Noobie Hardware Advice

[amigamad]

n Amiga-compatible PPC system already exists, called the Pegasos, and it runs MorphOS - an improved PPC AmigaOS without the Amiga name. It's still years ahead of the AmigaONE and OS4. It's also a lot cheaper.

Is it improved and years ahead, how can it be it uses  similar hardware  but difrent software till os4 comes out there is no way to compare the 2  machines  even morphos in not complete and no one knows when the final full release is . :-?  :-?  :-)

[NicoPPC]

Editied by Argo: Trolling

It's running on PPC Amiga (A1200, 3000 and 4000 with PPC board) and on Pegasos.

More info: www.morphos.net
www.pegasosppc.com

regards

[nala]

Thanks guys 'n' gals for all of your replies, I can see that the old Amiga spirit is still at large, which makes me regret the last 9 years of my life :-) . All I would like to do is get back up and running, but I want to do this with hardware (not emulators, but thanks for the suggestion).

I like the idea of buying an A4000 and upgrading, but I don't know if this is the best way to do this (will support for the A4000 be dropped when A1 is upon us).  :-) Im So Confused  :-)

[alx]

Edited by Argo: Feeding the Troll

Sorry, but the new AmigaOS is AmigaOS4.  The new MorphOS is MorphOS.

I'll try to be impartial here:

AmigaOS4 is based on the original AmigaOS, but much improved and PPC native.  It's been a long time coming, but will be here soon and should be worth the wait.  It runs older apps.  It will eventually merge with the DE.

MorphOS is a completely new OS which attempts to keep the "Amiga spirit", but it isn't AmigaOS.  It runs older apps and currently exists.  MorphOS puts older apps into a "sandbox" - expansion will be via the "Q-box".  Both AOS and MOS will slowly diverge.

AROS is an open source Amiga-type OS.  I've no idea if it runs older programs.  It's currently less developed than the other two, but has great potential.

Amithlon is a highly customised emulator running on a bare Linux kernel.  By giving the virtual OS direct access to the hardware, AmigaOS3.9 can be run on x86 PCs at very fast speeds, seemingly "natively".  There are legal problems with it.

Do people agree?

[Psy]

All I would like to do is get back up and running, but I want to do this with hardware (not emulators, but thanks for the suggestion).

I like the idea of buying an A4000 and upgrading, but I don't know if this is the best way to do this (will support for the A4000 be dropped when A1 is upon us). Im So Confused

Well I have to say the hardware route is not a good idea right now.

AROS and the emulators is a good way to hold you over till the future of hardware (Pegasos vs Amiga One) and OS (MorphOS vs OS 4)  becomes more clear.

Personally I am sitting on the fence waiting to see how things turn out later in the year.

[nala]

Thanks Psy, I think that that is a good idea (seeing as there seems to be warz going on in this thread :-)). I would like AmigaOne to come out better off, but because im strapped for cash, I can't afford to waste money on a system that may become obsolite. We will have to see.

Thanks For All Your Help Guys 'n' Gals

[Dan]

Well, get used to waiting like the rest of us.  ;-)