There's very little public information about NGFS, but it's clear that it won't mount on my emulated #Amiga, not without an m68k port. 😭

Moreover, NGFS uses a new API called Vector-Port, which was introduced in dos.library 53.77... which is the PowerPC-only #AmigaOS 4.1:
https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_Versions

Years ago, I saw an experimental fork of QEMU with PPC Amiga support... but I'm running out of time to fix the main exhibit of #PaCommEx before they start wrapping up the show 😭😭😭

...but under time pressure, I accidentally copy the corrupt library from the HD to the USB stick, making both unbootable! ☠️

It takes me some time to figure out how to get to the real #AmigaOS boot menu, where I can disable the Startup-Sequence to fix the system from the initial CLI.

You still have to hold both mouse buttons as usual, but the USB mouse I was using had a flaky right button! 🤦‍♂️

#amiga #PaCommEx #A1222plus

This is the last screenshot I took of #AmigaOS 4.1 FE running on the #A1222plus before wandering towards the other exhibits.

For someone who, like me, learned to code on the #Amiga, this would be a dream machine with upgraded hardware and tons of OS improvements.

#PaCommEx #retrocomputing

A 9 year old was typing BASIC commands on the Plus 4 next to me. I introduced him to the one-liner maze generator published in the original user manual of the Commodore 64:

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

Afterwards, he started modifying the code, trying different values to see what would happen... much like I did when I was about the same age 🥲

#c64 #retrocomputing #basic #PaCommEx

Robert Bernardo kindly provided a monitor and desk space to exhibit my 600 MHz PPC AmigaOS 4.1 running on the Sam440ex.

#PaCommEx #amiga #ppc #retrocomputing

More pics from the first day of Commodore Pacific Expo.

#PaCommEx #amiga #c64 #retrocomputing

It still works perfectly, and boots into AmigaOS 4.1.

Compared to a classic m68k Amiga, it feels blazingly fast: windows with soft shadows move smoothly on a high-resolution, true-color screen.

#amiga #retrocomputing #PaCommEx

That's right! It's the Sam440ep, a rare PowerPC Amiga made by the Italian company ACube Systems!

https://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=hardware&pid=2

#amiga #retrocomputing #PaCommEx

I'm carrying a surprise exhibit for #PaCommEx... can you tell what it is?

#retrocomputing