This is a copy of a post I asked in the MAUG Yahoo Group.....
I must admit it's quite a far-fetched idea, at a minimum, but what the heck. Ever since AMD started down the APU path, I started thinking about how AROS could be adapted to the many devices that would run on an APU. What immediately came to mind, was, a game console(Amiga CD32 reference), a tablet PC, a netbook, and a mobile internet device(other than a tablet, or netbook). Of course people are running AROS/UAE/Amithlon on Desktops and Notebooks, but why not running them on the other devices?
I mean they already have touchpad devices made for the Amiga, the Koala Touchpad, and It's quite possible to use the trackpad on a notebook(Been there, done that myself, on AROS AND WinUAE). How hard would that be to translate it over to a mobile internet device or tablet?
We wouldn't have to worry about Netbooks and Notebooks as there's at least drivers for their pointing devices already. And desktops are an afterthought. And then the console market is already covered as well.
We already have a decent starting point for programs, because we have the entire classic Amiga library available, and there are quite a few enterprising AROS programmers out there as well. We only need a hosting site(Some kind of AROS Network/App Store), to pull the programs from.
We really wouldn't even need to make our own hardware. Just a standardization to adhere to in order to save people the time of having to program for every devices under the sun. Beside, people could just program for their own devices, pretty much like they do now anyway. By this way, we could create an alternative ecosystem to the ones already out there.
What do you think guys? Sounds like a plan to me.
Oh yeah, and about the smartphone part, There's already smartphones on the market running x86 chips, couldn't port at least AROS to a smartphone then?
I must admit it's quite a far-fetched idea, at a minimum, but what the heck. Ever since AMD started down the APU path, I started thinking about how AROS could be adapted to the many devices that would run on an APU. What immediately came to mind, was, a game console(Amiga CD32 reference), a tablet PC, a netbook, and a mobile internet device(other than a tablet, or netbook). Of course people are running AROS/UAE/Amithlon on Desktops and Notebooks, but why not running them on the other devices?
I mean they already have touchpad devices made for the Amiga, the Koala Touchpad, and It's quite possible to use the trackpad on a notebook(Been there, done that myself, on AROS AND WinUAE). How hard would that be to translate it over to a mobile internet device or tablet?
We wouldn't have to worry about Netbooks and Notebooks as there's at least drivers for their pointing devices already. And desktops are an afterthought. And then the console market is already covered as well.
We already have a decent starting point for programs, because we have the entire classic Amiga library available, and there are quite a few enterprising AROS programmers out there as well. We only need a hosting site(Some kind of AROS Network/App Store), to pull the programs from.
We really wouldn't even need to make our own hardware. Just a standardization to adhere to in order to save people the time of having to program for every devices under the sun. Beside, people could just program for their own devices, pretty much like they do now anyway. By this way, we could create an alternative ecosystem to the ones already out there.
What do you think guys? Sounds like a plan to me.
Oh yeah, and about the smartphone part, There's already smartphones on the market running x86 chips, couldn't port at least AROS to a smartphone then?
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