At this rate, the Amiga will outlive us all, and probably get one last hardware and AmigaOS revision long after our funerals.
Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
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Re: Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
#12I've less than zero love for Commodore stuff, I'll admit up front. Even as a retro computing enthusiast and computer historian I think the adoration that Commodore (both the C64 and Amiga) get far outweighs any practical reasoning of what the machines are capable of But the thing I've truly struggled to understand, particularly with PeriFractic and his bleating of "I OWN THE COMMODORE NAME NOW!" is just ...who cares?…
> a C64 with "the commodore name" printed on it
It's really not mysterious why something like that would find an audience, even if it's not everyone's cup of tea. Their beige C64 Ultimate is a well-executed clone of the legendarily popular original. Compare and contrast with some of the really bad stuff that has had the "Atari" name slapped on it in the 21st century.
Of course the phone is stupid. Regarding the Amiga:
Amiga is now in a position to restore the iconic SoftVoice speech synthesis to AmigaOS. Several versions of the historic Boing Ball demo are also being prepared for release.
Come on. The boing ball demo. I don't know what that is but doesn't it sound awesome?
Re: Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
#13I've less than zero love for Commodore stuff, I'll admit up front. Even as a retro computing enthusiast and computer historian I think the adoration that Commodore (both the C64 and Amiga) get far outweighs any practical reasoning of what the machines are capable of But the thing I've truly struggled to understand, particularly with PeriFractic and his bleating of "I OWN THE COMMODORE NAME NOW!" is just ...who cares?…
> a C64 with "the commodore name" printed on it It's really not mysterious why something like that would find an audience, even if it's not everyone's cup of tea. Their beige C64 Ultimate is a well-executed clone of the legendarily popular original. Compare and contrast with some of the really bad stuff that has had the "Atari" name slapped on it in the 21st century. Of course the phone is stupid. Regarding the Amiga…
Re: Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
#14Unfortunately this is at least 2 decades too late now. Aside from the diehard fans, it's the behaviour between the companies that stopped me buying their products, and I'm probably not the only one. I applaud it's finally wrapped up but in a rapidly dwindling fan base they were eroding the value of their own brands - brands that should have been complementary. I hope now they can recover that iconic status, but I fee…
I'm not convinced it's "wrapped up". This release sounds prickly and dismissive of the new Commodore company, asserting multiple times that the only thing that doesn't belong to Amiga is the Commodore brand and logo.
It doesn't sound friendly. It sounds like someone who is regrouping for more fighting, and not against the general computing industry, but rather to be king of the tiny hill that is the Commodore retro computing niche.
Re: Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, I forgot to bleat about how he was a (literal stand-in!) for Hayden Christensen on Star Wars. [1] He got a bunch of old hats to sign their name to...what, exactly. A C64 on an FPGA? That he tried to lock down before getting backlash from the community? [2] But none of that answers the question. What's the point? . Are "super fans" just paying through the nose because having something with the word "Commodore"…
You come off bitter for no reason.
So? You think them or anyone else cares about your opinions of others?
Re: Amiga clarifies Commodore rights and the future of AmigaOS
#16"open source" is the string that's missing in that announcement.
The historical source code (AmigaOS git history up to at least when Commodore went bankrupt) should be MIT and in e.g. github.
But that doesn't seem to be what they have in mind.
The shitshow will likely continue.