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I think it was already mentioned several times that no architecture choice was ever made (beside PPC for current MorphOS). The OS should be written first...

> I think it was already mentioned several times that no architecture choice was ever made

Bigfoot mentioned AMD64 a while back:

http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11137&forum=11&start=6

> the CPU cores are modded ARM cores (IIRC A73s).

I've never read or heard from a reliable source that cores which are created on the base of an ISA license (like Qualcomm's Kryo is) are modified ARM Ltd. cores. This doesn't sound plausible to me, even when the ISA licensee is a core licensee at the same time (like Qualcomm is).

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It's more likely than an on-die hardware emulation of an x86 CPU.

Future version od morphos should be unix with amiga gui and graphics.
Of course Future version od morphos should be cpu agnostic.
After API change to not compatibile with old software, it is stupid to restrict morphos to particular cpu or motherboard.

>>> I think it's more likely that the 835 has added instructions that aid the software emulation

>> Sounds unlikely to me. So far I've not seen or read any evidence in favour of that
>> assumption.

> It's more likely than an on-die hardware emulation of an x86 CPU.

...but still less likely than there being neither "added instructions that aid the software emulation" nor "an on-die hardware emulation of an x86 CPU".

> Future version od morphos should be cpu agnostic. [...] it is stupid to restrict morphos
> to particular [...] motherboard.

Ever heard of hardware drivers?

Hardware drivers will be easier to made if future mos will be based on unix.

Yeah and even more pointless as everybody will just USE "unix".


MorphOS (and AmigaOS,RiscOS,BeOS) can only stay relevant as long as they don't turn into YALD.

And yes for the general population BSDs are YALD.

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UNIX, BSD (UNIX again), Linux (a kernel with UNIX pretensions), ALL closely related monolithic kernel based OS'.

Not at all similar to Amiga related operating systems.
Again (and again, and again...), if I freaking wanted to use a Linux like OS, I'd use one.
If MorphOS was based on something like that, it would lose a lot of its appeal for me.

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What you want already exists https://www.aeros-os.org/

Knock yourself out.

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Amen to that!

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While you may be right on your observation and prediction there is one thing to mind though which let me favour x64 pretty much. PCs are rather open, ARM designs usually are not. And this openess may be essential for a niche system that MorphOS is. And in contrast to ppc x64 will definitely not vanish too soon. I am sure in 20 years time it will still be possible to obtain an x64 system without much hassle - albeit it might have shifted into a comparatively small market (but it will not become a homeopathic market like for ppc).

71 posts so far, and I bet every one of those posts are demanding that MorphOS becoming Yet Another Linux Distribution.

Samsung has released its own OS. Actually it is just Y.A.L.D.. That means that Samsung does not have its own OS. Neither does Google. Neither does MacBook.

Also, I believe that RISC OS has attracted new developers, despite being original.

Future MorphOS should place The Problem Software into The Emulator, until The Problem Software can be fixed.

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Does this mean that they are debating which ISA to use?

> 71 posts so far, and I bet every one of those posts are demanding that MorphOS
> becoming Yet Another Linux Distribution.

Half of them are about Vampire2/Apollo/68080 being slower than 68060 ;-)

> Samsung has released its own OS.

Their first version a few years ago, actually.

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FTFY ;)

> Samsung has released its own OS kernel.

Which one would that be?

One of the major problems with morphos is porting software.

It takes too much time and work.

This problem should also be solved at the time of ISA switch.

There is simple solution to problem with porting - future morphos should be amiga gui and graphics on unix.









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If it is actually the case, I'm out. :)
If you want unix, just skin an existing one.

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The Bada RTOS kernel.

Bada could be run on top of a Linux kernel too but there are no devices in the wild that do AFAIK.

> One of the major problems with morphos is porting software. It takes
> too much time and work. [...] There is simple solution to problem with
> porting - future morphos should be amiga gui and graphics on unix.

Keeping Amiga GUI would mean no easier porting of software with GUI.

>>> Samsung has released its own OS kernel.

>> Which one would that be?

> The Bada RTOS kernel. Bada could be run on top of a Linux kernel
> too but there are no devices in the wild that do AFAIK.

Thanks. Until now I wasn't aware of Bada's RTOS kernel.

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We have qt port for amiga.

>>> One of the major problems with morphos is porting software. It takes
>>> too much time and work. [...] There is simple solution to problem with
>>> porting - future morphos should be amiga gui and graphics on unix.

>> Keeping Amiga GUI would mean no easier porting of software with GUI.

> We have qt port for amiga.

So Unix base isn't needed for this, obviously.