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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by kitsunesoba on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:54PM (#27868786)
If I'm not mistaken it already has a bit of an audience as a replacement for old BeOS boxes in radio broadcasting.
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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by themodelplumber on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:10PM (#27869521)
The Channel Caster 16, probably the most capable Haiku OS commercial system available at present. Yours for only $3199.

http://www.tunetrackersystems.com/command-center-system-pack...

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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by bboygravity on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:16AM (#27871515)
Wow, how cool is that. It seems rather ballsy of them to go for HaikuOS. Is it because of BeOS legacy software they had developed?

They have another system at the bottom of the page for a mere 1600 USD.

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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by tialaramex on Sunday July 18, 2021 @10:29AM (#27873219)
Yes, this product historically was a BeOS product, and eventually it became cheaper to put together a version of Haiku with no show stopping bugs for their customers on hardware you can actually buy than to try to find hardware that would still run an obscure 1990s operating system.

The very first versions of this product are essentially BeOS, plus an existing MP3-player type application, plus a little bit of software glue, the right off-the-shelf hardware and the know-how to use it for radio broadcast.

It's definitely one of those products some HN regulars would dismiss as "I could basically make that in an hour". Me too. But, after an hour nobody else can maintain it and it doesn't work on anybody else's computer. The hard work is in turning that into a product that generates some net revenue, which is mostly non-technical work.

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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by agildehaus on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:03PM (#27877873)
It's because the owner of that company, Dane Scott, was a notable member of the BeOS community. He ran BeOS Radio for years.
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Re:HaikuOS running on RISC-V hardware (HiFive Unmatched) by brirec on Saturday July 17, 2021 @09:55PM (#27870247)
> probably the most capable Haiku OS commercial system

Not knocking this Caster, but it might also be the ONLY Haiku OS commercial system

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