I used to be very anti-MorphOS. This is mainly due to being totally
unimpressed with the 0.3 beta for the CSPPC hardware. My opinion has
changed of late now that the Pegasos is out. I have been reading the
reviews and it really sounds like the Pegasos/MorphOS is a very good
system. Not to mention that the screenshots that I have been seeing
look beautiful!
The MorphOS camp does have alot going for it currently. The sofware
they give you are full versions. They have been making big deals with
software developers. They look like they are delivering on their
promises. Most of all they have a PRODUCT that one can BUY.
I am still have concerns about MorphOS. I wonder how long MorphOS
will stay close to the Amiga platform both in software compatibility
and in philosophy. I not sure on how to refer to the platform. Is
it Pegasos? Is it MorphOS? Is it Phoenix? I'm still alittle angry
because when MorphOS came on the scene, everybody quit developing
WarpOS software so my PPC sofware library is not growing anymore.
I still consider myself an Amiga guy and I still await the day that I
can buy an AmigaOne with AmigaOS 4.0. I hope it is soon because my
current hardware has a foot in the grave and I don't know how long it
can hold out. However, Pegasos/MorphOS is looking better all the
time.
I do have a semi-related question about MorphOS. Does it use the RDB
standard? I only ask because I recently read a review about the USB
Zip drive on Pegasos/MorphOS and the author wrote about using
mountlists and formatting disks with FAT95. It is certainly less
transparent than by current SCSI drive with RDB formatted disks.
--Aaron Diezman
