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hardware OS4   hardware OS4 : AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Prerelease CD announced
   posted by Rogue on 25-Dec-2003 14:20:56 (17797 reads)
Hyperion Entertainment and the OS 4.0 development team are pleased to announce that OS4 development has now sufficiently advanced for a comprehensive Developer Pre-release of Amiga OS 4.0 to be distributed to all current AmigaOne owners shortly after the New Year.

Read more for the full press release, including some details:


Leuven, Belgium. - December 25, 2003

Hyperion Entertainment and the OS 4.0 development team are pleased to announce that OS4 development has now sufficiently advanced for a comprehensive Developer Pre-release of Amiga OS 4.0 to be distributed to all current AmigaOne owners shortly after the New Year.

In view of the fact that quite a few of you reminded us that you do not have broadband internet access, the original idea to offer an initial version of OS 4.0 for download was abandoned in favor of an "easy to install", self-contained distribution on CD.

Whilst this will obviously entail more cost to Hyperion and require more time for duplication and distribution, the upside is that we will be able to provide developers with everything they need to start developing for OS 4.0.

The developer material will include sample source-code, an initial version of the AmigaOS 4.0 SDK as well as native OS 4.0 compilers (GCC 2.95.3, GCC 3.4 and VBCC) and cross-compilers for various platforms (Linux x86/PCC, Mac OS X etc.).

The Developer Pre-release will require an upgrade of the AmigaOne firmware which was bumped from U-Boot 0.1.1 to U-Boot 1.0 and which is currently undergoing final testing.

Further details will be announced shortly.

Hyperion Entertainment and the OS 4 development team would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support and patience.

The fact that you are still here, 10 years after the demise of Commodore, has been a tremendous encouragement to us during these 2 years of laborious development.

Make no mistake: your patience will finally be rewarded with the fastest and most powerful incarnation of AmigaOS ever.

Merry X-mas and a prosperous 2004 to all of you!
    

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Re: "AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release" CD announc
Posted on 26-Dec-2003 0:45:43
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Re: "AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release" CD announc
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I hope the version of CSPPC will be available at the same time of pre-release AmigaONE !!!


No, I'm afraid there will be no pre-release version for the CSPPC.


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Yeeeeaaaahoooooh!!!!! You luvverlee guys !
Ta muchly. Hope you`ve had a great Christmas and I hope you have really great New Year - I know we`re going to!


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Re: "AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release" CD announc
Posted on 26-Dec-2003 11:29:04
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This is a very big event in the history of the Amiga computer. Everybody I know have given up, and considered me a lunatic when I kept saying the Amiga would be back someday.

I'm soooo glad I can finally prove that I was right all the time. Sometimes the succes of a product depends on the love and affection it generates among it's users. This love turns into loyalty and trust...

Now because we never gave up on the Amiga.......the Amiga came back and survived 8 years of missing development......show me just one machine/os that has done that in the past????

My deepest respect goes to all involved in the rebirth of the Amiga/AmigaOS - THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!

AMIGA...THE SPIRIT THAT REFUSED TO DIE


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YES YES YES i ve got that feeling the same one i had when i got my amiga 500 and still have it now my A1 will be fully equiped OS4 thank you hyperion and all the team you have given back to us the best os ever seen the whole world should be indebted to you cause your making it a better place to be with the one and only AMIGA OS4 yipeeeeeee

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Poster: poweramiga2002 Date: 26-Dec-2003 3:44:48
YES YES YES i ve got that feeling the same one i had when i got my amiga 500 and still have it now


I still remember Newtek's Demo reel 3! And the first time I saw a screen dragged down to show another program running underneath!!!!!!!

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Poster: poweramiga2002
you have given back to us the best os ever seen the whole world should be indebted to you cause your making it a better place to be with the one and only AMIGA OS4 yipeeeeeee


Because ---------------\/

AmigaOne! AOS4.0! Software freedom is true freedom!!!!!

 
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What ??? Now what can i do ??? I'll trash my old Amigas or i must buy an AmigaONE ?? This is not correct. Grrrr.....


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@SOFISTISOFTWARE
He said that there won't be a pre-release, not that there won't be the final version. No need to trash your old Amigas... anyway, if you still want to trash them I will be very happy to do it for you


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Good news!
Well developers go ,go, go!


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What ??? Now what can i do ??? I'll trash my old Amigas or i must buy an AmigaONE ?? This is not correct. Grrrr.....


What are you saying?

OS4 runs on Blizzard, CyberStorm and AmigaOne. Maybe SharkPPC. The beta can only (i assume) tried on an AmigaOne, it is a gift for supporting the market.


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Finally!!!

Thank you very much for your efforts!!!

Look forward to install it on my AmigaOne!!! Why not
let us with broadband download the iso image to
speed up things like others have already suggested??

Thank you in any case!

Francesco

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In view of the fact that quite a few of you reminded us that you do not have broadband internet access, the original idea to offer an initial version of OS 4.0 for download was abandoned in favor of an "easy to install", self-contained distribution on CD.

Whilst this will obviously entail more cost to Hyperion and require more time for duplication and distribution, the upside is that we will be able to provide developers with everything they need to start developing for OS 4.0.


Why cant the developer matrerial and everything needed for developers with everything they need to start developing for OS 4.0. be inclueded in the ISO for download when i asume that all the need stuff will be on the CD anyway.


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I know, but i would try the pre-release, we waited since...


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SOFISTISOFTWARE:

> I know, but i would try the pre-release, we waited since...

True. But consider that so have the A1 earlybirders, and they/we even
invested in a new machine for it.

And apart from that, given that the versions for the classic Amigas have
already been in beta for quite a while, chances are you/we will not have
to wait nearly as long for *your* final release as the A1 people/we will
(I have both CSPPC and A1 )

So I think it's fair enough.

Best regards,

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Hondo_DK:

> Everybody I know have given up, and considered me a lunatic when I
> kept saying the Amiga would be back someday.

Maybe you need to change the population in the group "Everybody I know"?

You could try popping in over at amiga.dk, for instance

Best regards,

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Well, Thats one of the two chrissie pressies I really hoped for !!
The other was 3 points at Norwich, but we got nowt
but I got loads of Forest stuff anyway !
(and a tonne of Videos to watch. woohoo !)

Thanks Hyperion, and a Meryy Chrimble to all.
Its certainly gonna be a good new year !!


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You could try popping in over at amiga.dk, for instance


I am already a regular there - but I don't need to tell them that the Amiga is still alive......it's much funnier to tell all the others you know.....especially after todays big announcement.


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OH MY GOD!
This is very spirit lifting news. I really needed that.
Thank you Hyperion for not giving up and for keeping the faith.
Thank you so very much


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Looks like in the not too distnat future, we'll be needing a replacement for the smilie




This is great news - a great Christmas presentfor the community.

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