[News] Morphos runs on AmigaOne too. | ANN.lu |
Posted on 04-Sep-2002 13:04 GMT by Christophe Decanini | 160 comments View flat View list |
Bill Buck posted a comment here that says:
Also, we might as well let the thread know that MorphOS runs on the A1 too. We have one of "their" boards and it works! That should settle the issue of "write once, publish anywhere"... Plus, we are happy to sell a Pegasos to Mr. Hermans and his team or anyone else. Ben, you can have one from the next production and you do not even have to be a Betatester...;)
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Posted by Justin Smith on 05-Sep-2002 14:51 GMT | In reply to Comment 84 (JoannaK): Hello, Joanna.
>Having source of old system does not quarantee port does actually work (or >will happen on decent timeframe). As long as entire OS4 project is only >Hearsay and Few screenshots there is only one PPC native OS that runs Amiga >software (unless you consider UAE on linux :-).
Personally, I'd rather take my chances with Hyperion than the MorphOS guys. And it's hardly more than hearsay. Real work is going on, unlike with the A/Box, Pre/Box, and all the other gimmicks RS has cooked up over the years.
But even AmigaOS3.x compatibility isn't all that important to me. Did I mind that AmigaBasic no longer worked on my new Amiga3000? Maybe a little, but then there was AMOS, and BlitzBasic, and I was quickly happy to have left that crappy MS concoction behind. We need new software!
I think back to '89-'90, and wonder what would have happened had Atari tried to roll out a new ST with AmigaOS1.3 compatibility. They would have been laughed at the moment the A3000 and AmigaOS 2.x were released.
AmigaOS 3.x compatibility in MorphOS is almost as worthless.
>Besides. What OS4 spesific software there is? Or is coming in next 1/2 year or >so? Anything not Opensourced and not also available to MOS or OS3.9?
Realsoft 3D Version 4?
Audio Evolution 4?
Sudden Strike?
Dafel: Bloodline?
SIN?
Soldier of Fortune?
Echelon: The Storm?
Quake II?
Just a quick list of some titles reported by AmigaFlame. I'd certainly like to see more, though. How 'bout MorphOS?
>As long as there is no Real and Usable OS4 it has very much much point. Even >after that it may well be better and more stable and to gain more >users/software makers behind it. Name alone does not make OS4 instant success.
Maybe not name alone, but I think you have to admit that The Name is a big advantage. Good luck getting the attention of former Amiga users, for whom "MorphOS" will go in one ear and out the other. More importantly, "AmigaInc" and "AmigaOS" are a giant foot in the door with former Amiga developers and software publishers. Also from AmigaFlame, Realsoft's Managing Director Vesa Meskanen: “The success of our 3D product line started on the Amiga platform. This opportunity to port our latest product generation back to Amiga is therefore very welcome."
Contrast this with "MorphOS who? Is that an operating system? Yes, we got our start on the Amiga, remember it fondly, but what does that have to do with you? No, no thank you."
And most likely won't be so polite. MorphOS will need several years to build an extensive user base to come close to the jump-start AmigaOS has, and at the expense of the real Amiga user base. Good luck, without The Name--they're not going to get away with scamming themselves off as a new Amiga, no matter how many misdirections they throw into Google.
>In the end it's users (and developers) that make final decision. They use the >system they like more. I understand that Os-maker-hyperion won't want to make >Mos-ports of their future games, but I think that those old ones (assuming >they don't include some kind hack to stop them being used on MOS) should work >just fine.
Who's interested in buying a new computer with a new OS to run old Amiga games? Not me. I want new Amiga software, and I don't think MorphOS has a shadow of the chance at attracting developers that AmigaOS4 has.
We need to get realistic. If there's any chance for the Amiga, for us, it's with AmigaOS4.
>And.. Having one system is good.. Having choise of two is IMHO better.
Not if it means cutting the baby in half. Look at what Circuit City's DIVX scam did to DVD, setting back consumer acceptance of digital video for years. Or the DVD-Audio vs. SACD debate that has record companies pushing out archaic compact discs at absurd prices instead of higher-quality, feature packed albums actually worth the money.
MorphOS is hurting the Amiga we all love. I could understand the push behind it when the Amiga was in bankruptcy hell, no hope of future OS development in sight. But now not, not when 30+ top Amiga developers are pouring their souls into AmigaOS4. We've been waiting for this for nearly a decade, but it seems like the community's developed some sort of auto-immune disorder, rejecting the new kidney we've been waiting for in our collective hospital bed.
Sure, two kidneys are great, but not when one is killing the entire body. |
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