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Amiga, Inc. Shifts Focus to AmigaDE; Sells Amiga OS

Submitted by Jonas Gustavsson 2004-03-16 Amiga & AROS 77 Comments

Amiga, Inc. announced today that it has sold the Amiga Operating System to KMOS, Inc, allowing Amiga, Inc to focus on the growing mobile market. On April 23, 2003 Amiga entered into an Agreement with Itec LLC, later acquired by KMOS, Inc. for the transfer and sale of all of Amiga's right, title, source code, and all versions, from the "Classic Amiga Operating System" through AmigaOS 4.0 and all subsequent versions to KMOS, Inc. The PR gives no explanation about the exact future of Amiga OS 4.

AmigaDE – Am I Missing Something?

Guest post by Vandre Pind 2002-03-28 Amiga & AROS 30 Comments

A few months back, I started to read about the new AmigaDE environment, AmigaOne, and the new technology Amiga is using. After Tao released their Intent/AmigaDE ADK on a cover CD bundled with Digital Magazine (and being an old Amigaen), I wanted to dig a little deeper and find out what all the fuss is about. During my search on the web, I couldn't help being a little disappointed.

SmallEiffel Ported to Intent/AmigaDE

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-03-16 Amiga & AROS 18 Comments

The GNU SmallEiffel compiler has been ported to the Intent/AmigaDE operating environment. Also worth checking out is this transcript of Bill McEwen's AmigaDE demonstration for TechTV. You will get a good idea of what this technology is capable of, regardless of it being only a tip of the iceberg of what the AmigaDE developer community is working on.

Microsoft: AmigaDE for WindowsCE .NET devices

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-03-14 Amiga & AROS 15 Comments

Microsoft has been promoting AmigaDE software for use with WindowsCE .NET based devices at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco. The AmigaDE is a binary identical layer/OS which supports almost any embedded operating system currently available, including embedded Linux, PalmOS, Epoc, VxWorks, iTRON and QNX RtP. The promotion of WindowsCE .NET AmigaDE usage confirms the widespread support and adoption of the AmigaDE/ Intent platform. Thousands of developers are working with Amiga Inc on content for new AmigaOS based desktops, laptops or other AmigaDE enabled devices including PDAs, STBs, Internet Appliances, Mobile Phones and Digital TVs.

Public AmigaDE demonstrations

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-03-12 Amiga & AROS 6 Comments

Earlier this month some Australian Amiga User groups represented Amiga at Comdex, the biggest Australian IT show. They demonstrated AmigaDE software running binary identical at full speed across various devices, as well as introducing people to the new AmigaOS XL package. Many developers and users were amazed of what the AmigaDE can do, read the full show report here. Tomorrow Amiga Inc's CEO Bill McEwen will demonstrate Amiga products on TechTV's 'Screen Savers'. Also there will be many interesting demonstrations and seminars at the upcoming AmigaExpo, to be held later this month.

Interviews With AmigaDE Software Developers

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-01-20 Amiga & AROS 14 Comments

Amiga Information Online has interviewed one of the early AmigaDE developer pioneers, Zeoneo. Two of Zeoneo`s PDA targetting titles, namely "Convex" and "Planet Zed" are already selling at Amiga`s online shop. Also GetBoinged recently interviewed Pagan Games. Their first PDA targetted gravity game "Blobula" is already selling and it is the first among the currently available AmigaDE PDA titles to include a music soundtrack. John Harris (orginal Frogger designer) of Pulsar Interactive will hold a class and seminar on AmigaDE Programming at the AmigaExpo which will be held on the 29th till 31st of March in the US. For an earlier look at the hardware-agnostic Amiga Digital Environment and the new PPC based AmigaOS 4.0, be sure to attend the upcoming Alt-WoA 2002 show which will be held on the 23rd of February in the UK.

News on AmigaDE

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2001-12-30 Amiga & AROS 32 Comments

Amiga's CEO has posted his latest executive update in which Bill writes about the progress being made. Also included are videos of AmigaDE software running binary identical on various devices. For instance the Compaq iPAQ and Sharp Collie. Also Luca Diana recently visited the Amiga's headquarters and made a little report with pictures for us to enjoy, included is a picture of a PDA by Casio running the AmigaDE.

Warp3D for AmigaDE Enabled Devices

Submitted by Mike Bouma 2001-12-03 Amiga & AROS 8 Comments

Hyperion Entertainment announced it has finalised an initial AmigaDE version of its 'Warp3D' technology. At only 56 KB it is well suited for low-end devices like PDA’s, web-tablets and 3G phones. Apex Designs is the first to announce the porting of a popular 3D Amiga game Payback to the AmigaDE. The initial AmigaDE version will not use Warp3D technology however. Have a look at these these screenshots for some of the PDA/cellphone targetted AmigaDE software currently available from the AmigaDE shop. More information and screenshots inside.

