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Re: What is important to you in a "new" amiga-like OS?
« on: January 31, 2011, 12:24:34 AM »
I'd prefer something hardware-indepent, but that is low-requirement enough to where I can run it on my modestly-upgraded 2000. The only hardware I think it needs to support as an inherent design feature is an MMU, in a proper memory-protection environment. AmigaOS, to me, is more about the elegant, easily-understood design of the API, and I would ideally like a new Amiga-inspired OS to be as lovely under the hood as other OSes try to be on the surface.
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