Do you consider either the PegososPPCs or AmigaOne to be true Amigas?

[DavidF215]

IMO, "Amiga" is the functionality and layout of the entire system. The OS has a great deal to do with what an Amiga is. Amiga is a fast, easy to use system. It's Workbench that doesn't get in the way and is simple. It's the heavy-feeling mouse that has a low pitch click rather than mice today with a high pitch click. It's the sound of the keys of the keyboard. It's the ability to play a full game from a floppy disk by turning on the computer and the game just works (try that on ANY other computer system--only Amiga can do that--even today). It's the way the OS and hardware work together seamlessly.

This is "Amiga." Without such characteristics, it isn't Amiga regardless of who makes what.

My $0.02.

[DavidF215]

CodeSmith wrote:
@DavidF:
It is theoretically possible to buy a single disk that you boot a PC from and which runs a game, but the enormous number of hardware possibilities prevents that from happening.  You *can* do such a thing on consoles, because the hardware is known and fixed.

I do not expect to be able to boot floppy or CD based games on AmigaOne or Pegasos hardware, for the same reason that you can't on PCs - hardware drivers for zillions of cards.

Exactly my point. It can't be done on any computer accept Amiga. All Amigas had similar hardware such that the game would boot and run with any Amiga computer. The variety of hardware on the PC is good and bad. It is not theoretically posible because there is too much hardware to worry about. That's reality.