What is MorphOS - a brief introduction for folks familiar wi
  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12150 from 2003/5/22
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    > did search, but found 0 results , http://aminet.net/search?query=rexxsyslib.library

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6756&forum=3&start=29

    (That's the actual posting I linked to in this thread but since MorphZone was upgraded earlier this year all those older links no longer work unfortunately.)
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    boot_wb
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    @Andreas_Wolf

    Still doesn't change that rexxsyslib.library does not exist on Aminet.

    Doesn't that still have to be obtained from the OS3.x distribution?
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    Andreas_Wolf
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    > Still doesn't change that rexxsyslib.library
    > does not exist on Aminet.

    Still doesn't change that here clicking the link I provided makes Aminet say "Found 22 matching package(s)". Piru says it works with him as well:

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7158&forum=3&start=2

    > Doesn't that still have to be obtained from the
    > OS3.x distribution?

    If you want the latest version, yes. Else what Aminet has since 1995 should be fine.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Ah, included within a related archive - found by searching under 'content' - I see. D'oh!

    Thanks for pointing that out at - I at least have previously searched for AREXX as a package in itself, or rexxsyslib.library in the past - obviously without success. Consequently, I still have an original copy of OS3.9 around somewhere despite no longer having hardware on which to run it (or a desire for emulation). :-)
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12150 from 2003/5/22
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    Update:

    >>> They should make it a sticky topic in their morphos section.

    >> If you're referring to amiga.org, then yes, that could prove beneficial indeed,
    >> preventing embarrassments like this one in the future ;-)

    > Seems it didn't help too much unfortunately:
    >
    > "MorphOS, I've only ever experienced this on a very old version on a real Amiga with
    > a PPC board. I have to say it was just awful and totally useless, from what I know of it
    > now and have seen and read on various sites it's actually even worse now than the old
    > version I tried"
    > http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=639050
    >
    > "I have said my only experience of it was a very old version that runs on my A1200 &
    > BlizzardPPC and that put me off it right from the start"
    > http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=639292
    >
    > How come he's now again claiming to have tried MorphOS on his PowerUP hardware
    > when about half a year ago he admitted that it was in fact *Warp*OS and *not* MorphOS
    > he tried on his PowerUP hardware back then?
    >
    > Disconcertingly, in between he had the following to say regarding MorphOS:
    >
    > "To me MorphOS running on a mac sounds interesting as I reckon I may get more use
    > out of a Mac if I can run Amiga progs on it other than just using it for the net like I do with
    > the two I have now..."
    > http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=611822
    >
    > Are there maybe several people using that amiga.org account?

    Seems it should be made sticky on amigaworld.net as well:

    "I only tried a very early version of it many years ago on my Amiga's and it just wasn't for me"
    http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=34317&forum=2#630234
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12150 from 2003/5/22
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    Addendum:

    Update:

    >>>> They should make it a sticky topic in their morphos section.

    >>> If you're referring to amiga.org, then yes, that could prove beneficial indeed,
    >>> preventing embarrassments like this one in the future ;-)

    >> Seems it didn't help too much unfortunately:
    >>
    >> "MorphOS, I've only ever experienced this on a very old version on a real Amiga with
    >> a PPC board. I have to say it was just awful and totally useless, from what I know of it
    >> now and have seen and read on various sites it's actually even worse now than the old
    >> version I tried"
    >> http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=639050
    >>
    >> "I have said my only experience of it was a very old version that runs on my A1200 &
    >> BlizzardPPC and that put me off it right from the start"
    >> http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=639292
    >>
    >> How come he's now again claiming to have tried MorphOS on his PowerUP hardware
    >> when about half a year ago he admitted that it was in fact *Warp*OS and *not* MorphOS
    >> he tried on his PowerUP hardware back then?
    >>
    >> Disconcertingly, in between he had the following to say regarding MorphOS:
    >>
    >> "To me MorphOS running on a mac sounds interesting as I reckon I may get more use
    >> out of a Mac if I can run Amiga progs on it other than just using it for the net like I do with
    >> the two I have now..."
    >> http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=611822
    >>
    >> Are there maybe several people using that amiga.org account?

    > Seems it should be made sticky on amigaworld.net as well:
    >
    > "I only tried a very early version of it many years ago on my Amiga's and it
    > just wasn't for me"
    > http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=34317&forum=2#630234

    ...and on MooBunny:

    http://moobunny.dreamhosters.com/cgi/mbmessage.pl/amiga/219797.shtml
    http://moobunny.dreamhosters.com/cgi/mbmessage.pl/amiga/219916.shtml

    Best part:
    "I still have the old 3.4GB HD here with MorphOS on it and a few MOS programs that were on old Amiga Format & other magazines cover CD's."

    In case someone doesn't know why this would require a time machine:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Format
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