Re:Call for Amiga Developers: Kickstarting PowerPC and 68k s...
by bhaak on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:56AM
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Oh, how could I forget AROS? I had a few years ago a blast during a week-end while porting NetHack to AROS. The development tools at the time weren't up to current standards but I got a kick out of "programming like it's 1989". For 2 days at least. I wouldn't have to do it on a regular base. :)
AROS is a bit odd, as they are trying to build a full-blown OS although most of the people are probably running it in the hosted version on Linux.
IMO using one of the free unixoid OS as foundation with AROS on top would make more sense. I'm sad that Amithlon didn't work out.
Using classic Amiga as main computers is a hardcore task. I can see that it is not impossible to achieve with PPC Amigas and MorphOS or OS4. But for an 68k Amiga, I don't think it's possible without severe limitations.
AROS is a bit odd, as they are trying to build a full-blown OS although most of the people are probably running it in the hosted version on Linux.
IMO using one of the free unixoid OS as foundation with AROS on top would make more sense. I'm sad that Amithlon didn't work out.
Using classic Amiga as main computers is a hardcore task. I can see that it is not impossible to achieve with PPC Amigas and MorphOS or OS4. But for an 68k Amiga, I don't think it's possible without severe limitations.