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Offline AndrewBellTopic starter

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Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« on: October 22, 2007, 12:24:06 AM »
Anyone think Elbox will make an announcement about the Shark soon?
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 12:25:17 AM »
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2007, 12:26:07 AM »
Not a chance:-D
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 01:02:07 AM »
My fantasy product of choice is the Dragon. I'd rather see OS4 run on [now outdated] Apple hardware.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2007, 01:02:31 AM »
 from what was understood, os4 will only be on classics with ppc (cs and bliz) not new hardware at least not yet!
I'm no longer excited about it anymore anyway, as stated I doubt it will ever materialize!

now i'm not sure what the rumble about macmini is? someone clarify.. are we porting or using emulation to run os4 under its ppc chipset?
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2007, 01:18:40 AM »
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 from what was understood, os4 will only be on classics with ppc (cs and bliz) not new hardware at least not yet!
I'm no longer excited about it anymore anyway, as stated I doubt it will ever materialize!


Yes, but Elbox always maintained that OS4 Classic would work on the Shark out of the box. Obviously, they were talking out of their rectums, but I'm still curious as to whether they will try to get a product out.

Interestingly, on the Shark product pages Elbox state that: "Production of SharkPPC+ cards will start as soon as the final version of AmigaOS4.0 for A1 is released." Note it says A1, not classic.

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now i'm not sure what the rumble about macmini is? someone clarify.. are we porting or using emulation to run os4 under its ppc chipset?


Apparently some of the documents related to the court case mention an agreement to get OS4 running on a Mac mini, and other documents state that this had been achieved.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2007, 01:37:05 AM »
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Apparently some of the documents related to the court case mention an agreement to get OS4 running on a Mac mini, and other documents state that this had been achieved.


Interesting, if that happens I would imagine the PPCMacMini ebay prices will soar to the heights of a used IntelMacPro. Too bad the MacMini isn't Military Spec...
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2007, 01:44:13 AM »
MacMini prices are already high... not that great a spec , military or otherwise...
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2007, 02:20:10 AM »
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MacMini prices are already high... not that great a spec , military or otherwise...


You can get a PPC Mac-mini for about ?280, and the price and spec are better than a micro-A1.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2007, 02:20:55 AM »
I was about to comment on the availability of refurbished PowerPC Macs directly from Apple, but they don't appear to have any in their online store at the moment. Still, if the day comes, a trip to a local school or university should yield results, depending on their disposal policies. (I was given an iMac about a week ago.)
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2007, 11:28:58 PM »
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Interestingly, on the Shark product pages Elbox state that: "Production of SharkPPC+ cards will start as soon as the final version of AmigaOS4.0 for A1 is released." Note it says A1, not classic.

That is not the only part of the page that requires some updating. Not only the MPC7450 is no longer in production, also it's succesor (the MPC7455) is no longer in production, they would have to get the MPC7457 if they really think in producing said expansion board.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2007, 11:42:12 PM »
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Anyone think Elbox will make an announcement about the Shark soon?

I dont think hyperion has a license for the shark anyways..
If that was the case, then one could simply make a next generation board with a optional slot for the amiga as a loophole to get around the licensing issues.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2007, 11:58:59 PM »
@Tomas

That doesn't matter, AFAIK the Classic version is gonna be available for sale to anyone.
It would be a serious kick in the ass if Elbox turned out to release something now but I doubt it...
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2007, 12:37:55 AM »
When the classic version becomes available Elbox will probably try and get it running on the SharkPPC.  I don't now if being able to run the classic version on BPPC/CSPPC with a Shark plugged into the Mediator at the same time will help them to patch it to run.

If it is possible for them to do that in a way that doesn't infringe Amiga Inc or Hyperion's IP they will no doubt release the Shark with a custom installer for OS4.

If they cannot achieve this on their own, they will hopefully try and work something out with Hyperion.  If we are lucky Hyperion will deem this as safe as releasing the classic version for BPPC/CSPPC.

Just my guesses based on past behaviour of Elbox.
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Re: Tell Elbox, OS4 is nearly released
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2007, 04:19:38 AM »
i'm inclined to agree with you there Rob, i just wish someone from their camp could confirm! they don't respond much to email.... :-?
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