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- From: cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA (Chris Gray)
- Subject: Re: OS features
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- In article <DL773I.CBr@news.uwindsor.ca> benn1@uwindsor.ca (John Benn) writes:
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- > I agree that the PPC native code shouldn't worry too much about
- > breaking old software, but it should be possible to run AmigaOS 3.1
- > as well as the new PowerAmigaOS 4.0.
-
- Why? Once they've upgraded, few people ever want to downgrade. If the
- "emulation box" runs 3.1, that should be enough - there is no need for
- the PPC platform to run it.
- > ...
- > If AmigaOS 4.0 is available in PC stores
- > everywhere for any CHRP compliant machine for say $100 and it gets
- > all the great hackers and free thinkers behind it that the Amiga
- > has been known to attract, then anything is possible.
-
- Uhm, that would be nice, but I recall Dave Haynie saying that full CHRP
- compliance is expensive. It requires PCI slots, a certain amount of
- memory and stuff, a certain set of peripheral connections, etc. I think
- $100 is way too low to be possible. More likely $500 - $1000, I'm afraid.
-
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- Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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