> can someone point me to somewhere where I can read up on what the Abox and
> the Qbox is?

http://via.i-networx.de/docs/glimpse_2_MorphOS_p1_V1.0SE.pdf

...or older:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020626181353/http://www.morphos.net/overview.php3
http://web.archive.org/web/20020626180435/http://www.morphos.net/kernelinfo.php3
http://www.pegasos.si/files/morphos_in_detail.pdf
http://www.ggsdata.se/Pegasos/Bilder/morphos_in_detail.pdf

...and most recent from a MorphOS Team member:

""Qbox" was a name/fantasy invented by Thendic over 10 years ago. [...] A misunderstanding of how MorphOS works"
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=38397&forum=2&start=40#722046

...and put into perspective by a former Thendic employee:

"I think Bigfoot is pulling your leg there :-) I was the guy who wrote the articles about Quark and the Qbox. It was a bit vague but it was certainly the idea to build something like that."
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=38397&forum=2&start=60#722227

Edit: added quotes and links

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 17.06.2014 - 15:06 ]