled atleast a few gaps and hopefully others will fill you in on everything i didnt etc :-).
cheers
