@pavlor

he meant you do not need PPC emulation when running on PPC, just the emulated hardware (AGA and so on). I have no clue if that really works, at the moment that is phantasy. Toni works on something like supporting PowerUP, that means you could at least use 68k applications with PPC parts. The rest is speculation right now. But from my "naive" view it should be possible to create a version on PPC that uses the underlying PPC processor.

@matthey

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Is the code for SheepShaver open source?

No MMU emulation, no OS4.

@OlafS25

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But from my "naive" view it should be possible to create a version on PPC that uses the underlying PPC processor.

Of course it is possible. However, no such technology exists yet and I don´t see anynone capable enough to do that hard work.

@pavlor

as I wrote "speculation" right now. It will be interesting "if" AmigaOS really boots on X86 then we will see what happens and if Hyperion sees the chances or only the potential threat to their business model.

@OlafS25

actually it isnt interesting at all, i dont see what it would change if os4 runs on x86 under emulation or not. there is amithlon and aros runs on said hardware native since ages and it doesnt change anything as well. all that might change is for the label victims, which i dont expect to be the the progress driving fraction here.

@wawa

Well, Amithlon runs only 12 years old OS3.9 (BB2), AROS is not mature enough (my point of view) and has not the "right" name. OS4 emulation on x86 could at least bring cheap notebook.

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all that might change is for the label victims

For myself, I use rather BAF - Blind Amiga Follower.

A4000 prices or demand are not affected by the fact WinUAE runs faster and better.

I don't think OS4 hardware will be affected by this, possibly more people will buy just the OS to try it out and that's about that.

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@pavlor

regarding following "brand name" you either do it or not

Regarding Aros not mature enough, I disagree

I would like to have more "because" sentences, like "Aros is not mature enough because..." then you can discuss, otherwise that are bubbles

@OlafS25

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then you can discuss, otherwise that are bubbles

I wrote that is my opinion - I´m regular user of AROS x86, 68k and OS3.x. OS3.x is still my main OS of choice.

@pavlor

I talk about 68k not X86

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OlafS25 wrote: Quote: But from my "naive" view it should be possible to create a version on PPC that uses the underlying PPC processor. pavlor wrote: Of course it is possible. However, no such technology exists yet and I don´t see anyone capable enough to do that hard work.

Let's look at the difficulty of coding different UAE PPC executing engines:

PPC on like PPC (e.g. G4 code on G4): easy
emulation: moderate
PPC on different PPC (e.g. G4 code on G5): moderate
JIT emulation: hard

There is already a JIT PPC emulator adapted and that is more difficult to code (but perhaps less difficult to adapt). I bet a PPC guru could have PPC on like PPC executing in a couple of weeks.

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@matthey

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I bet a PPC guru could have PPC on like PPC executing in a couple of weeks.

Who? Names! Why it wasn´t done yet?

@pavlor

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Amithlon runs only 12 years old OS3.9 (BB2)

which îs enough for the unique amiga software library. i dont know a single native amiga application that would have higher demands.

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AROS is not mature enough (my point of view)

- aros has no 2 gb memory limit (something that is announced on os4 in form of a workardound)
- aros has working 3d implememntation and hardware drivers in form of almost up to date mesa/gallium (os4 has had announced that for years)
- aros has smp being worked on (os4 has had announced that for years)
- if you are not stisfied with wanderer (im not in its current form) an update is apparently in coming, and you can replace it with scalos or magellan in the meantime.
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all in all i dont see anything aros is factually lacking in comparison to os4. it must be just a feeling you have.
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and has not the "right" name

as if it matters, but then i actually prefer those people whose only category they understand is "the right name" to stick to their preferred solution.

@pavlor

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@pavlor

What is missing on Aros 68k? And "nightly builds" are not relevant

BTW it would be interesting to me to hear. I do not see much missing there compared to 3.X if you use Magellan and MUI38 instead of Wanderer and Zune, add original installer. Left is from my view lowlevel libs and AHI, CybergaphX 3, Intuition, Gadtools. Everything else including icon.library can be replaced with the 68k libraries you also use on 3.X or distributions like amikit.

not working are many patches but at least some of those are integrated

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@wawa

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it must be just a feeling you have.

Isn´t this the single most important part of user experience?

@pavlor

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Isn´t this the single most important part of user experience?

apparently you are running out of arguments.

@wawa

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apparently you are running out of arguments.

As I wrote, that was my POV.


In more general: only few applications (AROS x86), stability (AROS x86 and 68k), not full support for my hardware (AROS x86).

That is why I´m still using my fine-tuned stable OS3.x.

@pavlor

stability on Aros 68k?

@OlafS25

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stability on Aros 68k?

If it crashes too often, it is not stable. May be bad applications, my configuration or something else. However, first releases were much worser.