I'd like to know a short answer why Hyperion guys didn't followed the way of porting Amiga Os4 development to cheap and very popular hardware platforms like xbox/ps3 consoles, imac/power mac computers or any other diffused and cheap ppc device.
It's a software house who lives selling software so: why don't sell million of copies instead of few thousand?

I'd like to use a power mac to run OS4 and/or also a ps3 console, I can imagine it'll rest a dream
Why?

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@Fl@sh

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Why?

Really? You're asking this question in 2018? Wow...

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I apologie if it's a FAQ question, but please consider me as just landed from mars after many many years

So really, is there someone who can explain it, in a short way, avoiding me to investigate at least latest 10 years of amiga story?

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As others pointed out, this was an alternative 10 years ago, but by now, it's not what a hardware roadmap for the future should look like. And there's an alternative AmigaOS-like system which went that path with quite a success (although quite far from millions of copies), and supports most G4 and G5 Macs by now, including portables.

It runs 68k Amiga software (at about the same level of compatibility like OS4) and if you want, you can make it look and feel like OS4.

Now, why Hyperion didn't follow that path... Lack of common sense, I guess? Overconfidence? Who knows... But this boat has sailed by now for sure.

Edit: also worth noting, that along the same time MorphOS went Mac, so about a decade ago, there was an effort to port OS4 to Mac mini G4 (a project nicknamed "Moana"), on which they eventually pulled the plug for unknown reasons. A very early port even leaked, but was nowhere near useable in practice, due to lack of drivers (no IDE, network, audio, etc), general buggyness (it was a very early alpha) and AFAIR lack of support for specialities of the Mac hardware and software environment (partition table, Mac filesystems, etc). So yeah...

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Hah, I never noticed someone quoted me in a signature. Cute Thanks (I don't even remember when I said that!)

Anyway..

@Fl@sh

Because they pursued an apple-like strategy, control over software *and* hardware. Hyperion probably (most probably) had and has "under the table" agreements with the makers of all those exotic ppc crap, with revenue sharing.

This is how you build a niche to exploit: Cage after cage after cage.

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Well, just I wish you'd said 880K floppy... But it was still a good quote nevertheless. And it was looooong time ago indeed.

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Ok ok apple strategy and hw revenue shares seems to be a valid explanation.
But what avoided them to pursuit both strategies?

Most sw developers try to support old and new hardware, simply because they can sell to old and new customers.
In this case all 'old hardware' was far much better than recent hardware (with some very expensive exceptions).

Does exists some link to read, for an official position about the topic?

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(a project nicknamed "Moana"), on which they eventually pulled the plug for unknown reasons

I respectfully disagree. The document is still available on freeamiga. You might recall that this took place during the lawsuit Amiga Inc. vs Hyperion VOF. This was a risk.

one on-topic link

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@Fl@sh

Why not use your cheap PC? WinUAE works quite good on decent hardware.

@Fl@sh

PS3 is locked down by Sony, it was only by hacking the PS3, was it possible to get Linux installed. I guess that answers that one. AmigaONE's where picked over outdated Mac with any warranty or continued development. MorphOS developer choose differently and went for old PowerPC Mac's.

I'm not sure most people removed Sony PS3 OS to get AmigaOS4.x installed, people buy Sony PS3 to play games not to mess around with an obscure OS.

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That still doesn't explain why they never finished it since. After all, the Sam440ep project, mentioned in the same mail got finished and saw the light of day. In fact it was released during the lawsuit, or was the direct cause of it, if I'm not mistaken.

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That still doesn't explain why they never finished it since.

The developer left the scene.
http://amigaworld.net/userinfo.php?uid=1362

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So, such strategic decisions regarding the future of the platform depend on if one developer is around or not?

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I can not read anyone's mind, but AW has a rich history that indicates to me:
(1)When HJF used the term "showstopper" a period of h/w desperation began. I'm referring to when the knowledge came to them that Eyetech's days were at an end here.
(2)When the lawsuit came along, they considered any options they felt might lead to solving that problem. Ergo, many varied alternatives considered.
(3)That changes when Hyperion joins with A-eon.

We don't know the content of contracts, but I seriously doubt Mac h/w was being discussed after this partnership was formed.

Agree?

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The Wii U is well-hacked and understood.
3-core 1.24Ghz, 2GB ram...and cheap!

http://hexkyz.blogspot.de/2018/01/anatomy-of-wii-u-end.html

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I was thinking Nintendo as well. Does the wiiU have hard drive?

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It has 8 or 32 GB of flash (plain vs deluxe model) but has USB ports.
Supposedly, the GPU is about a Radeon 4X80HD series...which is more powerful than 360 or PS3 gpus... Also 4 times the system ram (2GB vs 512MB and 256+256MB) of those two...

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There are many reasons why the O.S. is not ported.
Here are a few major ones which I recognize.
- Hyperion would need to stop work on everything else for an unknown period of time
- there is no cooperation from the CPU or GPU Vendor
- there is nobody to write the hardware drivers, and no cooperation from those vendors
- there is nobody to work on the bios

Think of it this way. If someone would create the drivers and bios, that would provide a foundation for Hyperion to port the operating system. Nobody is offering to do a portion of that work and vendor cooperation, except for ACube and A-Eon. Hyperion has stated many times they are willing to support hardware vendors, who in turn, will also support Hyperions efforts.

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Using consoles to operate AOS seems far to hacky. Yes, we can all follow guides on the internet, but thats not the foundation of success for sure.
I got a PS3 and Xbox Gen 1, and cant be bothered to add new harddrives or hacky software addons to make it more useful, even tho there are very good youtube step by step guides on how to do it.

I know AOS3.x is offtopic of sorts, but the ONE thing I think Vampire got going for itself, is its very standardized hardware setup. There arent xx possible hardware addons that needs driver support.
Yes, there are some issues, with for example network cards etc, but compared to the driverneed for AOS4 hardware, its barely worth mentioning.

Its a pity for AOS4 platform, but its the direction they decided upon, so...