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[Starke]

Dear Fellow Amiga Nuts,

I am in need of a new mobile soonish, and I desire to have an Amiga mobile. not sure if this exists exactly(or what brand to get), but can any one advise me how I can support the Amiga company when getting a mobile?

Is it possible to have an Amigs os mobile?

Also, with the new os4 coming out for sale early april, will the company be bringing out the os4 and standalone devices, such as a mobile? I know the Amiga os4 will have a new Amiga computer with it, specs unknown to me at the moment, and this will be a stand alone operating system.

Also, os4, will not be able to be an emulator at the moment, which is fine for me, as I plan on getting the new pps or whatever they call it, but what should my friends do who arent exactly nuts about Amiga, but prefer it over Microsofts absolute {bleep}?? Should they get Winuae emultor 3.9? as in Amiga 3.9 emulated? Or should they wait a bit?

Thank you kindly Amiga Buds,

Phillip 8-)

[weirdami]

I thought OS4 was out already.

[Starke]

A couple of things here,

One, maybe it is already out in other parts of the world?

Two, MOST importantly, Amigainnovation.com, dwayne osborne, has told me I cannot buy the system as yet, as it will not be coming out until Early April.

Three, RELATING, to above, why would he say this, if he were able to get it already.

So in short my friend, I am 85% certain that I cannot get it as yet, and that it isnt out yet.

As far as I can tell, its only a beta version thats out, for testing, and people can use this. Besides, The actual os4 will not be able to be used as an emulator, atleast not until Amiga Inc and Hyperion decide to change this.

Cheers 8-)

[MickTheLip]

The OS4 final update has been released to those who bought the Amiga 1's when they were available.There is as yet no new hardware licensed to be bundled with OS4 as yet!You say you have been quoted early April for delivery of new System!Have you been given any details as to the specification of this new Amiga?

[Starke]

Dear Mick The Lip,

Firstly, are you Micheal Milic? If so, Im Phillip, I emailed you a few days ago, Im stephen Hattons friend.

Not as yet, but I will keep you posted with updates, as I am constantly in the process of emailing my contacts for updates, I am sure they will tell me more at a later stage.

At the moment Dwayne Osborne, from Amiga Innovations, has only told me that the Plans are to bring it out early April.

OK, You say the OS4 has already been released to those who bought Amiga1's, are these Amiga1's the 933Mhz pps systems? If no what are they and how long ago was it when they were on the market for sale via Amiga?

What Im talking about though are totally new Amiga 1's if they are even going to call it this, will be totally Amiga built computer whereby the OS4 will be a stand alone operating system on them. No as far as I know, this they have not yet released.

If they have, gimme links and stuff, and I will buy asap.

Over and out.

Phillip 8-)

[coldfish]

Starke wrote:
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Two, MOST importantly, Amigainnovation.com, dwayne osborne, has told me I cannot buy the system as yet, as it will not be coming out until Early April.

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Cheers 8-)

Dwayne Osb' eh, there's a familiar name.

Is he still doing Amiga stuff, I thought hed moved on to another obscure and expensive technology? :-P

...Guess we'll just have to wait till "Early April" and see what happens (or doesnt).

[MickTheLip]

No I'm not that Michael.AS for the New Amiga being released early April I would really hope that this would happen but I'm also aware of April the first and all that can go with it.

[Starke]

Michael man, relax, you seem a little tense and negative about it all. Lets see, Amiga has had plenty of time, along side with Hyperion, to get this organised, I'm sure they will bring it out, I mean, If they dont, then they already will need to update their os4 and Amiga computer system that goes with it.

AMIGA 8-)

[MickTheLip]

I like many people have heard of imminent release of OS4 Systems for many years now.In the meantime I've got 5 Amiga systems to restore expand and explore.Certainly beats twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the new hardware to appear.Like a lot of Amigans any hint of OS4 and hardware being released is looked into with interest especially when timelines for hardware are quoted.

[Starke]

5 systems, well done mate.
I see your point for the questioning now, after you've told me what you did.
Still, Ive only been back in the game a week and 3 days, and Ive learnt heaps.
Im not twiddling, Ive got a 64, with various Amiga parts connected to it. I know, it takes the large disks nd all, but there are still some games I play on it.
But I dont see a point for me getting an Amiga system right now, until Amiga come out with OS4 on their new Amiga computer, partly because of my 3 running and 2 not pc's, which will be emulated today, as Im expecting the package to arrive.
SO, IN SHORT
If I did get an older Amiga now, It would be the Amiga 4000T with the luminescent Amiga symbol.

8-)

[MickTheLip]

So you've got the good old 64 just got one for my autistic stepson as he's worn out the last one.An amazing little computer which people are still finding ways to get it to do more than ever it was origionally made to do.

[Starke]

Kool. Good to hear.
NOW:
but can any one advise me how I can support the Amiga company when getting a mobile? The rest of questions are in the first original post I posted.
You seem Like you know a lot, can you tell me What would be a good mobile to get that would support the OS4? or even an early Amiga OS?
And if its a PDA, by all means tell me.

Cheers Michael

Phillip
P.S.Or anyone else that can help me! 8-)

[MickTheLip]

Getting back on thread OS4 is still only available for those who bought systems with it.Unfortunately untill new hardware is made available then the userbase is going to slowly shrink as hardware expires.It would be interesting to know how many copies of OS4 at present are no longer being used because of hardware failure.As far as OS4 ever being used on phones personally I would think that's highly unlikely.

[Starke]

Then whats with all the PDA shots, mobile shots and all on the Amiga website??
I dont mind not having os4 on my mobile or PDA, Id just have 3.9 then, thats fine.
The bigger Question is, what do I have to do, do retreive a mobile or PDA that allows me to run Amiga on it?
Also, Is it at all possible to have a device like this, that only runs Amiga OS, or does it have to be a windows Mobile or PDA whereby Amiga os3.9 is running over it?

Thank you

Kind Regards

Amiga Freak 8-)

[AMC258]

I haven't really read the Amiga.com site in maybe 5 years. Bt, as far as I last knew, OS4.0 was never intended to run on anything except "New" Amigas, ie AmigaOne and later desktop systems. I was in attendance when Amiga Inc made their official announcements about the future of AmigaOS. I have a pretty good picture of what they had planned. I do believe they might do less than they planned (already true), not /more/.
What I assume you are seeing on their site is another product line of Amiga Inc's, that has almost nothing to do with genuine Amigas, "Classic", AmigaOne, or otherwise.

OS4.0 really is released, that is a fact. Unless you should encounter someone willing to part with his/her AmigaOne, you are out of luck for being able to use it, unless you are one of the few who are somehow running it on CyberStormPPC boards (which I wish I were!) There is no such official release for "Classic" Amigas.

No offence, but I don't think anyone will believe your word about new hardware in April. First of all, we probably would have heard it somewhere else by now, and second, we've heard so many promises and dates, and "1Q2004" etc. over the years we don't believe any release dates anymore unless they actually happen, as in, past tense!