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AmigaOS 4.0 released

Posted by timothy on from the users-thrilled-plan-to-show-entire-retirement-home dept.

tmk writes "After five years Hyperion announces the availability of AmigaOS 4.0: 'Amiga OS 4.0 is the most stable, modern and feature-rich incarnation to date of the multi-media centric operating system launched by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1985 with which it still retains a high degree of compatibility.' But there is a snag: the new OS supports only the AmigaOne, which is not available anymore. According to Hyperion, the new hardware platform will be announced by third parties early 2007."

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  1. Ooh by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    A new release of AmigaOS! A new release of OS/2 can't be far behind!

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    1. Re:Ooh by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm still waiting for my CP/M update... Curse you, Amiga users! All three of you will burn in hell!

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    2. Re:Ooh by IdleTime · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, I for one, am waiting on the new graphical OS for my Sinclair Z80. I hear it's going to kick some ass, the only problem is the boot time of 2 weeks from cassette tapes.

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    3. Re:Ooh by Kazymyr · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have a prerelease copy, but can't comment on it. I got a "R Tape loading error" on day 10 and had to start over. Still loading.

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    4. Re:Ooh by P3NIS_CLEAVER · · Score: 5, Funny

      I heard that 'Duke Nukem Forever' will be released exclusively for AmigaOS!

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    5. Re:Ooh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I have a prerelease copy, but can't comment on it. I got a "R Tape loading error" on day 10 and had to start over. Still loading.

      Quatsch. Sure, the ZX Spectrum had room in its bloated 16K ROM for text error messages, along with all that unnecessary eye-candy (colour graphics? 256x192 resolution? Compute-and-display? A Jedi craves not these things...) The most plausible error message would have been '4/0'.

    6. Re:Ooh by strikethree · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know, I keep modding you down and you STILL haven't introduced your sister to me. :)

      strike

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  2. It's all been downhill by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear RT-11 is about to make a comeback! Damn you, it was one of the most powerful operating systems ever created, and STILL does things that no modern machine can do! It can, it can, IT CAN! Damn ALL YOU HEATHENS TO HELL!!!

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  3. Re:The comedy continues by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny
    I fully expect them to announce that they're starting an x86 port, and it'll be ready in January of 2008.

    Spoken like someone who abandoned their Amiga before the bitter end and didn't stick around for the true lunacy. A real Amiga announcement would claim that the new DEC Alpha port would be available for sale in Two Weeks (tm).

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  4. Funeral ceremonies were held today for the Amiga.. by mmell · · Score: 4, Funny
    In attendance, her children: Agnus, Denise, Paula, Gary and Sid. There was a blit of a disturbance, but a copper quickly sorted the situation out.

    I miss getting video toasted! Waaah!

  5. Your moment of Zen by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    If an operating system is released, and there's no hardware around to run it, does it make a sound?

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  6. Re:He's dead, Jim. by corpsmoderne · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Amiga is dead, it can only mean one thing... P0WN3D BY ATARI!!!!!! W000000000000000T!!!!! errr, forget it...

  7. Re:He's dead, Jim. by Xugumad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah... now anyone looking for an elegant, easy to use but over expensive hardware/software combination with a serious lack of 3rd party software now gets a Mac.

    (Posted from my MacBook Pro)

  8. I see. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

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  9. Re:The whole REASON I stopped using AmigaOS.. by Squozen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet the developer community wept for days, losing a good customer like yourself.

    Back when I used an Amiga on the internet, I paid for my software.