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Running AmigaOS on a PC (The Proper Way)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the with-a-pinch-of-salt dept.

AmiLover writes: "OSNews is running a review of AmigaXL, a system that allows you to boot AmigaOS on your PC in a way that resembles a regular-booting x86 operating system. Screenshots accompany the article show the latest version of AmigaOS 3.9 running on a Compaq laptop. With AmigaOS 4.0 coming out in March with lots of new features (antialias fonts, better memory protection etc) is AmigaXL the one true future of Amiga, a future that AmigaDE, QNX and Gateway failed to materialize through their involvement with AmigaOS?"

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  1. Why use an amiga these days? by d-Orb · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, I come from an amiga background, and I am quite happy to see developments on the Amiga front still happening. On the other hand, I am puzzled, as I do not know how the Amiga is being used today, and why people bother starting companies with it. I don't understand why you'd want to pay 150 euro for this emulator when Apidya II works fine on UAE :-) You seem to get some software with it, but that's not particularly ground-breaking software (or is it? A WP, a graphics package...).
    I don't know, I just don't see the point of pushing the Amiga further like that. I'd be quite happy to play around with an amiga-ish system, but _not_ for that kind of cash.

  2. Why would you want to actually boot AmigaOS? by ccontrol · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a production platform for film, music, etc, the Amiga is quite obsolete. You do not want to run Deluxe Paint when you have access to Photo Shop, don't you? I cannot imagine a single reason why you would like to run productivity apps on an Amiga in 2002 besides nostalgy.

    However, there were several games for the Amiga which were quite remarkable. UAE does a fantastic job at emulating them. But booting AmigaOS like you boot Linux or Windows is of no practical value for that. Another great proof of concept on ./

  3. I'd love to support it but... by Nijika · · Score: 1, Troll
    I have to face the fact. The Amiga as an all in one platform, is now dead. We were the fringe of the fringe at the time, battling even Mac users for spot as the underdog.

    Amiga as we remember it is dead, and it's not comming back! I've moved on to Mandrake as a desktop.

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    Luck favors the prepared, darling.