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OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« on: December 15, 2007, 12:25:01 AM »
Hello all,

sorry to ask that, I think that it should be already discussed several times, but...
Why OS4 is not compatible with Macs PPCs. Me, for example, I have an old 933mhz G4 with 1.5gb ram and a Geforce 4.
Those Macs are cheap and easy to find, and the other solutions  are extremely expensive and extremely difficult to obtain.

I'm pretty sure that they would drastically increase their market...
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2007, 01:01:05 AM »
:horse:  I may actually puke if I keep thinking about this subject.
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2007, 01:07:46 AM »
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:horse:  I may actually puke if I keep thinking about this subject.


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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2007, 01:10:36 AM »
Come on guys..  try to be nice. their probably new and didnt see the other threads.

This place is starting to turn into some kind of "Old white guys only" exclusive country club or something.
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2007, 01:39:14 AM »
Thanks...

Hey, why you guys don't turn this forum "Invite Only"? That way only you members of the club could participate.
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2007, 01:50:08 AM »
@hbarcellos

Basically it comes down to licensing.   Hyperion only have a license to do AmigaOne and Classic versions, Amiga are not willing to grant new licences.

There was actually a MacMini version being worked on by an OS4 developer who is involved in Acube systems.  We only now about this because Amiga Inc submitted the correspondance as evidence in the court case.

Essentially the project is stillborn because of Amiga Inc's unwillingness to come to an agreement with anything related to OS4 or the Classic.

Maybe we'll see Mac versions in the future if the court case works out in favour of Hyperion.

P.S.

If a Mac version was available I doubt it would be compatible with your Geforce 4.
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2007, 04:03:57 AM »
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Did you just say club? :horse: :-D

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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2007, 04:27:52 AM »
Yes the older macs are cheap and easy to find..I have 5 of them..One is a Dual G4 @500mhz.  Anyone interested..lol..

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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2007, 05:02:08 AM »
it would be neat but just because it has a PPC chip doesnt mean it will work "out of the box" or with "just a patch".
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2007, 06:16:28 AM »
Still, the significant roadblock is one of legal idiocy, not technical challenge.
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2007, 08:23:39 AM »
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it would be neat but just because it has a PPC chip doesnt mean it will work "out of the box" or with "just a patch".


True, apart from the fact someone got it working on a MacMini... so I'm guessing it must somehow be possible? Honestly, OS4 will be working on UAE first at this rate.. I'm beginning to think that there are Amiga heads who'd rather be watching the Amiga equivalent Court TV mixed with Days of Our Lives than see something useful happen! 'Where there's a will, there's a way' is a good saying here I reckon..
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2007, 08:28:29 AM »
Back to the original question:

Amiga os1.X, 2.X, 3.x, why not running on old 68k macs natively? The answer will be the same.

Of course it not much work to boot os4 on macs, but 1 or more years ago, when acube tried to wrtite some bootloader/etc to running os4 on macs, there were not working sam440 boards. Now they have. And i think os4 running on it, just the lawsuit, you know...
And it will be a true suicide to compete with their own products now. (moana versus sam440+os4)
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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2007, 11:17:07 AM »
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And i think os4 running on it, just the lawsuit, you know...


Well law suits.  We have what, AI vs Hyperion, Hyperion vs AI, Hyperion vs Amino, and apparently OS4 Devs vs Hyperion.  :popcorn:

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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2007, 12:15:33 PM »
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Back to the original question:

Amiga os1.X, 2.X, 3.x, why not running on old 68k macs natively? The answer will be the same.

Of course it not much work to boot os4 on macs, but 1 or more years ago, when acube tried to wrtite some bootloader/etc to running os4 on macs, there were not working sam440 boards. Now they have. And i think os4 running on it, just the lawsuit, you know...
And it will be a true suicide to compete with their own products now. (moana versus sam440+os4)

Well, the first public display of the Sam440 motheboard has been made on September 2006, during the Pianeta Amiga show, so I believe that the project must have been started during 2005. I don't think that Moana would be competing with the Sam440, since Moana is targetted for discontinued PPC machines, while Sam440 is new and available.

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Re: OS 4 on Mac PPCs
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2007, 12:30:41 PM »
OS4 Devs vs Hyperion?? Have I missed something?

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