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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12074 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    >> This thing is completely useless if all it can run is WarpOS software or
    >> PowerUP software. Can it even run those?

    > There are several reasons why it can not:
    > 1) Both WarpOS and PowerUP are proprietary. Much of WOS is in powerpc assembly,
    > making it harder to work with it even if they could obtain the source code
    > 2) The FPU issue isn't specific to the OS or kernel being run. The CPU just doesn't
    > implement the Power ISA category FPU. You cannot execute any regular
    > PowerPC FPU code on it.

    From the current status update:

    "Both delevopers [...] brought along Samo Jordan, original developer of the WarpOS/WarpUP! software. Current status is:
    [...]
    - Active talks with Hyperion for supporting AmigaOS4.x.
    [...]
    - Support for WarpUp/WarpOS through support pledged by the original author
    "
    http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=696776
    http://www.a1k.org/forum/showpost.php?p=528160
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