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AmigaOS 3.5 &
3.9
Availability: Available now!
The official AmigaOS upgrades provide limited support for PPC
boards. Although it is not possible to boot into the PPC directly,
the OS upgrades provide significant speed boosts in general
operation.
Take a look at the AmigaOS 3.5 &
AmigaOS3.9 pages |
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AmigaOS 4.0
Availability: Summer 2001
An official port of the AmigaOS for PowerPC hardware. Aimed at the
desktop and server market. Read
more. |
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Amiga Research Operating
System
Availability: Available now!
An Amiga PPC port of AROS is available but requires optimisation to
the Amiga PPC boards. The source code is freely available for
anyone who wants to modify it.
Read more. |
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Linux/APUS
Availability: Available now!
Linux is the darling of obsolete or unpopular machines. Thanks to
the freely available source code of the OS, there are versions
available for the C64, BBC Micro, Atari ST, Macintosh, Amiga 68k,
and now Amiga PPC. Linux/APUS is a port of the LinuxPPC project,
providing binary compatibility with other PPC Linux ports currently
available & includes applications precompiled for Linux/PPC.
Read more. |
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Apple MacOS
Availability: Available now!
The impending release of Fusion PPC will allow Amiga owners to
emulate their Macintosh equivalent. This will allow the use of
MacOS 8, 9, & 10 as they were intended - Power to the
People! |
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MorphOS
Availability: The OS is been available as a beta
version
MorphOS is the most popular Amiga PPC operating system available.
It is also the only Amiga-native OS that combines the look and feel
of AmigaOS, with a clean PPC-native API. The OS is compatible with
PowerUP binaries, 68k & WarpOS emulation are under continuous
development. Read more. |
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PowerOS
Availability: Early 2001
PowerOS is an Amiga-native operating system currently in
development. It promises compatibility with Amiga titles through
the implementation of an Amiga 68k and WarpOS PPC emulator. It has
not been seen by anyone outside the development team, it could
possibly be cancelled or a fake. Read
more. |
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QNX for PowerUP
Availability: Never
In 1999 QSSL and Phase5 announced a strategic partnership aimed at
developing an Amiga G4 board and releasing the Neutrino OS for the
Amiga. After Phase5's liquidation QSSL cancelled the Amiga port.
Read more. |
| Screens |
Screens
Availability: 2001
Screens was one of the first Amiga specific PPC operating systems'
to gain mass attention. Despite promising reports a few months ago,
there has been very little news over the last few months. Read more. |
| TzimmOS |
TzimmOS
Availability: Never
TzimmOS was announced soon after the Amiga PowerUP boards went on
sale. It has been three years since the web page was updated so it
is likely that the OS ceased development/morphed into something
else/was a practical joke. Read
more. |
