@ HyperionMP (and catohagen et al)
About the OS4 on Pegasos issue; IMO, it's in Hyperions interest to get the OS running on interesting hardware. Vesalia is selling the A1 G3 motherboards for €800 and the G4 version for €880. And that is a 133MHz bus, SDR motherboard, without memory, HD, case or the rest of the stuff you need to get going. Sorry, but that's simply not appealing. Some hundred die-hard enthusiast has lined up (not because it's a good deal, but because it's the *only* way to get OS4 running at a fast speed, in a way the entire A1 mobo is a big dongle), but you won't get much more sales of your OS than that.
The Pegasos 1 has pretty much the same specs as the A1 mobo, except it has a smaller form factor, firewire, a digital audio optical connector, etc. But the biggest differense is it's price. The people who simply can not afford the A1 could still afford a Peg1.
The Pegasos 2 will propably be much the same as the Pegasos 1, but it has another Northbridge which supports higher bus speeds and DDR memory. The form factor will propably be the same, and the prices are really attractive. Again, the people who simply can not afford the A1 could still afford a Peg2.
Here is where you want to be! *You* will miss a lot of potential buyers by being tied to the A1 mobo, but it's of course your decision.
To sum it up, the issue is not about whether todays Pegasos owners will be interested in OS4 or not. The issue is about finding decent, good priced hardware for the future OS4 users.
Some questions for you Ben:
From your comments in this thread I get the impression that you (by your AInc deal) are entitled to bring the OS to any kind of hardware of your choice. Is that really true? I was under the impression that you got the exclusive right to develop the OS part of the A1 product, and that Eyetech has the exclusive right to the Hardware part of the product?
Has Eyetech the right to bring another OS to its hardware and use the Amiga brand for that product?
Has Hyperion the right to bring the OS to another hardware and use the Amiga brand for that (note, you mentioned your OS release for classic Amigas as an example, but IMO that is a bad example, since they allready are amigas from the beginning)?
Regards,