Amiga OS4 on old (PPC) Macs

[dammy]

AROS will be BIG once it has a form of UAE integration built in. After that it will be on par with and will exceed MorphOS and OS4.

EvilRich is still accepting donations.  :-)

Dammy

[TheMagicM]

I'll donate once its done and I can actually use it.   :-)

[A1260]

please close this threat i dont want to hear more whining about os4.0 on mac again or else i will explode!!!  :madashell:

[monami]

@ themagicm

i guess thats catch 22.

i already mentioned i was a skinflint whats the smallest donation i could give... i'm trying to warm my hands on a candle here.

[jj]

God A1260 you really are a party pooper, leave people alone to discuss what they like, you dont have to read it.  Why so angry about nothing ?

[amigadave]

persia wrote:
Patching OS X to run on non-dongled hardware is tim conuming there are hundred megabyte updates monthly that break the patch.  Amiga OS is basically unsupported, things don't get fixed, so once it was setup to run on non-dongled hardware it would be for an indefinite period of time.  

If AmigaOS4.x were patched to run on all old PPC G3, G4 and G5 Macs natively, without the need to run the MacOS, then it could not be broken by any updates from Apple.  It would be a dual boot system, if the owner still wanted to keep MacOS installed too.  Besides, how long do you think Apple will be continuing support for PPC Macs?

P.S. Did A1260 "Explode" yet?  AOS4.x on PPC Macs will be the greatest thing to happen for the Amiga community since the NewTek Toaster/Flyer was created.

[monami]

i saved a fiver earlier when i ordered a gp2x tv out cable and batteries from the usa. i took the cheapie postage option. it probably won't be here till after xmas! so i checked out being a donor. (where is my tea and biscuit?)
anyway it seems painless for anyone with paypal account. you got a little cash from me. luckily i've found another candle to keep warm. :-)

[A4000_Mad]

@ A1260

[persia]

It shouldn't be too hard, the A1 specs talk of 32 MB PCI video cards, one A1 is a Radeon, which some Macs used.  There was some usage of AC97.  It appears that many of the Macs fall within the A1 specs.  What stops Amiga OS 4 from loading on them?

[recidivist]

 The attraction of Mac PPC is cheap hardware;I just  bought a Mac "digital audio" G4 466mHz tower with ATI 128 card and 15 LCD studio monitor for $100 from a person who decided she prefers Windows ( and besides she insisted the Mac is only good for dial-up internet!!! Couldn't convince her that the  Macs have had ethernet  port standard for years!) This person is a professional supporting activists "causes";no wonder they need so much fundraising,

 I'd pay $100 for licensed,supported Amiga OS4 to run on this computer.

[spihunter]

@recidvist,

Yea, right on. People are giving away Mac PPC hardware at this point.

You can get a G4 for next to nothing in my area right now.

$800-$1000 for a second hand PPC Amiga when you can get a faster blueberry G3 Imac for free?

insanity :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:

[TjLaZer]

Damn I got a PowerMac 7600 G3 500MHz collecting dust, and also a PowerMac G4 400MHz with MacOS 9.2.2 here... I want OS 4!!

[whabang]

I could get a PPC Imac for less than 1000 SEK in less than an hour, if I wanted to. Can't say the same about an A1.

Get a working bootloader and drivers for the Macs, and I _will_ buy a copy of OS4.

AI/Hyperion/whomever would have a certain success if they could just their thumbs out of their rear ends...

[Einstein]

Wolfe wrote:

recidivist wrote:
 We might be better off with a Mac_PPC AROS or whatever.

Maybe write Amiga "themes" for Linux OSes ?

AROS, is due to hit prime time in 2010 IMO.  Thats too long to wait.  :devildance:

1) Offcourse OS4 will hit mainstream computers (X86_64 machines as we speak) soon (2025).

2) And it's wonderful to pay for something lacking severly in relative (to mainstream OSs) functionality..

3) ..while having problems (obstacles) installing it to more than one machine at a time.

 :cheers:

[Einstein]

AmigaPapst wrote:
@persia
>The future of the the Amiga of course is Intel AROS, but that's a different issue.

AROS is not Amiga, so it is not the Amiga future.

And you're more like a clown!

[Einstein]

AmigaPapst wrote:
>Ofcourse, Amiga today is not Amiga...so what's your point?

No, think only AmigaOS 4 with PPC is amiga.  :-D

I like your avatar  :-D