question regarding os4?

[23703jim]

will os 4 or can it be installed on one of the older G3 machines. i know it cannot be installed on the new intel mac machines, but could on the older G3-G4 machines with the PPC?
thanks for your xpertise


james  :-?

[motorollin]

No, it will not run on any Mac. Only AmigaOne or Classic Amiga with a PPC board.

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moto

[humppa]

will os 4 or can it be installed on one of the older G3 machines. i know it cannot be installed on the new intel mac machines, but could on the older G3-G4 machines with the PPC?

No. That would be dangerous because it could enlargen the userbase, generate sales, boost development and give some future to AmigaOS. That's why it won't happen.

[Narayan]

Hi Motorollin. (great small nickname)

What do you run it on? What's your config anyway?

[motorollin]

Hi mate,

I don't have OS4 unfortunately :-( I would love an A1 to install it on but no such luck!

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moto

[Agafaster]

that would seem a good idea in principle, but can you see apple letting out developer info on even 'obsolete' machines ?!

[pixie]

Since your avatar resembles Rogues so much this remark of yours scared the hell out of me! Now I see it isn't him, and world is what is supposed to be again

humppa wrote:

will os 4 or can it be installed on one of the older G3 machines. i know it cannot be installed on the new intel mac machines, but could on the older G3-G4 machines with the PPC?

No. That would be dangerous because it could enlargen the userbase, generate sales, boost development and give some future to AmigaOS. That's why it won't happen.

Since your avatar resembles Rogues so much this remark of yours scared the hell out of me! Now I see it isn't him, and world is what is supposed to be again

[humppa]

that would seem a good idea in principle, but can you see apple letting out developer info on even 'obsolete' machines ?!

So how did they get LinuxPPC to run on Apple PPC?

[Martin_Lee]

exactly

[humppa]

People are always searching for reasons. Why don't they port to the Pegasos? Why is there no hardware for OS4? Why is the Classic PPC version not out yet? Why don't they port it to the Mac or to the PS3?

There is only one main reason: the bl**dy contract made between the AmigaOne partners (Amiga Inc., Hyperion, Eyetech).

[CLS2086]

Contracts are made to bring money ... usually...  :roll:

[Marco]

CLS2086 wrote:
Contracts are made to bring money ... usually...  :roll:

Not when those making the contracts don't have the first clue about how to run a business. Even how to run one badly. KMOS, sorry, AmigaInc (silly me to bring up that name) are just a shambolic catastrophy of a company and bakruptcy would be a mercy killing for the Amiga name currently being dragged through the mud to make fracking pub games.

Eyetech are quite simply in over their heads trying to supply the hardware, they should have stuck to supplying old Amiga stuff. They will never be able to keep the hardware up to date, A1 is already about half a decade or more out of date - in PC industry terms that's an ice-age or two.

Hyperion have basically finished OS4 but can't or won't release it as final, their reasons are kept close to the chest so to speak, some say it's the lack of hardware, others say they hope to acquire the OS outright by waiting for KM... er, AmigaInc to go bankrupt. I don't know that we'd be better with Hyperion controlling the OS though...