Difference between revisions of "Hardware Platforms"
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| − | MorphOS runs exclusively on PowerPC processors. Four specific hardware platforms have been supported so far: the PowerPC accelerator boards for Commodore's Amiga line of computers (developed by the former company Phase5 in the1990s and known as CyberStormPPC and BlizzardPPC), which were supported until MorphOS 1.4.5, the | + | [[File:Hardware_tn.gif|left]]MorphOS runs exclusively on PowerPC processors. Four specific hardware platforms have been supported so far: the PowerPC accelerator boards for Commodore's Amiga line of computers (developed by the former company Phase5 in the1990s and known as [http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=225 CyberStormPPC] and [http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=154 BlizzardPPC]), which were supported until MorphOS 1.4.5, the [http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/output.php?PAGE_ID=125 Pegasos I & II] and [http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/output.php?PAGE_ID=124 Efika] mainboards (developed by [http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/ bplan] and distributed by [http://www.genesi-usa.com/ Genesi]) and also selected PowerPC based Apple computers, particularly the [http://support.apple.com/kb/SP65 Mac mini G4], [http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/g4/ PowerMac G4] and [http://www.apple.com/support/emac/ eMac G4 1.25 and 1.42 GHz]. An up-to-date list can be found [[Supported_Computers|here]]. Pegasos and Efika boards are initialised by an HAL/OF (Hardware Abstraction Layer / Open Firmware) called [http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/output.php?PAGE_ID=127&LANG_ID=2 SmartFirmware], a BIOS-like software created and maintained by bplan for its PowerPC products (and available under license for every designer/manufacturer of PowerPC-based products). |
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