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| ===== Run AmigaOS under emulation ===== | ===== Run AmigaOS under emulation ===== | ||
| - | **If all you want to do is play around a bit, and play some games now and again, this is likely the best alternative** | + | **If all you want to do is play around a bit, and play some games now and again, this is likely the best alternative. It is also a good alternative if you want to work seriously with "classic" AmigaOS or want a genuine AmigaOS setup but without paying the cost of a PowerPC system or AmigaOS 4.x** |
| Get AmigaForever. You need a source of kickstart ROMs, and these are provided on AmigaForever (you can get your own images by extracting them from a real Amiga as well, if you prefer, but the AmigaForever route is simpler). If you're a Windows user that gives you a pretty nice setup out of the box. If you're on Linux or OS/X it's a little trickier. You can also set up WinUAE (best alternative on Windows), E-UAE or UAE (on Linux and OS/X) | Get AmigaForever. You need a source of kickstart ROMs, and these are provided on AmigaForever (you can get your own images by extracting them from a real Amiga as well, if you prefer, but the AmigaForever route is simpler). If you're a Windows user that gives you a pretty nice setup out of the box. If you're on Linux or OS/X it's a little trickier. You can also set up WinUAE (best alternative on Windows), E-UAE or UAE (on Linux and OS/X) | ||
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| ===== MorphOS ===== | ===== MorphOS ===== | ||
| - | MorphOS is a PPC based Amiga-like OS that is often grouped with AmigaOS and AROS as part of the Amiga family. It has the benefit of being able to run on platforms like the old PPC Mac Minis where AmigaOS 4 doesn't run | + | MorphOS runs on various PPC based hardware platforms. Currently supported are Pegasos I, Pegasos II, Efika, Apple Mac mini, eMac and PowerMac models. Apple PowerBooks are supported in MorphOS 3. |
| + | MorphOS runs system friendly AmigaOS software (up to 3.x version) and its own software developed for MorphOS. | ||
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| + | It is perhaps the most user friendly and cost effective platform to run Amiga software on modern hardware. It comes with modern 3D drivers, MUI 4 and CyberGraphX software. | ||
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