Just as the discussion surrounding the Pegasos II and AmigaOS4 is settling down, a new possibility for hardware for AmigaOS4 has arisen. PPCNux reports [German] about an Amiga-branded G5 board- which is basically the motherboard of the iMac G5 without the AirPort slot, but with an Amiga sticker slapped on. Another reason why this is a fake is that the board lacks legacy ports, heresy for Amiga fans. PPCNux speculates that with the switch to x86, Apple might be left with excess stock on PPC hardware, and will be licensing them as Amiga hardware. This is supported by Hyperion's statement that they "are working with several hardware companies that want to provide hardware for AmigaOS4.0." Another possible indication is that Hyperion states that AmigaOS4 runs on the PPC 9xx series-- the G5 is the 970. Speculation, and probably a prank at best, but an interesting idea nonetheless.
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Member since:2006-01-02
AmigaOS 4 has been available in "pre-release" form on AmigaOne boards for some time (more than a year!) and Hyperion are readying to release OS 4 final, they are just waiting for the hardware, until then Pre-Relaese 4 is being made available to AmigaOne owners which is essential AmigaOS 4.0 Final minus a couple of features they want longer to test. It is also running on classic PPC Amiga's and the ACK boards are being worked on as they are developed (The developer happens to work for Hyperion)
Member since:2005-07-07
With the number of times that Hyperion gave ETAs, swearing blind each time that yes it would actually be completed, only to have them disappear for a few months then give excuses as to why it wasn't released... I'd like to see them stop giving excuses and release their version 4.0 *FINAL* on the hardware they already have. Sounds more like they're looking for more hardware vendors to give them licensing money.
Damien
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-12-13
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2005-12-13
Why not simply get the OS done before speculating about these things...
I have read post after post concerning this AmigaOS4 but I still lack strong evidence that development efforts are getting anywhere...