Has Clone-A died?

[digiflip]

Don't seem to hear any news on this anymore?

Last I heard was Jens Schönfeld finished the hardware and was working on gui interface for his hardware and licensing issues for Amiga os.

[SamuraiCrow]

I heard he used his FPGA designs to make the Indivision AGA and ECS model scan doublers.

[Franko]

Dunno... but me dog's died (yet again...)

[TheBilgeRat]

Jens is vaporware.

[paul1981]

Dunno... but me dog's died (yet again...)

Sorry to hear that mate. :cry:

[billt]

Don't seem to hear any news on this anymore?

Last I heard was Jens Schönfeld finished the hardware and was working on gui interface for his hardware and licensing issues for Amiga os.

Maybe I understood things wrong, but I had the impression that he ended up believing that Amiga Inc. were not the correct people to license OS/firmware from. Who is correct, dunno, wish I could remember where I saw that talk, but I may have seen it more as other people talking about what Jens may have said.

[Franko]

Sorry to hear that mate. :cry:

That's ok, the old bugger does it all the time...

A quick thump on his ribcage soon get's him going again...

[takemehomegrandma]

and licensing issues

...and AFAIK, that was where it stopped.

Maybe he could try again now? Amiga Inc seems more willing to enter licensing agreements these days...

[number6]

Maybe I understood things wrong, but I had the impression that he ended up believing that Amiga Inc. were not the correct people to license OS/firmware from. Who is correct, dunno, wish I could remember where I saw that talk, but I may have seen it more as other people talking about what Jens may have said.

You're not imagining it. I've posted the quote numerous times.
From Jens Schoenfeld April, 2007 on AW:

Bill McEwen, who hasn't been able to give any proof of ownership of the classic Amiga OS in the past 20 months, who wanted to send me contracts "by the end of the week" (that was in february),

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[takemehomegrandma]

Jens is vaporware.

Not Jens, but obviously Clone-A...

[takemehomegrandma]

@number6

I guess he tried to find other (and more willing) entities he could negotiate a license from...?

[number6]

@number6

I guess he tried to find other (and more willing) entities he could negotiate a license from...?

Methinks Brian Bagnall's book will be considered a short subject if the Amiga Inc. story ever gets written. Heh.

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[Iggy]

Jens won't release the Clone-A without proper licensing. Bill McEwen has offered a license, but has failed to prove that he has the authority to do so.
So the Clone-A hangs in limbo as Jens won't release it till he can obtain valid licensing.

[freqmax]

Can't he talk directly to Gateway, Inc ?

Besides if ACube can deliver complete clones. Then Jens ought to be able to deliver chip clones?

[mfletcher]

Maybe the idea is to run AROS 68k on Clone-A ? That way Jens could release it with a good degree of Amiga compatibility, without having to obtain a license.