How to move AROS forward

[Wolfe]

My 2 bits . . .

Many years ago I asked why AROS isn't designed for one piece of hardware and complete the OS so it can be used regularly, then branch out to more hardware.  But every one back then wanted it to run on their hardware, hence, still under development for all that hardware.

AROS for 68k, a great path to go for freedom from 3.x series with more modern possibilities is great.  My preferred path for AROS ATM.  Think Natami . . .

But going in so many directions just slows the development overall.

I do like tinkering with AROS but its not even going to make my 6 year plus predicted "2010 Ready For Prime Time" debut.

Nothing is really happening in the Amiga world ATM.  

Yes, I realize MorphOS 2.0 has released, but where's the hardware.  The price . . .  :crazy:    Efika . . .  :lol:

OS4 is a deadstick ATM.

AROS has stalled.

Ho Hum . . . . . . . .

[Wolfe]

Colani1200 wrote:

Wolfe wrote:

AROS for 68k, a great path to go for freedom from 3.x

...and no hardware to buy. Great idea. I think we already have that. :roll:

My thought on this was for the future . . .

I have an A1200 for it until Natami  :-D   Arrives . . .

[Wolfe]

pkillo wrote:

Yes, I realize MorphOS 2.0 has released, but where's the hardware.  The price . . .  :crazy:    Efika . . .  :lol:

don't laugh, the efika is a nice little system. I'm thinking about buying a second one, actually - my fiancee loves the idea of the low power consumption and only needs basic functions (word processor and email). the morphos team promised 2.0 the second quarter and delivered despite some, myself included, thinking they would not; I think I will not be as surprised if we see MOS on Mac Mini systems soon.

But its not fast enough to replace my A1200 and all its games etc . . . My migi is getting old.  Now if all I needed was to check mail and surf the web etc., well, still, the cost of the OS  :crazy:   Just buy a chesp PC and run BeOS . . .  :-D Or Zeta like me . . . As I don't like Linux . .  :-x

Now, when they release a version for the Mac Mini 1.5 (which I have and use side by side with my Zeta Box) I might buy it since I already have the hardware and can get more use out of Morph OS . . .  :-)

[Wolfe]

pkillo wrote:

Do you mean it's not fast enough to emulate an A1200? Because it's certainly faster than one. I don't understand what you are saying - it's a PPC chip at 400MHz, which is much faster than an 68020, and still faster than any accelerator you could put into a 1200. Please explain.

Amiga software that does hardware banging (emulating the real thing) would be toooooooo slow.

As to energy savings, thats cool, but the OS is tied to the hardware, so, you will be buying anither copy for the Mac?

btw, I'm curious about this Zeta os you mention. I did a quick google and didn't find anything. AFAIK BeOS lacks support for modern hardware and Haiku is not ready yet. I would like a nice alternative to Linux - I don't hate it like you say you do, but I do not believe it belongs on the desktop of anyone but a hacker.

Search BeOS Zeta in Google.  It is BeOS enhanced (some anyway) but it went under due to legal issues.  On the cheap was cheap hardware with BeOS - Modern hardware is more expensive.  I have a Dell 2350 P4 (got it free - recycled), added max memory (1GB) and a PCI NVidia Graphics card (64 MB) All new for under $50.  Add in the cost of the OS, and I still haven't spent much more than an Efika Mobo, without a case, PSU, video etc . . . .  And BeOS Max is on another partition, as well as Amiga Forever 08, and room for more . . .

Well, I don't think you'll have long to wait. We should see it the fourth quarter of this year, hopefully. I too have a Mac Mini (1.42 though) that I'd like to put back in service with a new OS.

Lets hope so . . .  :-D  I still use my mini daily with OS X . . .  With that Mini there is no need to buy an Efika for e-mail etc . . .  :-)   MorphOS is nice though . .  :-)