Karlos wrote:
Casting that aside, you have this notion of UAE as an "OS", running unhosted on your PC that gives transparent 680x0 emulation.
I'm afraid it's already been done. Amithlon was pretty much just that.
I could be wrong, but it still needs OS ROMs to work.
A replacememnt ROM for Amithlon (and a general update of the whole thing wouldnt hurt) based on open source code would pretty much do the job you are asking, AGA emulation aside.
As for how useful it would prove to be, I can't say.
I think that's exactly what he was asking:) (As I read it).
Amithlon doesn't already do this, since it also requires the official AmigaOS, but by making use of a 68k AROS, UAE (and Amithlon if one so wished) could replace the ROM (and possibly the entire OS) with a free open source version.
Talking of which - would it be possible to have a ROM based on AROS, with the original AmigaOS running on it? I don't know much about AROS, so I've no idea what level of compatibility there is..
