When are AOS4 released?

[cgutjahr]

jonssonj wrote:
Ok, but people here on amiga org have tried to install AOS4 on a A1200 with BPPC and says that it works almost out of the box. I thought it was the same version of AOS4?

Yes, beta testers are already able to use OS4 on their BlizzardPPC and CyberstormPPC machines. And yes, it's pretty much the same version that runs on the AmigaOne - the only difference is that some of the lowlevel stuff had to be adapted to the classic Hardware.

But there's no install script yet and creating a user friendly installation process for end users will require quite some work. Currently, only real men should try to install OS4 on a classic Amiga.

Additionally, some drivers are still missing.

[cgutjahr]

@Jethro_Tull:

a) Are there any B-Vision drivers for OS4, if yes, are they PPC native or still 68k? Can you switch between AGA chipset and B-Vision from the OS, or better still, use both at the same time?

Yes, ppc native BVision drivers are available, switching to AGA is possible (works just like OS3 in that regard).

b) Does OS4 support the Paula chip

Yes.

c) How's the hard disk speed using the regular IDE adaptor?

As slow as ever. If there's a speedup, it's not really that big.

d) How responsive is the system in general use?

Extremely responsive ;-)

g) What are realistic memory requirements for OS4 on the classic Amiga?

96 or 128 MB. You *can* boot with 64 MB (I did that a few months ago), but there's really not much memory left afterwards. You may be able to gain a few MB by dropping parts of the eye candy, but probably not enough to run some bigger application.

Keep in mind that PPC code is nearly twice as big as 68k code, so even 96 MB is not all that much.