| From: | Gary Peake |
| Date: | 2 May 2000 at 23:06:14 |
| Subject: | Re: New Apps for Old? (was Re: Dev Box) |
On Tue, 02 May 2000 22:13:51 +0100, Sam Thomas <stom@redhotant.com> wrote:
>Hello Olly
>
>On 02-May-00, you wrote:
>
>> Perhaps UAE with all the custom chipset emulation cut out. A DRACO
>> emulator if you like.
>
>> Okay, so you lose some apps (eg: I seem to remember Scala wouldnt run as
>> it needs proper chip mem), but surely some LINUX/Elate/etc software will
>> be available to replace those ?
>
>> BTW, if the new AmigaOS is to be hosted upon Linux, that means it should
>> run on practically any Linux out there right ? So it should be usable in
>> Linux/APUS ? And the Psion Linux ? Nice ... Unless of course I have the
>> wrong end of the (blunt) stick again.
>
>Isn't it the Dev box only that is hosted? I was pretty sure that the actual
>release system (for us mere mortals) was going to be made to run natively
>to the hardware it is using (not hosted on top of another os) (NOT fixed to
>certain hardware obviously)
Can't get into too many details yet, but the dev box IS running hosted on a
cut down version of Red Hat 6.2
Gary Peake
Director - Support
Amiga Inc.
Unless otherwise stated, my posts represent my
personal opinions and not those of my employer.
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