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Quote from: ElPolloDiabl;584386
x86 is the commonest platform so it should be on it. Go full 64-bit SMP/SMT while your at it.
I would also like to see it on ARM because it is perfect for light lean OS and unlike other ARM OS you would be free to tinker with it.
PowerPC died when Apple dumped it, if people didn't see it was time to move then... they must interpret the world funny.
68k on FPGA will be satisfactory, but it is not for a serious alternative main OS.
If nothing happens I hope Haiku or AROS will be fully functional alternative OSes.


Sorry to pick on you, just quoting to address a general misconception, but PPC compatible cores are in Wii/PS3/360....and you can thank IBM not those twats at Apple ;)

Last Amiga died with A4000/A1200. All the others are just Amiga by name, no custom chips and no style just a box for running OS4 (which needs a LOT of work to catch up)

(CELL PPU is more or less 1 Xenon core)
 

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Re: Do you approve of PPC (in some form) as the future of Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2010, 12:02:59 AM »
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Anyway they must concentrate on software, no matter on which CPU it run (even if itś alien technology and is cheaper than X86) if there is not applications or certain features in the OS they will get the same result


Exactly! You need a modern 100% compatible browser and all extensions like Flash/Jquery/PHP/JAVA/HTML5 etc and then all the codecs for SD and HD video and every flavour of audio and a nice media player. A torrent client. MSN/Yahoo/Skype client. A good professional paint program and office suite. An API for 3D acceleration. Oh and multicore/multithreading/64bit ALU support.

Actually that's about it really. doesn't sound like much....but it's all essential.
 

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Re: Do you approve of PPC (in some form) as the future of Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2010, 08:34:20 PM »
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Seamless compatibility with existing software?  How useful will a lightening-fast system be without much software to run on it?


Our games catalogue fits on 4 DVDs which run on WinUAE on P3 PCs, no streaming video format of our own we use Mac/PC, broken browser and TCP/IP stack. What's to keep? What's unique? Fix UAE for OS/4 too and get that loser coding WinUAE to grow a penis and say f&#k off to scum like Cloanto who invest nothing back to Amiga.......then we can talk properly.

Amiga is a mess right now, don't tolerate lame over priced unimaginative rubbish either like SAM or x1000 either. No brains in R&D=NO SALE :)