Tao Group on ElateOS, AmigaDE and More

Eugenia Loli 2001-10-09 Original OSNews Interviews 6 Comments

Tao Group is a well known name in the embedded systems market, but they became very popular when Amiga, Inc. licensed their products for the next generation of Amiga, AmigaDE. The Tao Development Team answers today a series of questions regarding AmigaDE, Tao's relationship with Amiga, Inc. and their technology they offer in general. They also clear up some misunderstanding that seem to exist regarding what AmigaDE really is, and they offer to our readers a number of cool screenshots of the platform.

AmigaDE Players for Linux and Windows

Submitted by Mike Bouma 2001-08-26 Amiga & AROS 5 Comments

This interview gives some more insight regarding Amiga`s imminent PDA adventures. Note that soon you will be able to use this PDA content and other AmigaDE software transparently with AmigaDE players on both Linux and Windows based platforms. How well such players will sell remains to be seen. Here`s a rather positive quote from John Harris (well known games designer of games like Frogger, Jawbreaker and Mouseattack) regarding his work for Amiga: "It literally revitalized my life!"

25 Questions with Bill McEwen

Submitted by SamuraiCrow 2006-09-14 Amiga & AROS 15 Comments

This Q&A with Amiga Inc's Bill McEwen tells not only the answers to 25 biting questions about Amiga, Inc., but also a history of what Amiga has been doing the past six years. Apparently they've been maintaining development of AmigaDE (AmigaOS 5.0), while developing AmigaOS 4 as a fall-back.

Order on Plantiff’s Motion in Thendic Amiga Case

Eugenia Loli 2004-03-18 Legal 6 Comments

The motion by Genesi in their case against Amiga Inc was granted in part, but denied in other ways. Specifically, Genesi is granted rights to AmigaDE (source code access is not specifically mentioned), but denies them access to AmigaOS. Read more to get to the actual file and description.

Fleecy Clears Up Amiga OS4 Ownership Rumours

Mike Bouma 2003-05-04 Amiga & AROS 78 Comments

Within last week's Q&A session Amiga's CTO already cleared up the strategic reasoning behind transferring the AmigaOS4 ownership to Hyperion. Within this week's Q&A Fleecy clear's up some more misconceptions regarding Amiga's influence on the AmigaOS4 development. Other questions relate to the AmigaDE, future hardware and software development for AmigaOS4.

Nomad Team Officially Reveal NomadGMS

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2003-04-14 Amiga & AROS No Comments

The Nomad Team has revealed their first piece of software for the AmigaDE and AmigaOS, NomaGMS a Game and Multimedia application programming interface. For the latest Q&A session with the Amiga CTO, turn to the AmigaWorld community portal.

Amiga Gamecards Available at Mainstream Shops

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2003-03-30 Amiga & AROS 14 Comments

After much delay, the first 2 Amiga Gamecards (offering 4 games each) are currently selling at CompUSA stores. This was shared in latest of the weekly held AmigaWorld Q&A sessions with Amiga's CTO. Some of the most notable games were written by the AmigaDE/AmigaOS software development house Zeoneo Limited.

First WoASE Show Reports and Highlights

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-11-05 Amiga & AROS 14 Comments

The KickStart Amiga User Group and John Chandler are the first to write their show reports. Update: The Show Audio Files are now available.

O.A.S.E. 2002 Show Report

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-09-23 Amiga & AROS 36 Comments

Last weekend at 4 different Amiga shows held across the world Amiga fans were introduced to AmigaOS4, AmigaDE and MorphOS solutions. An in depth show report by GFXBase of an earlier show in Austria, includes many interesting pictures regarding the AmigaOS4/AmigaOne and Pegasos/MorphOS (PPC AmigaOS clone) projects. Some additional pictures of this event can be found here at Elbox' website.

Amiga for Everyone

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-09-17 Amiga & AROS 10 Comments

In a new Amiga editorial for Suite101, John Chandler focusses on the Amiga solutions already available and what we can soon expect from Amiga Inc. Among this are AmigaDE enabled Zaurus PDAs and smartphones, AA availability in mainstream European shops and AmigaOS 4.0 scheduled for a pre-Christmas launch.

Classic AmigaOS Emulation – A Guide for WinUAE

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-08-19 Amiga & AROS 38 Comments

As Amiga Inc is about to re-enter the computer arena with new AmigaOS4 powered desktop systems as well as with 3rd party embedded products utilizing AmigaDE technology pre-installed, there are a growing number of people who wonder what an advanced classic AmigaOS currently offers. This was an important reason for me to write a simple to understand WinUAE tutorial, so this would hopefully help interested people with setting up a fun and easy to use emulated AmigaOS environment on widely available mainstream Windows computers. This article also includes many WinUAE screenshots and information on acquiring and using freely available software.

Behind the Scenes of Amiga Inc

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2002-07-29 Amiga & AROS 11 Comments

The annual AmiWest show was held last weekend in Sacramento, USA. As with many important Amiga shows held in the US, UGN provided Amigans live webcam and audio coverage of this event. Most interesting was the live coverage of Bill McEwen's Saturday evening banquet speech (MP3). Update: Please use the following mirrors for the mp3 instead: USA, France, Norway and UK. Update 2: Sendo has published an Amiga related press release, confirming that their Z100 mobile phone will ship with Amiga software.

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