Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Sep 2002 20:26 UTC, submitted by Gareth
AROS, the AmigaOS clone which is being developed by Amiga enthousiasts, and who many regard it as the real future of the AmigaOS, now includes a simple WorkBench clone. Screenshots are available.
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Current Amiga offerings:
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AmigaOS 3.9-2: The latest version of the 68k AmigaOS with the ability to use PPC software for people owning classic Amigas with a PPC accelerators.
AmigaOS XL: Fast classic AmigaOS emulation package for x86 hardware which includes two emulators and a full version of AmigaOS 3.9-1. One emulator is for QNX RtP which works seamlessly with the host OS and functions more stable and faster than WinUAE. The second emulator is extremely fast and allows you to boot straightly into AmigaOS from HD or CD. The downfall is that it doesn't emulate old Amiga chipsets (required for most older games/demos and some applications).
Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1: Games pack with AmigaDE games and Amiga Anywhere engine (derived from AmigaDE, see below) Compatible Devices: @migo 600-C, Audiovox Maestro PDA1032, Audiovox PDA1032C, Casio GFORT, Cassiopeia E-100, Cassiopeia E-115, Cassiopeia E-125, Cassiopeia E-200, Cassiopeia E-2000 (Japan), Cassiopeia E-700, Cassiopeia E-750, Cassiopeia EM500, Compaq iPAQ 31 36 3700 Series, Compaq iPAQ 3800 Series, HP Jornada 560 Series, HP Jornada 720, NEC MobilePro P300, O2 xda, Toshiba E570, Toshiba Genio-e
http://www.amiga-anywhere.com/
UAE/(and Fellow) Amiga emulators: Free Amiga emulators mainly aimed at games emulation, but the latest JIT UAE versions are decent for AmigaOS emulation as well. Officially supported package with everything needed and lots of extras is the Amiga Forever package: http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/forever/
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Work in Progress:
Official Amiga Inc supported projects:
AmigaOS4: A complete port of AmigaOS 3.9 to PPC hardware with many additional features. This project is lead by Hyperion. And will later on include AmigaDE integration. Related OSNews articles:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1356
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1505
AmigaDE: A platform independent software layer. Comparable to Java and .Net but fundamentally very different. As a result it is much smaller and offers a superior multi-media perfomance:
Related OSNews article:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=459
TechTV demonstration:
http://www.aminet.net/pix/mpg/BillTechTV.mpg
Rival or unofficial projects:
AROS: The Amiga Research OS - Open source project.
MorphOS: PPC AmigaOS clone, AmigaOS4 rival and highly Amiga-like and the OS even offers a high degree of classic AmigaOS compatibily. Related OSNews articles:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=637
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1151
I hope this helped a little.