@OlafS25

I see. They obviously didn't want the unfinished prototypes released, did they?

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@mbrantley

I get you. If you weighed out the positives and the negatives, and were moved more towards the positive during the comparison, then you made the right decision. No one else can tell you what's good for you.

How cheap can it be? That's the million dollar question.

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@Cod3r

While I'm quite enjoying this thread and reading all the various points of views and posts in it, could I ask you a wee favour please...

Is there any chance you could post peoples quotes you're replying to above your replies and not below them, as it makes reading your replies a wee bit awkward at times (especially your longer replies where you have to scroll the screen up to find out what the question was to the answer you just gave)...

Sorry for nit picking but it would make what is a very interesting thread a wee bit more legible... ta...

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Franko wrote: @Cod3r While I'm quite enjoying this thread and reading all the various points of views and posts in it, could I ask you a wee favour please... Is there any chance you could post peoples quotes you're replying to above your replies and not below them, as it makes reading your replies a wee bit awkward at times (especially your longer replies where you have to scroll the screen up to find out what the question was to the answer you just gave)... Sorry for nit picking but it would make what is a very interesting thread a wee bit more legible... ta...

I'm used to email, sorry. Usually when you reply with email, it goes the other way around

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Ahh... much better... thank you very much...

I never reply to emails myself cos of that...

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@OlafS25
Yeah it seems to make sense to keep things open source in a small community like the amiga one.
In theory then someone could have picked up the baton if Thomas dropped the natami.Fpga arcade is opensource I believe too.It would be a lot of work starting from scratch all the time.
It's been said before but people in the amiga community need to work together a s much as possible.
A viable amiga system could happen if all the tech heads here put their minds together Im sure.
Anyhow lets see where this project goes.The journey may be fun. Im eyeing up the fpga arcade atm but will be watching this thread too to see where it goes.

@Cod3r

i have a feeling of deja vu here, did we meet somewhere in the past?
the whole thing about the company, the atari coldfire, the Amiga coldfire etc

Back in the early to mid 2000's when the whole Coldfire hysteria exploded, there was this guy who worked in a company who had access to industrial hardware, talented guy who did lots of stuff (linux (?) and an custom hardware OS)but after a few Amiga tests and minor test projects he went completely silent :(

anyways, looking forward to hear more although i have no interests in AROS at all and i have left 68k too now (still got them) as AmigaOS4 is the way for me to go but i still think this is very interesting oh and yes the AROS people are a great bunch of people and very helpful.

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Are you thinking about Oliver Hannaford-Day and Lichfield Electronics?

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Toaks wrote: @Cod3r i have a feeling of deja vu here, did we meet somewhere in the past? the whole thing about the company, the atari coldfire, the Amiga coldfire etc Back in the early to mid 2000's when the whole Coldfire hysteria exploded, there was this guy who worked in a company who had access to industrial hardware, talented guy who did lots of stuff (linux (?) and an custom hardware OS)but after a few Amiga tests and minor test projects he went completely silent :( anyways, looking forward to hear more although i have no interests in AROS at all and i have left 68k too now (still got them) as AmigaOS4 is the way for me to go but i still think this is very interesting oh and yes the AROS people are a great bunch of people and very helpful.

Sorry, it wasn't me. In the mid 2000's, I was either still in high school or had just came to the US, far before even knowing about a ColdFire.

Well, I totally understand. AmigaOS4 does seem interesting but unless I can get some hardware to run it, i'll never see what it does up close.

@Cod3r

Interesting thread. Thanks for telling me about the forum.

@A.R.

Welcome to Amigaworld.

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Thank you!

@A.R.

Welcome!

@Cod3r

I will also invite you to get in contact whit different companies dealing whit Amiga like operating systems.

MorphOS developer probably hang out MorphZone.
Company web page: http://www.morphos.de/

AmigaOS4 developers hang out on Amigans.net
Company web page: http://hyperion-entertainment.biz/

Classic users hangs out on Amiga.org and EAB.

AROS has http://AROS-Exec.org

Amigaworld.net servers as battle ground, but is the most active and interesting forum.

General speaking you need a product that can boot and uses a PowerPC that is compatible whit Hyperion’s specifications, then hyperion-entertainment can make a deal whit you.

Hyperion-entertainment has right to develop the AmigaOS,
Colonto also has distribution rights for classic AmigaOS 3.x/2.x/1.x, by old deal made a long time ago. Hyperion-entertainment also distribute classic ROM's whit AmigaOS4.x

http://www.amigaforever.com/

Amiga Inc currently has right to “Amiga” name but not “AmigaOS”, so products can be named “AmigaONE” not “Amiga”, a bit complicated.

AROS is open source operating system, based on deigns of AmigaOS.

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General speaking you need a product that can boot and uses a PowerPC that is compatible whit Hyperion’s specifications, then hyperion-entertainment can make a deal whit you.

+ a fair amount of cash to pay for the port as its been told by informed sources.

@A.R.
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A.R. wrote: @Cod3r Interesting thread. Thanks for telling me about the forum.

Nice mugshot

@NutsAboutAmiga

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NutsAboutAmiga wrote: @Cod3r I will also invite you to get in contact whit different companies dealing whit Amiga like operating systems. MorphOS developer probably hang out MorphZone. Company web page: http://www.morphos.de/ AmigaOS4 developers hang out on Amigans.net Company web page: http://hyperion-entertainment.biz/ Classic users hangs out on Amiga.org and EAB. AROS has http://AROS-Exec.org Amigaworld.net servers as battle ground, but is the most active and interesting forum. General speaking you need a product that can boot and uses a PowerPC that is compatible whit Hyperion’s specifications, then hyperion-entertainment can make a deal whit you. Hyperion-entertainment has right to develop the AmigaOS, Colonto also has distribution rights for classic AmigaOS 3.x/2.x/1.x, by old deal made a long time ago. Hyperion-entertainment also distribute classic ROM's whit AmigaOS4.x http://www.amigaforever.com/ Amiga Inc currently has right to “Amiga” name but not “AmigaOS”, so products can be named “AmigaONE” not “Amiga”, a bit complicated. AROS is open source operating system, based on deigns of AmigaOS.

I would totally sign up for all those forums and contact everyone, but unfortunately I only have so much time

I can't design a thing if you mean making a product to run AmigaOS4, but our new friend A.R. can-He's a hardware whiz

Me, i'm just as my name suggests... a Cod3r

I have checked out some of those links (i'm on Amiga.org as well), but I have yet do anything but lurk.

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Please elaborate on what you mean. Do you mean to make a PowerPC based system to run AmigaOS4 you have to pay for it? I'm not sure I read it right...

Not that I can make one anyway, i'm just asking...

@Cod3r

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(i'm on Amiga.org as well)

I was pretty sure that was you throwing me a smiley over there. heh.

As far as h/w is concerned, anyone interested in details should speak with ssolie. Anything you read on the forums is merely conjecture.

http://amigaworld.net/userinfo.php?uid=463

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