I recently learned that the FS-UAE (which is a macOS/Linux port of the WinUAE) supports Amiga PPC emulation using the QEMU plugin. I've spent this weekend installing Amiga OS 4.1 on something that was my dream machine two decades ago (but emulated): A4000 060/PPC 604e with 128 MB.
Is anyone using one of these OSes for "real" work. By that I mean, something key to their livelihood. I'm just curious, not trying to say that hobby OSes are in anyway a derogatory thing.
t0mek
I guess that the most common case is not an interactive work, but some kind of automation systems built a long time ago, that just works, eg. Amiga 2000 running school heating system [1] or C64 running driveshaft balancing calculations [2].
I've fantasized about doing it myself on more than one occasion. The price of new Amiga hardware sort of puts me off, but it's not outside the range I could afford. Unfortunately, I don't quite have the time right now (and, for once in my life, it's not a silly "i don't have time" excuse), so I'm watching it from afar.
kyberias
This is childish: "AmigaOS can do ALL of the mentioned things above, including browsing OpenStreetMap maps better than on ANY other operating system out there."
alxlaz
Well, I did warn you this was a fan scene :-).
reaperducer
Maybe some of those people who make money in retro computing? It seems to be a growing niche, with people making new hardware and software for old machines, and other people splashing their work all over the internet.
I don't know if anyone can actually make a "living" doing that, but it would be cool if they did.
snvzz
Excellent website design.
So little effort (just AmigaOS 2+ colors and some amiga-ish gadgets), yet so much better than the average site these days.
rubatuga
I think it looks off putting, but it really depends on the audience.
Works great! I love installing classic OSes :)
https://imgur.com/a/z7T8Z53
[1] https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/1980s-computer-cont...
[2] http://wbj.pl/auto-garage-in-poland-uses-commodore-64-to-run...
I've fantasized about doing it myself on more than one occasion. The price of new Amiga hardware sort of puts me off, but it's not outside the range I could afford. Unfortunately, I don't quite have the time right now (and, for once in my life, it's not a silly "i don't have time" excuse), so I'm watching it from afar.
I don't know if anyone can actually make a "living" doing that, but it would be cool if they did.
So little effort (just AmigaOS 2+ colors and some amiga-ish gadgets), yet so much better than the average site these days.
If there is something missing, just drop a mail to the list. The devs are pretty responsive.