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Offline CodeSmith

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Re: OS4...
« on: May 20, 2007, 05:08:32 PM »
There is no solid date for a port of MorphOS to Efika yet, so your safest bet is to wait and see; the dispute between Genesi (the company behind the Efika) and the MorphOS team was significant so it could be a while.  In the meantime, you can try AROS on your x86 box, that's a free download (AROS is Open Source).  There's even a LiveCD so you can safely experiment without reformatting your hard drive.  The biggest problem with AROS right now is lack of software, so if you want to run existing software your best bet is Amiga Forever from Cloanto, it's UAE with licensed ROMs and a software bundle.  That's payware but it's very good value.
 

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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2007, 07:44:41 PM »
Here is a recent example of Genesi offering the MorphOS team money and them still not taking it.  I have no idea what's going on, but the MorphOS team are clearly unhappy enough with Genesi to not consider a business deal.  Maybe it has something to do with this, it was a few years ago but the people who put up that website look pretty p*ssed off to me.

Anyway, this is getting off topic.  The original poster wanted to play with next gen Amiga stuff, and for now that means either buying hardware that's no longer made or steering clear of OS4 and MorphOS.
 

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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2007, 10:46:07 PM »
@Piru

That's good to hear.  If you look at my links, the comments are also dated November last year, so the resolution must have happened soon afterwards.  Still, the original poster wanted to know something he could use (presumably now), and if there's anything that one can rely on in the tech world, it's delays.

Speaking of which, if Amiga Inc and Hyperion are still playing their games by the time MOS gets ported to something like that PASemi board ACK was announcing a few days ago, OS4 might just lose a convert...