minimig and AmigaOS4

[nBit7]

If a minimig variant was designed using a Xilinx Virtex4 (with PowerPC core) would it be capable of running AmigaOS4 (or MorphOS)?
Assuming a port not too much more difficult than for any other PPC hardware.  Ie.  Is the PowerPC core in the virtex much different to the ones used in A1's?

[jj]

What would be the point. OS4 does not use the classic chipset.  OS4 would not to be tottaly re-wrriten im guessing to run on that hardware.

[McVenco]

If a minimig variant was designed using a Xilinx Virtex4 (with PowerPC core) would it be capable of running AmigaOS4 (or MorphOS)?

Those variants already exist. They are called Efika and SAM. Seriously, if it has a PPC core, it would no longer be a Minimig, would it?

The Minimig is a re-implementation of a classic 68k Amiga with custom chips, crammed onto a very small PCB. AmigaOS4 has got nothing to do with classic Amigas, it will never run on a classic Amiga either (unless you have a PPC accelerator). Next question please :-)

[nBit7]

The point would be to create an open hardware platform that behaved like a classic style Amiga with PPC accelerator.  And add additional things like ATI Graphics, USB, Ethernet, IDE for the AmigaOS4/AROS/MOS side.

[nBit7]

I am still interested in developing a 'super' minimig with the virtex4.  Does anyone here know if the powerPC core in this FPGA is close enough to a standalone PPC as used in AmigaOne / effica / Sam.

[koaftder]

nBit7 wrote:
I am still interested in developing a 'super' minimig with the virtex4.  Does anyone here know if the powerPC core in this FPGA is close enough to a standalone PPC as used in AmigaOne / effica / Sam.

This makes no sense at all.

[jj]

I have just bought me a new Nokia N95.  I think somebody should port OS4 to that.  :-D  :lol:

[nBit7]

I have just bought me a new Nokia N95. I think somebody should port OS4 to that.  

Are you saying that AOS is not suitable as an embedded OS?

[dammy]

Are you saying that AOS is not suitable as an embedded OS?

Embedded devices is such a global description, but for the most part, none of the Amiga like OSs, including AOS itself, aren't suitable.  Some embedded devices, you can shoehorn in a desktop OS, but that doesn't mean they are a embedded OS.


Dammy

[nBit7]

Embedded devices is such a global description, but for the most part, none of the Amiga like OSs, including AOS itself, aren't suitable. Some embedded devices, you can shoehorn in a desktop OS, but that doesn't mean they are a embedded OS.

Windows is generally not thought of as an embedded OS.  But I have two CROs at work with 'embedded' windows.  I also see no  shortages of embedded devises with WindowsCE.  

[jj]

But windowsCE is not a desktop OS.  Its an embedded version of Windows.

So under that premise, OS4 would have to be re-written as an embeded OS and called something else.

[nBit7]

This makes no sense at all.

Amiga Inc don't seem to have a problem with OS4 on classic PPC enabled hardware and Hyperion are said to be currently working on the classic port.  

Does a classic Amiga PPC clone really not make any sense?

[Jupp3]

Could I replace the 68000 with a 486 and run AROS on it? :-P

[dammy]

Could I replace the 68000 with a 486 and run AROS on it?

Probably cheaper and less work to donate to AROS68K bounty.   :-D

Dammy
TeamAROS