potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP

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FYI just yesterday I was looking at the Linux for Game Cube web site. They have documented Game Cube hardware very well. It should be possible to port AROS to that platform (forget about AOS4 please...that thing barely exists).

Just last month somebody managed to get the Linux/PPC hosted version working:

http://sengor.ath.cx/~sheutlin/aros/Screenshot-AROS.png

Food for thought anyway.

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You know, the more I think about it...

I never considered AROS that viable as a desktop replacement, but it could be an interesting console platform (much like the original Amiga). The price of the GC is the most appealing aspect. One can even use an emulator to test the AROS CG ROM.

One doesn't need permission from anybody to make this a reality, just lots of time programming  :juggler:

If you want to buy 100 GCs and give each AROS developer one that might get things moving :-D

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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/04/01/warp_pipe.html

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MS: What's most amazing is the extreme difference of the architectures of the GameCube and the Xbox. The Xbox is a PC, so it has all these legacy features and unneeded PC features -- like plug-n-play -- and is very complicated to program because the hardware interfaces are old and "patchy." Programming the GameCube reminds me more of programming a Commodore 64 or an Amiga: Very clean, minimal hardware interfaces, a perfectly optimized system.

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lou, nobody on this forum has the AOS4 source. Nobody on this forum has Hyperion's ear. Posting on a forum isn't going to change anything.

Only a business plan with $$$ is going to get Hyperion to do ANYTHING. They wouldn't be able to do anything without money in the first place.

You could put a bounty up and I doubt you could raise $100.

Pitch this plan to Hyperion. When it falls on deaf ears, drop it.

Amiga is just a hobby platform these days. If you know how to code you could port AROS to the Game Cube, perhaps creating an alternative to the official platform's dismal state of affairs. A cheap platform with a free OS which isn't subject to a bunch of untrustworthy companies which are liable to die when the wind changes.

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PowerBook?  :banana:

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I'm not going to buy a desktop ever again, unless it is a server in the closet which I'll never lay hands on.

If I want to use Amiga SW I'll use UAE on a laptop. Leave desktops for cubicle torture. I don't care if it has four G5s and costs $1k