No Commodore but real USA
Act 1: OS News reports C=USA existence, thanks to Amiga Inc
http://www.osnews.com/story/23753/Commodore_Gets_Rights_to_Amiga_Hyperion_Takes_Legal_Action
„Our American lawyers will take action against this,“ Hyperion states, „This is blatant violation of the rights Hyperion Entertainment secured in the settlement agreement with Amiga Inc., Itec and Amino.“
The facts here are that if there’s two companies I would blindly trust in the Amiga world, it’s Hyperion and ACube. These are the only two companies that have kept their promises and delivered actual working products we can buy today. Everyone else – including A-eon (until they ship the X1000) – are fair game.
The only conclusion I can draw from this is that my initial distrust of this Commodore USA thing was more than justified. Their website (shoddy doesn’t even begin to describe it), their rebranded products, their unilateral press releases which can’t be confirmed anywhere else but on their site… It all reeks of a massive con. Are their products even shipping, after months of promises?
Unless proven otherwise, I’m assuming for now that Commodore USA is, at best, a hoax, and at worst, a very inept con. They are properly registered as an LLC, though.
Act 2: Barron responds
http://www.osnews.com/story/23756/Commodore_USA_Threatens_OSNews_with_Legal_Action
Certainly a phone call would be considered appropriate before you print something, so you can have all the facts before determining your position.
The three points above came from me – before I would even be open towards changing my position on Commodore USA, the idiotic [my words] legal threat had to be retracted and an apology had to be made. The last point, about shipping something, refers to the fact that I believe Commodore USA should actually ship something as well.
My original opinion of Commodore USA, the opinion that started all this nonsense, still stands, and nothing has happened between then and now to soften that position (in fact, the threat only made it worse). We’ll have to see what the future brings, but in all honesty, I don’t have high hopes at this point.
Still, that silly threat has been retracted and apologised for, and that’s something I’m very happy with. No matter how silly it was, having a legal threat hover above your head simply isn’t something I particularly like.
MorphOS is an Amiga-compatible computer operating system. It is a mixed proprietary and open sourceOS produced for the PegasosPowerPC processor based computer, PowerUP accelerator equipped Amiga computers, and a series of Freescale development boards that use the Genesi firmware, including the EFIKA and mobileGT. Since MorphOS 2.4, Apple’sMac Mini G4 is supported as well, and with the release of MorphOS 2.5 and MorphOS 2.6 the eMac and PowerMac G4 models are respectively supported. The core, based on the Quarkmicrokernel, is proprietary, although several libraries and other parts are open source, such as Ambientdesktop.
Amiga family development tree.
The project started in 1999, based on the Quarkmicrokernel. The earliest versions of MorphOS ran only via PPC accelerator cards on the Amiga computers, and required portions of AmigaOS to fully function. A collaborative effort between the companies bPlan (of which the lead MorphOS developer is a partner) and Thendic-France in 2002 resulted in the first regular, non-prototype production of bPlan-engineered Pegasos computers capable of running MorphOS or Linux. A busy promotional year followed in 2003, with appearances at conventions and exhibitions in several places around the world, including CES in Las Vegas. Thendic-France had financial problems and folded; however, the collaboration continued under the new banner of „Genesi„.
After some bitter disagreements within the MorphOS development team in 2003 and 2004 culminating with accusations by a MorphOS developer that he and others had not been paid, the Ambient desktop interface was released under GPL and is now actively developed by the Ambient development team. Subject to GPL rules, Ambient continues to be included in the commercial MorphOS product. An alternative MorphOS desktop system is Scalos.[5]
On April 1, 2008 the MorphOS team announced that MorphOS 2.0 would be released within Q2/2008. This promise was only kept by a few seconds, with the release of MorphOS 2.0 occurring on June 30, 2008 23:59 CET. MorphOS 2 is commercially available at a price of 150 EUR per machine (111,11 EUR as a special promotion within the first two weeks of its release). A fully functional demo of MorphOS is available, but without a keyfile, its speed is decreased significantly after 30 minutes of use.
| Version | Release Date | Information | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | June 30, 2008 | MorphOS 2.0 release notes | Added support for Efika 5200B platform |
| 2.1 | September 6, 2008 | MorphOS 2.1 release notes | |
| 2.2 | December 20, 2008 | MorphOS 2.2 release notes | |
| 2.3 | August 6, 2009 | MorphOS 2.3 release notes | |
| 2.4 | October 12, 2009 | MorphOS 2.4 release notes | Added support for Mac mini G4 |
| 2.5 | June 4, 2010 | MorphOS 2.5 release notes | Added support for eMac G4 |
| 2.6 | October 10, 2010 | MorphOS 2.6 release notes | Added support for Power Mac G4 |
| 2.7 | December 2, 2010 | MorphOS 2.7 release notes | |
| 3.0 | June 8, 2012 | MorphOS 3.0 release notes | Added support for PowerBook G4 |
| 3.1 | July 8, 2012 | MorphOS 3.1 release notes |
Following is a (probably incomplete) list of changes made between the 2.7 and 3.0 release of MorphOS to the ROM (boot.img) based components.
| System ID | System Name | Model |
| PowerBook5,6 | PowerBook G4 Aluminum 15“ | A1106 |
| PowerBook5,7 | PowerBook G4 Aluminum 17“ | A1107 |
| PowerBook5,8 | PowerBook G4 Aluminum 15“ | A1138 |
| PowerBook5,9 | PowerBook G4 Aluminum 17“ | A1139 |
Module providing a battery sensor.
