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Can someone (like number6 :) ) plz proof-read my news-text to fix grammars,etc errors to make text looks fine with good english ?

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can be used on AmigaOS, AROS, MorphOS and p.OS

http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/pos.html

It never wen`t final and was just an update running from WB like ScalOS in presented form. Unless you mean something else?

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@vox

pOS was a more or less mature OS as is it, and i even use it some years ago on my a1200 (it was as ISO for about 30 mb or kind), and it have all the filemanagments and other stuff, even some games like tetris and co.

It's definately wasn't "like scalos", it was just like one more new OS, which die in the rest , while have pretty good initial goal (at those times).

PS. Btw, i found on amiga.org my image from year 2005 : here. Check the latest area of image at the bottom: that is screenshot of the pOS which i use in that times when i resolder that cpus about which image are

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@kas1e

If you visit eab.abime.net there's pOS iso flotting around.

@kamelit0

I bought it many years ago, I think it was in the time of "Amiga Inc." with their "Amiga Everywhere". Development I think has stopped but it has been used to some commercial applications (Windows?) so I do not think they would opensource it. And without source it is senseless.

If I remember right I have the CD at home. When someone need it would I give it away. I see no real need in it.

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p.OS was not just a desktop but a complete OS, running hosted on AmigaOS (the way AROS can run hosted on Linux). and it was fast.

sometimes i still boot into it, cause the included chess game is the only one that gives me a chance to win ;)
I have an entry in OF boot menu, an extra bootable partition with a stripped down MOS installation that directly boots into p.OS . On the MOS side I had to install eaudio.device, cause p.OS doesn't support AHI.

btw, bounty has reached 359 USD already

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@p-OS

Yes, that is what I remember too. Sitting on the OS with a better UI. Sad that it was stopped.

Regarding Bounty: Nice

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@p-OS

As far as I remember, it had to be loaded from WB, but it was supposed to grow to independent OS. At least it counts for so called preview version but have no knowlege any other was made.

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At the moment it runs alongside the AmigaOS rather than a complete replacement.

I ment like ScalOS in that way.

On bounty - glad its made and slowly progressing. Cant support it right now, but in long run will make a small donation.

May Magellan be back one day!

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@KimmoK

Clues can be found by running DOpus5 under AmigaOS4. I tested it under OS4.0, not 4.1 yet. It almost worked. IIRC the problem is that it patched icon.library.

For OS4 patching icon.library should be unnecessary so all that should be needed is to take that part out and replace it code using the OS4 icon.library as is.

@Hypex

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Clues can be found by running DOpus5 under AmigaOS4. I tested it under OS4.0, not 4.1 yet. It almost worked. IIRC the problem is that it patched icon.library. For OS4 patching icon.library should be unnecessary so all that should be needed is to take that part out and replace it code using the OS4 icon.library as is.

Wait, wait, Dopus5 CAN work on plain OS4 if icon.library is backed up and restored after its install?

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@vox

It can work without touching icon.library. It patches it in memory AFAIK.

So you can run it. But last time I checked it acted buggy even though it almost worked.

I just wanted to bump this thread just as a reminder of this bounty.

The amount is currently $1500 and we need to reach $5600 to be able to free the Magellan sources!

Sorry everyone but it just sounds to me like a crazy idea: collecting $5600 to receive source code that is now more than 13 years old! And how much are you going to collect next, for someone to actually DO something with the code?

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@Trixie

I am sure there are Amiga developers who are willing to work on Amiga projects for free.

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@itix

What I'm getting at is that such an amount of money could be better spend on sponsoring a programmer to do a particular job (see this announcement as an example) - instead of splashing it on a decade-old source code.

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@Trixie

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Trixie wrote: @itix What I'm getting at is that such an amount of money could be better spend on sponsoring a programmer to do a particular job (see this announcement as an example) - instead of splashing it on a decade-old source code.

Well if you think you can find a programmer happy to wok full time for 2 - 3 years on an Amiga project for just £5500 go for it As that is what your the bounty is talking about buying the code produced by a skilled programmer over that sort of period.

I think the amount of money being asked for the code of such a large program is very good value and as some one who uses both Directory Opus 9 for Windows and Magellan II on my Amiga every day I still think you would be hard pushed to find a better file management tool.

Personally I am not looking for Magellan II as a replacement for OS4's workbench or Ambient on morphos for lunching applications, I am looking for it as a world class file management tool that is still as good as the equivalent tools on any other OS.

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Well if you think you can find a programmer happy to wok full time for 2 - 3 years on an Amiga project for just £5500 go for it

I'm not talking about two- or three-year full time developer's job, where did you read that?

The $5600 would IMHO be better spent on a couple of bounty projects the result of which is a missing driver, an important library, or a handy tool. Alternatively, buying a couple of loaner development systems would be a much better investment in future OS4 software than the DOpus Magellan source code.

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@Trixie

Except this bounty will help not only OS4 but also AROS and Morphos. Which to me is money well spent.

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Trixie wrote: @Dwyloc Quote: Well if you think you can find a programmer happy to wok full time for 2 - 3 years on an Amiga project for just £5500 go for it I'm not talking about two- or three-year full time developer's job, where did you read that?

You said "What I'm getting at is that such an amount of money could be better spend on sponsoring a programmer to do a particular job", which I also read as "sponsoring a programmer to do an equal filemanager". And making anywhere near equal with Magellan2 would take that 2-3 years full time in minimum.

Those who donate donate for filemanager/WB-replacement. They know what they want and some drivers, libraries or tools don't help for that need.

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Sorry everyone but it just sounds to me like a crazy idea: collecting $5600 to receive source code that is now more than 13 years old! And how much are you going to collect next, for someone to actually DO something with the code?

Really ? How much money do you think was collected to buy AmigaOS's sources, most of which were way older than DOpus ? ;)

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