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Software News : AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November 30th

Posted by orgin on 2007/10/23 20:53:16 (2565 reads) News by the same author

Antwerp, Belgium - 23 October, 2007

As announced this weekend in Sacramento, CA during the Amiwest banquet, Amiga OS 4.0 for classic Amiga?s equipped with PowerPC accelerator cards, will start shipping on 30 November 2007.

The version of Amiga OS 4.0 shipping for classic Amiga?s is functionally identical to the version already available for AmigaOne hardware and can co-exist with existing Amiga OS 3.x installations in a dual-boot configuration.

The cardboard packaging will contain a CD, a DD boot-floppy to allow installation without a pre-installed Amiga OS and a printed ?Quick Start? manual.

Production and world-wide distribution of Amiga OS 4.0 Classic will be handled by our strategic partners Acube SrL.

Due to the wide variety of (often no longer produced) third-party hardware available for the Amiga 1200, Amiga 3000(T) and Amiga 4000 (T), prospective customers are strongly advised to verify whether their hardware is supported by Amiga OS 4.0 Classic before placing their order. A list of supported and unsupported hardware will going online soon on A Cube?s website. Depending on overall market-demand for the Amiga OS 4.0 Classic version, additional hardware may be supported in the future.

AmigaOS 4.0 Classic will require at least 64 MB of memory (more is recommended) and at least 200 MB of free hard disk space, as well as a supported PowerPC accelerator (CyberstormPPC or BlizzardPPC).

Hyperion Entertainment once again wishes to thank its loyal customers for their business and support.

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Helge	Published: 2007/10/23 22:19 Updated: 2007/10/23 22:19
Not too shy to talk Joined: 12/15/2006 From: Comments: 262	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... Great news, but why dont they announce it when it is in the shops? There are reasons why Amiga peoples are suspicious when something is announced for the future, even if it's just two more weeks. But how much does it cost? They should know that by now. I hope they don't rise the price because they need moneys for the expensive lawyers!

JeffShepherd	Published: 2007/10/23 23:04 Updated: 2007/10/23 23:04
Just popping in Joined: 03/01/2007 From: Comments: 91	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... Quote: But how much does it cost? They should know that by now. I hope they don't rise the price because they need moneys for the expensive lawyers! You wont know if they raise the price because they haven't said how much it will cost

ssolie	Published: 2007/10/23 23:05 Updated: 2007/10/23 23:05
Amigans Defender Joined: 11/26/2006 From: Canada Comments: 986	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... I'm not sure why Hyperion decided to take the announcement route either but here we are. In any case I would sure like to thank Bill Borsari for taking on the responsibility of making the announcement on behalf of Hyperion and pulling off a demo of the latest ISO. Those at the show got to watch Bill installing the very latest ISO on his machine the night before the demo which is always a tense situation and really fun to watch when you know you are not the guy doing the demo the next day.

DiscreetFX	Published: 2007/10/24 4:57 Updated: 2007/10/24 4:57
Just popping in Joined: 10/05/2007 From: Chicago Comments: 144	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... @ssolie Don't forget that DiscreetFX bought the beer for everyone that night, making Bill's installation of OS 4.0 that much easier.

sundown	Published: 2007/10/24 7:07 Updated: 2007/10/24 7:07
Not too shy to talk Joined: 11/27/2006 From: California - S.F. Bay area Comments: 384	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... Amiga OS 4.0 for Classic Amigas will be sold at a retail price of 74 EUR + local taxes and shipping costs. Acube

yssing	Published: 2007/10/26 14:05 Updated: 2007/10/26 14:05
Just popping in Joined: 12/07/2006 From: Denmark Comments: 95	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... Every one can afford that :)

amigakit	Published: 2007/10/28 3:12 Updated: 2007/10/28 3:12
Quite a regular Joined: 12/04/2006 From: www.amigakit.com Comments: 718	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... We have had lots of emails the past few days asking where OS4 for Classic PPC Amiga is listed on our webstore. We will add AmigaOS 4.0 to our website when we have confirmation of the stock transfer to us. We have been told that this will be the end of November. We can take customer's orders then. As a policy we will not take pre-orders until stock is confirmed in transit to us. In answering emails, our prices of OS 4.0 Classic are expected to be as follows: USD $105 where product is delivered within the USA CAD $100 where product is delivered within Canada AUS $115 where product is delivered within Australia GBP ?59.99 inc VAT where product is delivered within the UK EUR 85 inc VAT where product is delivered within Europe All prices subject to change and shipping charges. E&OE.

Snuffy	Published: 2007/10/31 20:22 Updated: 2007/10/31 20:22
Just can't stay away Joined: 12/06/2006 From: Michigan Comments: 1027	Re: AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November... @yssing Every one can afford that :) Not really, the machine that runs it, costs 10 times more than the OS software!