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To everyone--those who think 'sacrilege' about commodity parts, those who see PPC as Amiga or not Amiga, etc.--the question one should ask is: "Does it run AMIGA OS?" In these (hopefully) modern times, the OS should matter more. Things done "the Amiga way".
sacriledge.. sigh. its just a fact that hardware wise an amiga is just what it is.. commodore amiga. it has its custom architecture and custom standards not to encounter anywhere else, and thats the information that needs to be preserved and documented. ppc hardware doesnt fit with any genuine amiga hardware and its parts. it isnt even particularly unique as its usually based on third party reference designs. there is no practical reason to list it along the genuine amigas.
I think some limit "the Amiga" by restricting it to (maybe fabled by now) custom silicon. What's custom, anymore? Really.
More importantly, what would be 'the Amiga philosophy', when it comes to hardware? Being able to take advantage of what's there, and use it in the simplest way? The most efficient manner?
then amiga would have to be what aros is today. right? yet i dont think any aros developer feels an urge to include his system in amiga hardware reference.
A site for the Big Book Of Amiga Hardware is a good idea.
It's probably more relevant to think: what hardware is 'Amiga OS specific'? Or can be utilized by Amiga OS. If/when that becomes every piece of OS out there, so much the better--it'll show the diversity, and I would say advantage of Amiga OS, but then an operating system can be made to use whatever hardware there is out there (and that only takes willpower, aside from money, to do that).
but then you must differentiate between incompatible system architectures. you cant run genuine amiga system on any ppc or x86 board, as well as you cant run mos or os4 on genuine amigas except equipped with a ppc expansion (while you can run aros admittedly). you cant exchange software between amiga, mos, os4 and aros without porting is.so it doesnt make sense to pretend these systems are all one thing.
:biglaugh: I think Amigan 'purists' are insane now. The 'Amiga' fish used to rule the old pond it was in; but along came a PC tsunami and left us all with an open sea. To not build a 'bigger boat'--to want that 'Amiga' fish to continue seeing the pond and hoping to rule it anymore--is foolish. When times change, you change with them, or get changed to the past forever.
but amiga is what it is, what it ever was, you will not change it to the opposite pretending its bigger than it is. information hosted on the web should reflect factual state of affairs not intentions and wishes of individuals within the wider community.
