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Re: AmiBench questions
« on: July 28, 2024, 04:55:44 PM »
I noticed Amibench said the name of its workbench the other day, it came up when it could not do something in it, can't remember what it was anyway it said... `Wanderer` and Wanderer is AROS so is Amibench AROS then or a customised version of it or its base is AROS, well it would not be Workbench would it, that copyrighted by Cloanto(Amiga Corp(that makes me laugh(I will not say what I think about that now).
I used AROS along time ago, maybe 10 years or so ago so it was not great then do not know what its like now, never used it since, well I only really use Commodore-Amiga, inc Workbenches from 1.3 to 3.1 or Amiga SYS4 or ClassicWB, I only really like 68k Amigas.
I did buy this yesterday Amiga OS 4.1 FE(it was only £26 for its iso from there website, way easier to buy) so I could run it in WINUAE(Hardware is way to expense for me to get for it, that why users use emulators, the hardware get more expensive the older Amiga gets) and wanted to see what it was like, Amibench got me curious about it... :)
Amibench reminds me of AmigaSYS4, one of the best Workbenches out there and still is.
I like Amibench because it has a AmigaSYS4 feel to it, thats why I like it.
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Re: AmiBench questions
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2024, 05:26:13 PM »
Unfortunately we did not use Wanderer because we had too many problems initially.   We found it was better to put the development time into the AmiBench project as an alternative.  It has worked out well.

We purchased the AmigaSYS rights from Dary some years ago.  After we became the owner, some of the ideas from AmigaSYS influenced AmiBench development.   This is probably why you spotted some similarities!
Oh OK never know you own AmigaSYS now... :)
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