OSNEWS Features AROS: Onboard the Last Train to Amiga Neverland

Ultron · 14 September 2006, 08:01

AROS: Onboard the Last Train to Amiga Neverland

It was 1997 and in these dark ages of the Amiga history, a few brave ones have embarked on a seemingly impossible journey. It is difficult to start from a clean slab, but complete rewrite of the AmigaOS Application Programming Interface (API), in open source domain, was the only option for Amiga community to gain control over destiny of the beloved platform. The Amiga Research Operating System (AROS) was born. Under, at times slow but steadfast progress, the vision is nearly complete. Not only is AROS almost feature-for-feature complete when compared to AmigaOS 3.x, but it has excelled many of the original design specifications.

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http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15819

14 September 2006, 08:01	#1
Ultron Something Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Amigaland, Nostalgia Age: 48 Posts: 757	OSNEWS Features AROS: Onboard the Last Train to Amiga Neverland AROS: Onboard the Last Train to Amiga Neverland It was 1997 and in these dark ages of the Amiga history, a few brave ones have embarked on a seemingly impossible journey. It is difficult to start from a clean slab, but complete rewrite of the AmigaOS Application Programming Interface (API), in open source domain, was the only option for Amiga community to gain control over destiny of the beloved platform. The Amiga Research Operating System (AROS) was born. Under, at times slow but steadfast progress, the vision is nearly complete. Not only is AROS almost feature-for-feature complete when compared to AmigaOS 3.x, but it has excelled many of the original design specifications. Read the rest at: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15819 Last edited by Paul; 14 September 2006 at 15:37.

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