[Rant] osopinion: Close That Open Hardware! | ANN.lu |
Posted on 12-Jun-2002 00:21 GMT by sutro | 169 comments View flat View list |
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Posted by Akaru on 13-Jun-2002 09:10 GMT | In reply to Comment 83 (Solar): >> The answer to both these is ZICO a spec that Amiga put forward as
>> the base for PPC Amiga's to run AmigaOS.
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>Wrong. The Zico spec dates back to the time when there where no plans for an >"intermediate" AmigaOS 4 PPC, and represent Amiga Inc.'s plans at the time for >going directly for what they today call AmigaOS 5.
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>The Zico specs do not limit the hardware to PPC, and quite obviously, AmigaOS 4 >does.
Quoted Directly from Amiga's website.
The 'Zico' specification is our first generation specification aimed at the desktop and workstation markets. Any partner implementing the Zico specification and passing successfully through our quality and certification processes is allowed to badge and sell their product as an AmigaOne, the first wave of new Amiga product.
http://www.amiga.com/products/one/specs.php
Whilst the ZICO spec doesn't say which CPU it expects it does mention PPC. These are the specs that Amiga said the AmigaOne would have to have, and if the board passes their quality and certification process, then it can be licensed as an AmigaOne.
Nowhere do they mention it having to be POP compliant, But they do mention OS4, many times and ZICO compliance.
Now admittedly many of the PPC boards are also POP compliant as well as ZICO compliant, but I think my argument still sands. |
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