[News] Another Ottawa Show Report | ANN.lu |
Posted on 13-Nov-2002 04:09 GMT by Darren Eveland | 5 comments View flat View list |
Mini report of the Amiga show that happened last weekend in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
I just wanted to let everyone know here that I attended the Ottawa Amiga show this past weekend in Ottawa, Ontario.... I took some photos of the show and hope to get them developed and then posted to the web shortly.
I saw the AmigaOne prototype there (The "a" board) running the OS 4 kernel. I was able to play around with it a bit and try some commands. It boots very fast and did not crash :) I was impressed with it. (I even typed "avail" at the command line :) I also saw the PPC boot and that worked well. It is also command line based, not like a typical "PC" bios with menus. But that didn't really matter (to me).
I saw some OS 4 components. Right now it looks like they can be individually loaded with the "Loadmodule" command. There were 6 or 7 components there, all running on a 68K A4000T. I saw the integrated magic menu and it looked quite good, and also dragged some windows "off" screen. I was told that it would not be out of the realm of possibility to offer some of these components to 68K users (Amithlon, 060, etc...). But that certainly is nothing "planned". Perhaps something of a OS 3.9.5 or a "module pack" for 68k users who have large investments in their current hardware, or Amithlon users. (politics aside please, this was just mentioned :)
I was told that the integration of the kernel and emulation layer (and thus OS 4 components) should take place in the next several weeks. Adam, who was demoing the OS4 kernel/AmigaOne, also had the OS 4 components on the A4000T. He was optimistic that "sooner" rather than "later" the integration should be working.
There was also a new vendor there for Canada, www.livewiresystems.ca that was offering AmigaOne systems (both stand alone and complete systems). I was happy to see a Canadian dealer for the new Amiga products.
There was another company showing off AmigaDE stuff, but I'm not really interested in PDA stuff so I didn't really pay attention to it. I did not attend the after-show dinner with Randy Hughes, so I don't know what took place there.
It was certainly the smallest Amiga show I have ever attended, but it was crowded when I was there. Everyone was generally in a good mood and there were some old-time amiga users present. People were generally interested in OS 4 and PPC, but also in Amithlon, as there was an Amithlon system shown at the show. There was no mention of Amithlon V2 or "berniethlon", but the original Amithlon was on sale for $209 CAD + tax. OS 3.9 was also on sale, as was Quake 2 (being demoed on a laptop, but I don't know if that was on Amithlon or via Windows?) Quake 2 sold for almost $70.00 CAD.
There was no morphos/pegasos system shown, but people were talking about it and asking questions about it in relation to the AmigaOne/OS4. People generally thought that MorphOS/pegasos was a good solution, but they hoped OS 4 would run on that system, or at least offered as a choice.
I hope this gives you a rough idea of what took place at the show.
Darren
Amiga 4000/060 owner
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Another Ottawa Show Report : Comment 1 of 5 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Szutoman on 13-Nov-2002 03:44 GMT | Thanks for the report(-: Its sounds as if there *MIGHT* be a nice Holiday surprise and Amiga OS 4.0 will be out around christmas. If the OS Modules plyug in Nicely and ther is not alot of wierd things going on they, Hyperion, Might pull off on of the most Needed Software OS upgrades ever for the Amiga in YEARS!!!! Lets keep our fingers crossed!!!! Maybe Bill MC was right in that the OS is Only three weeks away from being ready for releas, as was stated in the VERY wierd interview that has caused alot of ruckus!!! |
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Another Ottawa Show Report : Comment 2 of 5 | ANN.lu |
Posted by X on 13-Nov-2002 09:21 GMT | Yeah, I know that the big news is
AmigaOS 4 for PPC :), however...
It is it good to see that they are
at least thinking about making some
of the OS4 components available for
m68k users. I'm not sure how much you
could charge for it, though. Perhaps
$20-25?
Maybe make it available as a
download on the internet, or just
burn some CD's and distribute them...
I'm especially interested in the
improved stability that the new
modules (might?:)) bring.
Are there other people than myself
who would buy this? |
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Another Ottawa Show Report : Comment 3 of 5 | ANN.lu |
Posted by tarbos on 13-Nov-2002 15:57 GMT | >I was able to play around with it a bit and try some commands. It boots very fast and
>did not crash :) I was impressed with it. (I even typed "avail" at the command line :)
Amazed and wowed, eh? ;)
>I was told that the integration of the kernel and emulation layer (and thus OS 4
>components) should take place in the next several weeks.
I hope it all works out nicely for the due release in 3 weeks - according to Bill McEwen.
He should know since it is utterly untrue when people say they have nothing to do with AmigaOS!
O:-)
>He was optimistic that "sooner" rather than "later" the integration should be working.
But then a pessimist is often just an experienced optimist...
>Amiga 4000/060 owner
Amiga 1000 owner :-> |
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Another Ottawa Show Report : Comment 4 of 5 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Zoltan on 13-Nov-2002 18:30 GMT | In reply to Comment 2 (X): > It is it good to see that they are at least thinking about making some
> of the OS4 components available for m68k users. I'm not sure how much you
> could charge for it, though. Perhaps $20-25?
This is the first time I've heard that, as far as I know OS4 will only be PowerPC. Keep in mind that it was developed on 680xx hardware because not all the developers had access to Cyberstorm boards. Perhaps they will release parts, but I've never heard this.
Zoltan
www.zee.com |
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Another Ottawa Show Report : Comment 5 of 5 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darren Eveland on 13-Nov-2002 18:41 GMT | In reply to Comment 4 (Zoltan): Please keep in mind that this comment at the show about OS 4 modules released for 68K was just mentioned as a "possibility" and just said in general conversation. As far as I am aware there is no official plan for this.
If this is something 68K Amiga users wish they I would recommend they voice their opinions on this issue to Amiga Inc and Hyperion. Perhaps someone should setup a poll? :) |
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