>> 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