Support for the I2C found in PowerBooks.
Module handling Keylargo units found in PowerBooks.
Native support for PFS3, making it possible to boot MorphOS from PFS3 formatted media. This product includes software developed by Michiel Pelt.
Module controlling special keys, power saving, LCD backlight, fans, etc on PowerBook computers.
A library providing simple trigger->notification system meant to handle all sorts of sensors.
Delivers support for 4 temperature sensors in a PowerBook and 1 in a PowerMac.
Library to support raw touchpad input to cursor movement conversions.
Following is a (probably incomplete) list of changes made to the disk based components of MorphOS. While not mentioned for every component translations were updated for most of them. Also various cosmetic fixes were applied here and there.
Some of the new components were already made available as part of the MorphOS 2.7 SDK distribution.
FLAC/Wav CDDA ripper based around cdparanoia.
Simple CD/DVD authoring & copying utility.
for the exhaustive changes.
Powerful text editor built around Scintilla, a port of a widely used text editing component. Includes developer support and UTF file handling.
FTP/SFTP client application.
A new PDF reader application.
Command to display current battery status.
Simple command to eject CD media.
Text conversion utility.
ISO 639 language code class.
An utility class to display calltips.
MorphOS port of the current Scintilla text editor as a MUI class.
General purpose FIFO buffer.
Decoder for IFF DEEP images.
Demultiplexer for IFF DEEP images.
Decoder for IFF ILBM images.
Demultiplexer for IFF ILBM images.
Decoder for JPEG images.
Demultiplexer for JPEG images.
Demultiplexer for Atari Degas/Neochrome images.
Decoder for Atari Degas/Neochrome images.
Decoder for PCX images.
Demultiplexer for PCX images.
Decoder for PNG images.
Demultiplexer for PNG images.
Wrapper class for processing raw PCM video streams in different formats.
Decoder for SunRaster images.
Demultiplexer for SunRaster images.
Decoder for Targa images.
Demultiplexer for Targa images.
Network printing driver.
Shared Cairo graphical library.
FUSE wrapper library.
Shared fontconfig port.
FTP support library for Transfer.
Lua scripting language with additional module allowing sending commands to applications in a way compatible with ARexx.
Shared Pixman library.
Spell checking support shared library.
Shared library providing regular expressions support.
Simple Reggae based music player.
The following is a (probably incomplete) list of changes made between the 3.0 and 3.1 release of MorphOS to the ROM (boot.img) based components.
DOS
Intuition
Layers
Mount
PFS3 filesystem
PowerBook
Following is a (probably incomplete) list of changes made to the disk based components of MorphOS. While not mentioned for every component translations were updated for most of them. Also various cosmetic fixes were applied here and there.
Ambient
Applications/Jalapeno
Applications/Transfer
Applications/VPDF
Blankers/Sproingies
Blankers/Feathers
C/ConvertText
C/Route
Classes/Screenbars/Volumecontrol
Classes/Multimedia/multimedia.class
L/MUICON
Libs/cairo.library
Libs/fontconfig.library
Libs/tinygl.library
MUI
Tools/HDConfig
Tools/IWizard
Utilities/Multiview
The AresOne 2012, just like its predecessors AresOne, AresOne 2010, and AresOne 2011, is a complete PC system specifically assembled to be used with AROS. The hardware components were selected to get the most out of the current AROS version, and to be ready for future improvements. The AresOne 2012 is suitable for Amiga enthusiasts, friends of light HTPC systems, and experienced users, it is not intended for the average Windows user (please keep in mind that AROS, albeit progressing nicely, is still in development).
The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It’s an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with Amiga OS at the API level, while improving on it in many areas.
Additionally to AROS, the AresOne can be pre-installed with Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu or Windows, if you wish.
(BUT WHY ? NOW WITH AEROS THERE IS NO NEED)We also include a special OEM version of Amiga Forever with the package. The latter is useful for UAE since it contains the required Kickstart and Workbench images (1.3 and 3.x) for UAE plus 50 games and 50 demos. If you need more Amiga Forever, you can also purchase the full version at a reduced price. Every AresOne customer gets a licence for the AMC software package, the program is available for download on the AMC website
A portion of the AresOne profits will be used to fund AROS projects, especially driver development and licensed application software.
So the new system is still AROS native compatible.
