AmigaOne clones?

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The reason AI doesn't see it has to be because they needed someone to develop the board (and in fairness to eyetech it was developed), with a view to them getting a 100% market share for a good period of time.. (how long is a piece of string)... I think thats why the Peg hasnt been licenced, or it could be because Bill Bluck is a tool... who knows..

Not true. Other companies (IF there where any besides genesi?) are welcome to get their PPC boards tested as compatible and license the AmigaOne name.

Bplan wasn't interested in supplying Hyperion with the needed technical details or a developer board and didn't want to sign the contract with Amiga. They could have used a "dongle" onboard like the A1 OR used a little USB dongle if they wanted OS4.

I really don't see why people can't understand that Hyperion have to take every step possible against piracy. Our userbase is VERY small and they have to ensure a certain revenue.

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@Skyraker
Please don't state things as if they are facts and not just your opinion. You are wrong btw.

@JoannaK

(I know this may sound quite negative, but)
Personally.. I see no point on trying to clone A-one. There is nothing special in it. Ok technically It can run OS4 some day but until that happens it's yet another Linux Box.

Well, you do sound negative (very often :-) ) but I must admit you're quite right (this time). Unless you can take the PPC boards and change it for the better or cheaper, theres no need to bother.

And even after long waiting OS4 appears, having it to your clone would be unlikely due these licensing and protection deals. So why bother?".

Well if you made a clone why not get it certified? It's not like this "dongle" would cost a lot to add. It might even be added to the cost of OS4 (just a thought) and not to the hardware.

No one knows, cos no one have bothered to contact Amiga on that matter.

Happy new year to all of you

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What did Mr. Redhouse say at WOASE?

Both Hyperion and Amiga have always stated the opposite of what Skyraker is stating (as a fact).

Hyperion have even said that a dealer could buy a quantity of pegasos's and sign the license with Amiga to get OS4 to run on these. Offcourse hyperion would still need technical details of the hardware.

Now where does that fit in with Skyrakers conspiracy theory?

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Say anything negative about any pathetic amiga company Elbox, Amiga inc, Eyetech, etc and your straight away chopped down by people who clearly WILL defend anything that Amiga companies do (GOOD OR BAD) to make them sound like they are some sort of "I love Amiga" hippy,

Well thats how this community have become. Everything is either Black or white, theres no greyzones anymore.
I believe every company leftin our market have made some (big) mistakes.
I don't agree with all of their directions but I know that no-one will benefit if I just moan about it constantly like you do! No-one will benefit from that, not even my-self.

I don't know if Eyetech have gotten special treatment by Amiga Inc, but you should feel free to prove it.

Did look at your avatar, it's copyrighted material. Thief....

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" Seriously, do you *really* think that OS4 would run
(technically) on any other mainboard (besides the
AmigaOne) if there was not such a dongle? And why
are the versions for BlizzPPC or CybPPC not
dongled? "

Well it's not like there's a lot of PPC hardware to choose from, so i'm not too sure off what it would run on and what it wouldn't run on.

Aren't they "dongled"...? I guess there could be more ways to achieve that.

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"Then please feel free to email the following and report me, while you are at it ask them where the hell are the T shirts and peoples coupons,"

Why the #### should I do that...? It was you who started talking about thiefes and your avatar.

I just pointed out that your avatar is copyrighted material that you have no right to use. I guess Wayne will notice sooner or later.

Anyway I have no intentions about contacting Amiga regarding any t-shirts or coupons, simply because I didn't buy any.
If you did I suggest you contact them yourselves instead of bitching about it here.
You should offcourse feel free  to post your answer here as I am sure you are not the only unsatisfied customer they have.

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Yes Wayne should remove 100s of copyrighted images/avatars from this site unless you are trying to state an image from Amiga.com is the only copyrighted image which should be removed,

You where talking about your avatar and about theft, it was simply too tempting to comment that "your" avatar is copyrighted and your use of it is theft.

Guess I should have placed a smiley (or 10) for you to see that I don't have any intentions of reporting anything, to any Amiga employees.

My mention of Wayne was that he as a webmaster probably know how annoying it is to see your gfx be stolen and used on anti/fan sites and that sort of thing.

 I am quite sure that Wayne know that your avatar is copyrighted and where it's from, unlike the 100's of other avatars in here that may be stolen from other sites Wayne doesn't know of.

I was not suggesting that Wayne checked every avatar in here if thats what you thought, neither did I set up special rules for Amiga Inc.

EOD from here, have a happy new year :-)