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[News] AROS status updateANN.lu
Posted on 30-Mar-2001 12:48 GMT by Christian Kemp10 comments
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AROS status update: As of 26.03.2001, We have almost completed 75% of the original AmigaOS. 138 developers are registered. At the time of writing, the AROS sources were 55 MB (that includes all changes ever made to AROS) and we have 38.5 MB of contributed software (also with changes) plus several MB of screenshots. Our webpage has almost 80k hits.
AROS status update : Comment 1 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by m0ns00n on 29-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Now, let's see if this one boots on my IBM Aptiva for a change ;o) Hopefullt this is sorted out now.
AROS status update : Comment 2 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by m0ns00n on 29-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (m0ns00n):
IT WORKS!!! YOHOOOO! Finally, I can boot my PC with an Amiga-clone operating system. This is what Amiga Inc. should have done ages ago. And the best part is that the OS is not abandoned, just the opposite! AmigaOS 4.0 no bother, long live AROS! ;o))))
Ohh, satisfaction!
AROS status update : Comment 3 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Graham on 29-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (m0ns00n):
Yeah, thats what I thought when I booted AROS up on a Duron system a couple of weeks ago, on a SIS730S chipset - not common at all.
The hard work is yet to come though - drivers for common x86 hardware. All the various southbridges need drivers for their components (USB, Parallel, Serial, IDE, etc). Lots and lots of different graphics cards, audio cards, SCSI cards, etc....
AROS status update : Comment 4 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Nikos Damilakis on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Aros is the best solution for the Amiga community.
If Amiga Inc wants the whole market they should
port AmigaDE onto Aros and MorphOS, they did it
for M$ Windows for god's sake why they shouldnt support
an OS made by Amigans for the Amigans?
AROS status update : Comment 5 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Ralph on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (m0ns00n):
So what does it help if you can boot - AFAIK you have to recompile every application
you want to run on AROS. So the use of this is very small IMHO...
AROS status update : Comment 6 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Ralph):
>So what does it help if you can boot - AFAIK you have to recompile every >application
>you want to run on AROS. So the use of this is very small IMHO...
Same applies to AmigaDE.
AROS status update : Comment 7 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by m0ns00n on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Ralph):
Hmm! Well, you are just wrong here. What is the use if I can boot it? The use is that I can start using the DOS. What is the use if it doesn't boot? What an irrelevant question. The question should be: When can I install it on it's own partition. And more: When can I install productivity software -> can I contribute etc. Some mindless people...
Look at AmigaDE, oh, where is it?! Look at AROS, it both feels and boots like Amiga (ahh, even the disk sound!) -> and it is here now, more or less. U can download it and use it. AmigaDE is commercial -> you must buy it, but not yet, cause it is not complete, or usable as an OS. Heck, it isn't an OS, even. It is a DE. Hhe
AROS status update : Comment 8 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Christophe Decanini on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (m0ns00n):
The ideal would be to have a VP version of AROS that can run on any CPU and of course execute VP AROS applications.
AROS status update : Comment 9 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Ralph):
Haage & partner do have a 68k emulator and if this can be incorperated into AROS then AROS would be able to use 68k binarys(eg old software) also a working 68k emulation should be easy to do. EG Use UAE and retarget Amiga library functions to AROS functions, kind of like Java.
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Posted by Ralph on 30-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Anonymous):
The speed @ which AROS is advancing is not that quick at all! To that AROS just implements
an old-fashioned OS on a different hardware (and still has a long way to go). DE will very
probably give new features, attracting new blood and new programmers to the platform. What
has AROS to offer that can't be done with a Classic Amiga or UAE?
DE being commercial is in fact a big advantage, because without full-time work such a complex
project cannot be finished within a reasonable time. To that DE will offer much more if it
is released some time in the future. AROS will just give back a feeling of history, if ever.
The old apps are only usable if someone recompiles. Many sources are not available or totally
gone, so the available software will be rather few in number. Few classic soft and not much
to attract programmers to do new stuff. The list of registered users might look impressive, but
quantity does say nothing about quality. Compared to the MorphOS team they are working quite
inefficient with dozens of people not being able to complete the thing for years!
Just compare the number of apps that have been available since the start of AROS and the start
of MorphOS. IMHO MorphOS has better chances to succeed when it comes to the classic, as the
response from the "community" seems to be much bigger (or more dedicated ;), looking at the
already available software optimized for MorphOS (in a significant shorter time!).
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