@WolfToTheMoon

haha, we said almost the same :D

I could make a distro for c-usa with everything ready for native users. No problemo

They could even supply the cd or dvd with the Commodore Amigas.

As long as it is not installed on the hardware, who could deny them that.

Last edited by nikosidis on 07-Sep-2010 at 01:03 PM.

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WolfToTheMoon wrote: I don't think Workbench would be legally feasible... How bout a hybrid of Kickstart and workbench... Kickbench ...

I'd prefer 'Workstart'...

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Who owns the Workbench trademark? I'm pretty sure it is Amiga Inc.

I have no idea.

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We could probably just drop Commodore from the title and just call it Workbench....

No, I meant: "Commodore Workbench", nothing more...

Since you seem to be targeted the oldschool people, I think "Workbench" means a lot to them.

Now, do you think you could get a licence to the Amiga ROM as well ? Unless you produce some ready-to-play solution (ie: with UAE fully configured with a valid ROM) I don't think it will work out.

Something different but that would work: have you thought about building some "Amiga in a Joystick" thing ? They sold a lot of C64 like these, and I'm pretty sure it would work out for the Amiga too.

There isn't that much work remaining to do: a fully working reimplementation of the Amiga computer already exists in the form of the Minimig. What remains to be done is to reduce it's size and to mass-produce it. You'd also need some games but a lot are already available for free, so contacting the owners to obtain a valid license for your system without a problem.

To sum up, you would need:

- obtain the rights to distribute the kickstart ROM image (WB disks could be useful too, but 99% games will run without it)
- obtain the rights to distribute some games (all Team17 games are available for free already, so maybe the owners would be ready for some agreement ?)
- make a smaller version of the Minimig

Of course, do some marketing,...

And if I was to use an existing Linux distribution, I would go for Linux Mint: that's an elegant easy to use Linux, and that's what was (once) the Amiga to me.

Last edited by Leo on 07-Sep-2010 at 03:23 PM.

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