So you will get AEROS + you AROS distribution of choiceWe have decided to add a Geforce to the base system (please check configurator for more options). This way you can use 3D acceleration in AROS native and AEROS straight away.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6457
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saDOKF2-FBU&feature
http://www.vesalia.de/e_aresone.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AROS_Research_Operating_System
http://www.youtube.com/user/AresComputer1?feature=watch
eur 300 + options
Lets remember how C=USA abuses AROS
https://anticusa.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/commodoreos-beta-9-uses-aros-kickstart/
Another episode in „Abuse someone elses work““, this time AROS Barron has previously spitted on.
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Another point well taken: they will just abuse someone elses work and never countribute even by bounty. What they would do if there was no Debian, MINT and AROS? Make a Windows free software under Commodore Windows with blessings from M$?
and I do remember they promised partnership with Amiga Forever, but instead they installed ripp Amiga Forever „“feature“
http://www.commodore-amiga.org/en/fo…-the-community
Note: Amiga Fover is oldest legal Amiga emulation package for Windows and Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Forever
AROS Kickstart bounty is result of a lot of work and bounties CUSA hasnt contributed 1$
http://www.power2people.org/projects/profile/5
http://www.power2people.org/projects/profile/6
Might not be ilegall, but is immoral
Another Big Ausie Liar`s lie
And just to elaborate on my response. Cloanto just wanted to know if we were including their product in Commodore OS and wanted an explanation of what we were doing.
They were fine with it once they realised we weren’t including their product, and in fact were promoting their product to Commodore enthusiasts.One day dem a partners with Cloanto, other day Amiga Inc can give dem ROMs, third day thieves and liars
And yes … InI forgot Leo`s stance on AROS
Sent: 1-Nov-2010 8:04:08
to BigBentheAussie
Quote:
OK, you could donate 1$ or 10$, 100$ if your Commodore USA Amiga`s are going to use AudioHD since driver would benefit you too and you would have it in several months waiting for others to give their contrib (like AresOne does)
We are still on the fence regarding AROS because we are waiting to hear back from A Inc’s lawyers regarding Hyperion’s threats. They’re taking their time.
We won’t be releasing any Amigas until next year so we’re in no rush.
We are not going to spend a single cent until we know where we stand, what we can do, and what we can’t do.
The drivers therefore ARE NO BENEFIT to us until we are 100% sure we’re not going to be sued.
On top of that, given the the many months of negotiation regarding this driver with Stephen, where he attempted to play us, and then brag to everyone that he nearly did, and you can see that we have less than zero intention of bowing to his ransom demands.
Demanding us to spend our money on a community that has shown such open hostility towards us is not the way for you or the community to get what they want.
This is political, and I guess it is something you cannot recognise from your armchair analysis of the situation.
Look at it from the eyes of a company that is attempting to be more than a backyard operation and you will see that there must be absolute certainty regarding all things because the stakes are too high.
This amount was a drop in the bucket of what we were prepared to spend to attempt to raise the status of AROS to that of a mainstream OS.
The reaction because we didn’t jump when the self appointed kings of AROS demanded we should does not exactly instill us with confidence in investing in AROS.
We don’t like the direction these people are pushing AROS nor the IP issues they are hell-bent on creating in future.
And based on their behavior to date and the various threats they have made we certainly don’t want to work with them.
Maybe you haven’t seen the nonsense we’ve had to put up with both publicly and in private.
Our will to try and accommodate the community regarding AROS is steadily declining.
The community doesn’t buy anything anyway, and is so fragmented it’s a lost cause.
The AROS community should be trying to gain our support rather than just annoying us, because our support would have been FTW!!!
They’ve looked a gift horse in the mouth.Special guest: original Leos Triple boot promise
And only purchasers of CUSA machine can even be beta testers officially, even everyone in fact is beta tester.
They plan to sell it and have just imagined CommodoreOS FUSION …. no body knows what it is, another Tesla weapon
Btw, Mint 11 and Debian Wheezy can be installed on amigaOne boards and they are final and more advanced
Complete parody
http://sinclair-uk.weebly.com/sinclair-os.html
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1) Fake Commodore Amiga domain owned by CommodoreUSA
Nothing to do with real Amigas, AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS with extreme censorship
Every criticism or anything Amiga related get deleted and users get banned for it
Other faked Amiga resources owned by CUSA
All under EXTREME censorship!
2) DiscreetFX hosts Barron interview where everything Amiga is sipitted on, all the brave ideas of innovation
3) AmigaWorld.net has Amiga Inc discussions in basement and tolerates their promo
4) CommodoreUSA Wiki page we fight for less propaganda (also: Talk page, COS page)
5) Amiga4be fake Amigan pages You Tube and Blog
6) Example of CUSA threating people that expose the truth
7) List of C=USA promoters that rarely do help AROS, MorphOS, AmigaOS and yet claiming to be Amigans
8) Barry Tweets
As opposed to Real Amiga resources
On the Edge: Spectacular rise and fall of C=USA 