Re:The Amiga 1000, Still Receiving New Peripherals 35 Years ...
by cmrdporcupine on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:08AM
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Yep, looking over from the Atari ST community, I'm always astounded by the way Amiga projects are run.
On the ST we have a fully GPL'd version of the operating system now (EmuTOS), which matches and exceeds in many cases the original OS. And a Coldfire based system (Firebee) following in Atari lineage, for which the FPGA and supporting software are all open source. Most hardware add-ons have fairly open specifications and drivers etc. are usually open source. Nobody is under the illusion that they're going to be making a living or a profit out of this community, they're doing it for passion.
But looking over at the Amiga, I see new and interesting projects all the time but they seem to be always closed.
On the ST we have a fully GPL'd version of the operating system now (EmuTOS), which matches and exceeds in many cases the original OS. And a Coldfire based system (Firebee) following in Atari lineage, for which the FPGA and supporting software are all open source. Most hardware add-ons have fairly open specifications and drivers etc. are usually open source. Nobody is under the illusion that they're going to be making a living or a profit out of this community, they're doing it for passion.
But looking over at the Amiga, I see new and interesting projects all the time but they seem to be always closed.