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Re: Amiga OS 4.0. Does it run on other hardware,too?
« on: July 23, 2006, 11:04:48 AM »
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So maybe I´ll buy a AMIGA ONE sometime in the next year.

Why aren´t there new AMIGA ONEs sold?

Because no new AmigaOnes are made. There won't be any new AmigaOnes.

ACK and Troika are said to be designing some new hardware that could run OS4, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Neither have been able to show even rudimentary previews of the new HW, and it seems they haven't even been able to finish the design.
 

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Re: Amiga OS 4.0. Does it run on other hardware,too?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2006, 09:17:30 PM »
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It is a long story, but the jist of it is the supply of some of the A1 components dried up.

Really? You mean that they would have continued to produce the hardware with defect chipset if they hadn't run out of some of the chips? Tell me it ain't so...

Well, I guess it makes sense. They did sell 3 different "AmigaONE" motherboards to people, all defective the same way (more or less). 4th wouldn't have made a difference.

Seriously now, my understanding is that they finally figured out that the northbridge they used (Articia) was hopelessly flawed. Instead of investing tons of money to new design with new northbridge (which wouldn't have sold more than couple of hundred units) they decided to pull the plug. Good move financially.