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| Posted on 02-Jan-2003 21:28 GMT by pixie | 45 comments
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The much rumbling about amigax86 has been disclosed...
"Amigax86 is the name of a product that combined product known as Umilator (formerly known as "Amithlon") emulation with the Amiga Operating System (v3.9). This was to be a standalone product release by Extreme Computing that combined all available programming done by Bernt Meyer, with license from Amiga Inc., and several other software developers to give you the following on a single CD product:
Umilator Emulation Layer
Amiga OS3.9
*Improved Graphics Drivers
*Improved Sound Drivers
*Improved Ethernet & Modem Drivers
*AmigaDVD player
and the list goes on...
ImageFX (Full version 3.x)
Several high end games
A plethora of Amiga Utilities (both AmigaOS & x86-enhanced)
More x86 enhancements for full functionality of notebooks & other space saving technology. (We were so close!)"
Unfortunatly..
The reason for not continuing with this product is mainly due to the recent announcement by Bernt Meyers to "retire" the product.
As we have spent much time, effort, and many thousands of dollars to get this project out by the holiday season 2002, we are simply unable to release the product at this time. We are still very committed to this project, but have other commitments and priorities to tend to.
The Amigax86 project is "shelved" until further notice.
Amithlon is still available under the AmigaOS XL package, and still very functional on Desktop computers. Notebooks, and other space saving technology will either have to wait until we have more demand to create a new AmigaX86 code from scratch, or until
Amiga OS 5 & AmigaDE is ready.
Extreme Computing is currently developing other software products
for future developments of the Amiga OS/DE. Please go to our web sites for further details. http://www.extreme-computing.com/ http://www.extremeamiga.com/
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| Posted by dammy on 03-Jan-2003 20:10 GMT | In reply to Comment 28 (marktime):
Which is why most of us are crying foul over the termination of Unilator. The only three people who didn't want it released was Harold and H&P. Everything I have heard from the Alpha testers was all positive on the second generation of Amithlon, which Bernie, err, Berndt calls Unilator (or was it Umilator, can can remember).
Yes, the Amiga Community gets shafted so the likes of Harold and H&P can still make a fast buck off os someone else's work. The only answer is to boycott those retailers who handle Amithlon and or any H&P products.
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