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[utri007]

Hi

There is something wrong with MorphOS, only possible hardware is old an outdatet.

MorphOS should be ported to x86, it will hopefully support many chipsets and graphics cards.

Will it happen soon? Wich chipset and craphics cards will be supported?

[BigBenAussie]

MorphOS and AmigaOS are PPC only, and I doubt there are plans to change that.
If you want an Amiga like experience on an x86 you need to go for AROS.
Computers like IMICA and AresOne have been specifically built, and have drivers support, to work with AROS.

[Everblue]

I'm afraid this is a serious question

[Haranguer]

I wouldn't hold my breath for that one, utri007.

[RussellB]

MorphOS on x86 is just not going to happen, their aim at the moment is porting to PPC Mac hardware.

[bloodline]

Originally Posted by utri007

Hi

There is something wrong with MorphOS, only possible hardware is old an outdatet.

MorphOS should be ported to x86, it will hopefully support many chipsets and graphics cards.

Will it happen soon? Wich chipset and craphics cards will be supported?

Just use AROS

[redrumloa]

Originally Posted by utri007

Hi

There is something wrong with MorphOS, only possible hardware is old an outdatet.

MorphOS should be ported to x86, it will hopefully support many chipsets and graphics cards.

Will it happen soon? Wich chipset and craphics cards will be supported?

MorphOS is a hobby OS for enthusiasts, there will be no port to X86 any time soon afaik. You say hardware is outdated, but G4 Mac Mini is supported and other G4 Mac hardware will be supported soon. For an Amiga compatible NG solution, this is the fastest option on the table. There is no definitive information that even the X1000 will be faster than a G4 Power Mac. 2nd hand Power Macs are dirt cheap too.

If you want pure speed and don't care about compatibility, there is always AROS.

[Crumb]

Originally Posted by utri007

Hi

There is something wrong with MorphOS, only possible hardware is old an outdatet.

MorphOS should be ported to x86, it will hopefully support many chipsets and graphics cards.

Will it happen soon? Wich chipset and craphics cards will be supported?

new hardware is supported and can be bought: EFIKA http://search.directron.us/newsearch.php?find=efika

Anyway I guess most of people will prefer a 1.5Ghz G4 ;-)

[kolla]

Why are these outdated 10 year old systems called NG?

[Daedalus]

@kolla

Maybe because it's short for "next-after-20-year-old-systems-generation" ;-)

[takemehomegrandma]

I certainly wouldn't mind a MorphOS port to x86. That would be really cool!



X86 or ARM - a jump to one of these will be inevitable at some point down the line, because of the death of the desktop PPC. Supporting Mac HW is the best option now, both from a price, performance and availability point of view. But a jump to another architecture is inevitable in the longer run. Either that, or call it a day...

[B00tDisk]

I wish someone* would take the plunge and break out to the x86 architecture.

*=with all respect to AROS

[HammerD]

I don't think they have the resources to port MorphOS to X86 in any reasonable time-frame.

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by takemehomegrandma

I certainly wouldn't mind a MorphOS port to x86. That would be really cool!

And yet in doing so, you'd have to sacrifice one of the much vaunted features of MorphOS, it's compatibility with 68K, WarpOS, PUP, MOS PPC et al.

Unless you go for some sort of rosetta-like PPC JIT for x86, anyway.

[B00tDisk]

Originally Posted by Karlos

And yet in doing so, you'd have to sacrifice one of the much vaunted features of MorphOS, it's compatibility with 68K, WarpOS, PUP, MOS PPC et al.

Unless you go for some sort of rosetta-like PPC JIT for x86, anyway.

That's certainly doable; there's at least two PPC emulation architectures you could draw from to do it (bits of sheepshaver and pearPC), as well as various m68k emulation tools...