Amiga OS variants

[KatManDEW]

Hpw many Amiga OS "variants" are there, and what are they for?

I know what the "stock" Miggy OS's are, like 1.x-4.x. And I know what WinUAE is. But what are AROS, Pegasus and MorphOS? And how many others are there?

If I understand it correctly, AROS will run a modified Aniga OS on a PC, and essentially turn the PC into an "Amiga"?

Can I install AROS on one of my old PC's and turn it into a Miggy?

I'm so confused :-D

[KatManDEW]

redfox wrote:
I will try to answer some of your questions in a non-partisan way.

Pegasos is the name given to a line of PPC computers.  Most run MorphOS.

AmigaOne is the name given to another line of PPC computers.  Most run AmigaOS 4.0 or AmigaOS 4.1.

AmigaOS 4.0 is also available for classic Amiga A3000, A4000 and A1200, however you must have a PPC accelerator card.

AmigaOS 4.1 is now available for AmigaOne, SAM440ep and Pegasos II.

I am not very familiar with AROS.  As I understand it, they were trying to make it run on a variety of hardware, including x86 PC, SAM440ep and some others.

There are many products which allow a PC to emulate AmigaOS.  One is WinUAE.

redfox

That clears things up quite a bit. Thanks!

[KatManDEW]

Methuselas wrote:
That's the idea.....and it's encouraged.....  ;-)

Hehehehehe.

Any reports on this? Or compatable hardware? I have Pee Cee's that could stand to be born again :-D