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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 0:47:59
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| If this is official, official, then WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was under the impression that the A4000s were in the better position to run OS4 , . _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 7:18:59
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| Woo Hoo
That means my old Amiga is going to be running OS4 as well. If only I could get that damn Grex thingy working. |
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 7:46:51
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| Wot's Grex? _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 7:58:20
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| If it's true, thats really great news. I will be able to run it on both my Amigas. Suddenly PPC equiped A1200 will have more resale value too due to the fact that they can run the latest and greatest (hopefully) Amiga OS  _________________ SAM 460 with 2GB or RAM, 1000GB HD, 4 port SATA, DVDRW drive and Radeon HD 4650 GFX card.
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 8:00:50
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| UH OH! E-bay here we come! (Before OS4 comes out on the A1200's and before people find out about it ) _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 8:51:05
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| Great news, if this is really true (especially because i own an Amiga1200/BlizzardPPC)! I will buy it for sure (additional to the AmigaOne I want to buy next year)
But: In the describtion of the IRC I can´t find anything "official" about that. Maybe someone from Hyperion could comment this?
And if it´s really true: When can we expect this version (after the AOne-version)? Shouldn´t the Cyberstorm-version run with a few changes on BlizzardPPC (expect of additional hardware-drivers)? Or is it difficult to build a version for the BlizzardPPC-cards?
Thanks! _________________ AmigaOne X5000/40, 2.2 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, Radeon R9 280X, M-Audio Revolution 5.1, 240 GB SSD
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 9:22:40
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| How much more official than a statement from Hans-Joerg Frieden, one of the main-developers of Hyperion Entertainment in a Chat do you want it ? :)
BTW: Blizzard version was confirmed in the past already by various people from Hyperion if they were asked, so it is not THAT big news... but somehow the news "went under" before...
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 9:39:44
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| @ MagicSN
Not much more .
Oh... and regarding the Blizzard thing ~ don't worry, the way I post, I'll make sure that people won't forget , not that I spam or anything like, for that is bad.  _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 10:39:56
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| G-Rex is a PPC add on giving PCI capability to any CSPPC/MK3 owner. It connects to the mini PCI slot on the CSPPC/CSMK3 cards. _________________ Test sig (new)
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 10:41:03
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| Cool, thanks _Steve_. _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 11:21:32
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| Sure, this is official enough for me.
To my shame I must confess, that I translated "Blizzard: Affirmative. " in a wrong way to German last night . (I thought it meant something like "Blizzard:Maybe.", must be my avatar). :
Is there any conversion-work done by now?
Anyway: Good to hear! (and I will buy it for sure) _________________ AmigaOne X5000/40, 2.2 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, Radeon R9 280X, M-Audio Revolution 5.1, 240 GB SSD
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 11:43:07
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| An upgraded for the a1200 is looking tempting  |
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 11:47:00
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| @ brother Bodie
Oh no more cash . . _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 11:48:04
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| I believe that there is a fair bit of common ground between the Blizzard and the Cyberstorm, I think I recall someone from Hyperion (maybe ben from amiwest) mentioning that when they looked into it it wasn't that hard to get working. |
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 12:22:25
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| Good news, although I personally never doubted it 
As I have always understood it, two of the principal reasons OS4 on the A1200 PPC has been a sticking point are the fact that the documentation for the BlizzPPC is slight/hard to get and that there are so many frankenstein add-ons for it... _________________ Doing stupid things for fun...
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 12:24:54
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| Frankenstein add-ons?  _________________
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 12:26:58
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| There is a lot of common ground. The major differences are:
- The memory layout (Blizzard is a bit weird since it puts memory top-to-bottom, changing the start address depending on size). - No hardware for TLB lookup (generically fixable, though). - Hardware support.
The latter (hardware support) is the problem really. Most hardware additions on the 1200 are non-standard (because there really is no "standard" way to expand a supposedly unexpandable machine). This may produce problems, both in being able to use the original drivers for these products under emulation, and by providing the memory map/protection settings to actually be able to use this hardware.
So, the hard part isn't getting it going, but rather keeping it going. _________________ Seriously, if you want to contact me do not bother sending me a PM here. Write me a mail
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 12:32:02
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The memory layout (Blizzard is a bit weird since it puts memory top-to-bottom, changing the start address depending on size). |
So...any info about the bvision PCI BAR and stuff?
/me winks and grins broadly... _________________ Doing stupid things for fun...
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 12:47:58
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| Quote:
So...any info about the bvision PCI BAR and stuff?
/me winks and grins broadly... |
Not yet. I will surely let you know  _________________ Seriously, if you want to contact me do not bother sending me a PM here. Write me a mail
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Re: AmigaOS4 will run on BlizzardPPC boards Posted on 6-Oct-2003 20:03:41
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