The concept of running the next generation AmigaOS on Classic Amiga hardware is difficult to comprehend. The prospect would be ridiculed in the Apple market, whose main player has abandoned the pre-G3 processors. However, the small size of the market has persuaded Amiga Inc. that existing developers must be supported. The end result will be the patching of AmigaOS 4.x to run on 'Classic' Amiga PPC boards.

The first business to announce cooperation with Amiga Inc. was Elbox, who launched the groundbreaking PCI expansion board, Mediator, in 2001. In the April 11th press release, Fleecy Moss, Chief Technical Officer of Amiga Inc, spoke of the need to migrate the market, while supporting existing users:

"Elbox have taken a major role in not just supporting the existing Amiga market with their many products but also in providing a path forwards ... Our relationship with them will ensure that their existing customers can benefit from AmigaOS4 whilst new users coming to the Amiga will have additional excellent choices in the hardware that they can buy."
- Fleecy Moss, 11th April 2001

This was followed by the news that Matay will provide AmigaOS4.x compatibility for their in-development PCI G3 card. The announcement of their partnership on the Amiga Inc. web site was short, but confirmed that the two companies were working together on a mutual goal.

A year later Amiga Inc. announced that negotiation of the Prometheus PPC card and Elbox's SharkPPC card were continuing, but would not be complete until AmigaOS 4.0 was complete and the hardware had been finalized. The Phase 5/DCE Cyberstorm and Blizzard PPC cards were also added to the list of supported hardware, contradicting earlier indications that the G3 CPU would be the lowest spec supported processor.

Amiga Inc and Elbox Working Together for Amiga OS 4.0 and Beyond
Amiga Inc. and Matay Company Announce Cooperation on Initiatives For AmigaOS/4
Amiga Inc. announce the continued negotiations (12th April 2002)

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