Tracky wrote:
Does the AmigaOne even have support for DVD/RW?
You guys shouldn't bemoan that OS4 isn't there, you should be advocating for an OS 5 with modern features not substandard hardware, which isn't the original Amiga experience to begin with. The Amiga was all about hyper powered graphics, not just an OS..
If you can't advocate for OS/5 just buy one of these boxs, run UAE on it, and be very very happy..
I hate to read this, i don't really want to say it, but...
You are right, if there is any future for Amiga- it's about back to the drawingtables and start from scratch, hardware and software with future-vision and the best technology in mind. a lot to dream about, is it not?
AFAIR it was about OS and Hardware complementing each other in such a way that they were more than the sum of their parts.
OS4 is fine - a little underfeatured in certain areas, but I'll come the that in a sec.
The trouble with starting from scratch (particularly with hardware) is that it costs money. lots of. and we ay got nun!
the trouble OS4 has is that there isnt a lot of resource full stop. no one really has the time to produce USB or PCI drivers that manufacturers arent going to do. or even video codecs.
but yes, the hardware part of the platform needs starting again - a PCIE bus is a minimum requirement for desktop - but whos going to do that, given Eyetech's experiences ? I refer to Alan Redhouse's comments that it would have been considerably easier and cheaper and faster in hindsight to give all the interested parties £500 each.
I note that there are a few PPC-PCIE bridges available, and several manufacturers of Industrial PPC solutions (PrPMC mezzanine daughter card systems for instance) the trouble is the cost and its even worse when one tries to work out recouping those costs in sales. (note: in my forays and googlings, I havent seen an ATX/ITX PPC motherboard yet)
oh - and yes, I believe the OS has support for DVD/RW. unless you just mean the AmigaOne in anyform, in which case I ask 'does Debian (or any other PPC build) have DVD/RW support ?'
