Author: Dark Willow (host217-44-4-12.range217-44.btcentralplus.com)
Date: 03-10-2005 18:17
I had wondered about this path as well. I think one of the main issues is that Atari didn't release TOS source code (except for MultiTos, which has become MiNT) to the public, so far in new machiens the TOS has simply been patched up. To rebuild the code for a completely new CPU family would need full access to it's source code. I'd like to see a new machine with a ROM based OS again in the style of TOS. This has been achieved with the old Acorn riscOS, which is currently in version 5 and there a number of Acorn clones out there at the moment, though they are not cheap.
http://www.iyonix.com/
http://www.explan.co.uk/solo/ <- good, if weird, idea?!