We NEED something like EmuTOS

Antiriad · 26 September 2006, 21:02

In light of recent unfortunate events that we are all aware of but do need remind of, it has all been brought home to us the ridiculous premise that an aged and defunct operating system is still not allowed to be distributed.

Now... I noticed when I was researching the Atari ST emulator DCaSTaway (which has been ported to Windows also) that those who wish to emulate that have a freeware alternative to Atari TOS called EmuTOS.

Is it time we in the "real" Amiga community consider such a move to free us from the deluded clutches of Cloanto, Bill McEwen and his Grandma? More importantly, would it be feasible judging by the Amiga's somewhat more complex hw than the ST's???

adolescent · 26 September 2006, 21:47

There is an AROS bounty to reverse engineer Kickstart.

BTW, how "aged" does something have to be? OS3.9 is only 5 years old.

Adderly · 26 September 2006, 22:43

Didn't WinUAE already have some basic kickrom function emulation? Maybe something that can be improved further by volunteers.

heroicnonsense · 12 October 2006, 23:27

TOS is a lot simpler than AmigaOS/Kickstart.

Don't forget that AmigaOS is a real multitasking OS that runs on custom hardware where TOS is basically...well... DR-GEM running on an 68000.

Oh god. I sense that whole schoolyard my-A500-kicks-your-STs-butt-argument coming on

Toni Wilen · 13 October 2006, 08:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adderly

Didn't WinUAE already have some basic kickrom function emulation? Maybe something that can be improved further by volunteers.

Very basic. Must not boot to CLI (custom bootblock). Bootblock can only call exec.library memory allocation functions and trackdisk.device calls via DoIO().

Ultron · 13 October 2006, 17:16

Our only hope here is the AROS bounty. Or a superhero appearing with the job done, or partially, if functional, done.

Ultron · 13 October 2006, 17:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by adolescent

BTW, how "aged" does something have to be? OS3.9 is only 5 years old.

Nobody cares about 3.9

Os3.9 wasn't on an original Amiga. It's derivative post-Commodore era crap, sorry.

kriz · 13 October 2006, 17:42

3.9 is only for classic Amiga

heroicnonsense · 17 October 2006, 23:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriz

3.9 is only for classic Amiga

I think Ultron meant that Commodore had nothing to do with 3.9; 3.9 was developped in the post-Escom era.

The same goes for Workbench 3.1 (not Kickstart 3.1; that was available in the CBM CD32 and thus is clearly from the Commodore era).

BlankVector · 25 June 2012, 00:05

Now you HAVE EmuTOS for Amiga.
But this is probably not what you expected

Zetr0 · 25 June 2012, 00:21

LOL Awesome!

and a 8 year thread necromancy! I love it!

26 September 2006, 21:02	#1
Antiriad The Sacred Armour Of Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sussex, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,141	We NEED something like EmuTOS In light of recent unfortunate events that we are all aware of but do need remind of, it has all been brought home to us the ridiculous premise that an aged and defunct operating system is still not allowed to be distributed. Now... I noticed when I was researching the Atari ST emulator DCaSTaway (which has been ported to Windows also) that those who wish to emulate that have a freeware alternative to Atari TOS called EmuTOS. Is it time we in the "real" Amiga community consider such a move to free us from the deluded clutches of Cloanto, Bill McEwen and his Grandma? More importantly, would it be feasible judging by the Amiga's somewhat more complex hw than the ST's???

26 September 2006, 21:47	#2
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