Instead I am called a troll in my own thread for staying on the topic I started. That ALMOST MAKES SENSE - NOT!
You have done anything but stay on topic for almost the entire duration of this thread. You didnt bring this thread into existance with the intent to share your idea and have reasonable dialog about the technical issues of bringing your concept into something tangible. Instead youve created a soapbox with which you use to cram the idea down everybodys throat, and you have chosen to ignore the technical advise that many experienced hardware and software developers have offered.
This site is a great resource where one can have meaningful discussion with seasoned software and hardware developers. Why on earth did you decide to troll instead of leveraging this to increase your skill set?
I said from the begining that work done porting to the GC would carry over to Revolution
No you didnt. You mentioned that for the first time on 2005/3/29. You began the thread on 2005/1/31. That was the 88th message in the thread.
lou_dias lists a pile of specs for revolution
So what? No matter what angle you look at this, you still have a sub standard machine when it comes to a general purpose computing platform. It seems cheap when looking at it on the surface, but in reality it's not a good deal when applied as a general purpose machine. For 150 dollars, you can get a PC with way better specs. It will come with a harddrive, and lots more memory, and be cabable of driving a high resolution monitor. You will get a machine thats really good at general purpose stuff. Obviously the gaming experience will suck, thats the trade off.
Not only have you been proposing a cruddy machine, your proposing to put an obselete operating system on that substandard machine. AOS4 brings nothing to the table. I wont go into the reasons why AOS4 is behind the times, the topic has been beat to death worse than this one.
Something like 50% of the american population has a computer in their house. Pretty much everybody who wants a machine has already gone out and bought one. There are so many second hand machines floating around and easy to get ones hands on that even the poorest of people here often have a machine. We are at a point where price of hardware is so low, everybody can have one if they so choose.
Lets condense your idea:
AOS4 on gamecube is a substandard machine with a substandard OS which would be introduced to a saturated market full of heavily branded customers.
This is a terrible business proposal, which virtually guarantees failure. Thats why this is never going to happen.
Amiga is worth nothing more than a logo, fond memories and possibly a joystick product. AOS4 may find some nich market to exploit though, and i hope it is successful. Maybe it's developer base could grow and eventually elevate its position from obslesence. It certainly wont find a market in the sphere of gamecube.
Dennis didnt come to a.org and spam about how great spartan fpgas were the bomb and the future of retro amiga products. He didnt Cram anything down anybodys throat, he didnt make stupid comments about stuff he was unfamiliar with. He just hunkered down, did his research and set out to develop his idea into something real.
You should hit the books, learn c/c++/assembler and help jlf65 port aros to GC if thats your goal. You dont need us to validate your project. Just do it, and you'll get positive feedback and a virtual pat on the back. It's the only way to elevate your self from the position of troll.
The fact that a thread such as this, with over 12,000 views and 500 comments can persist for an entire year, filled with tripe and not disrupt the continuity of the rest of the site or the users is a tribute to how easy going and well manered the user base here is.
/me steps off his soapbox and patiently waits for the next lou_dias double post.
