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MorphOS

Developer	The MorphOS Development Team
Written in	C
OS family	AmigaOS-like
Working state	Current
Source model	Closed source (with open source components)
Initial release	0.1 / August 1, 2000; 19 years ago
Latest release	3.11 / July 6, 2018; 13 months ago
Available in	19 languages
Platforms	Pegasos, some models of Amiga, EFIKA, Mac Mini G4, eMac, Power Mac G4, PowerBook G4, iBook G4, Power Mac G5, SAM 460, X5000
Kernel type	Micro/pico[1]
Default user interface	Ambient
License	Proprietary with GNU GPL Ambient user interface
Official website	www.morphos-team.net

Before you proceed to install MorphOS 3.11 for the first time, we suggest that you review our hardware compatibility page and read these installation instructions. If you experience any problems, please visit our help desk section.

MorphOS is an AmigaOS-like computer operating system. It is a mixed proprietary and open source OS produced for the PegasosPowerPC processor based computer, PowerUP accelerator equipped Amiga computers, and a series of Freescale development boards that use the Genesi firmware, including the Efika and mobileGT. Since MorphOS 2.4, Apple'sMac Mini G4 is supported as well, and with the release of MorphOS 2.5 and MorphOS 2.6 the eMac and PowerMac G4 models are respectively supported. The release of MorphOS 3.2 added limited support for PowerMac G5. The core, based on the Quarkmicrokernel, is proprietary, although several libraries and other parts are open source, such as Ambientdesktop.

• 2Components
• 3MorphOS software
• 4Supported hardware
• 5History

Characteristics and versions[edit]

Developed for PowerPC processors from Freescale and IBM while supporting the original AmigaOSMC680x0 applications via proprietary task-based emulation, and most AmigaOS/PPC applications via API wrappers. It is API compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 and has a GUI based on MUI.

Besides the Pegasos version of MorphOS, there is a version for Amiga computers equipped with PowerUP accelerator cards produced by Phase5. This version is free, although it does slow down after each two-hour session if it has not been registered. Registration is free. PowerUP MorphOS was most recently updated on 23 February 2006; however, it does not exceed the feature set or advancement of the Pegasos release.^[2][3]

A version of MorphOS for the EFIKA, a very small mainboard based on the ultra-low wattage MPC5200B processor from Freescale, has been shown at exhibitions and user-gatherings in Germany.^[4] Current (since 2.0) release of MorphOS supports the EFIKA.

Components[edit]

Apple Os X Software

ABox[edit]

ABox is an emulation sandbox featuring a PPC native AmigaOS API clone that is binary compatible with both 68k Amiga applications and both PowerUP and WarpOS formats of Amiga PPC executables. ABox is based in part on AROS Research Operating System. ABox includes Trance JIT code translator for 68k native Amiga applications.

Other[edit]

• AHI — audio interface: 6.7
• Ambient desktop — the default MorphOS desktop, inspired by Workbench and Directory Opus 5
• CyberGraphX — graphics interface originally developed for Amiga computers: 5.1
• Magic User Interface — primary GUI toolkit: 4.2
• Poseidon — the Amiga USB stack developed by Chris Hodges
• TurboPrint — the printing system
• TinyGL — OpenGL implementation and Warp3D compatibility is featured via RAVE low-level API: V 51
• Quark — manages the low level systems and hosts the A/Box currently

MorphOS software[edit]

MorphOS can run any system friendly Amiga software written for 68k processors. Also it is possible to use 68k libraries or datatypes on ppc applications and vice versa. It also provides compatibility layer for PowerUP and WarpUP software written for PowerUP accelerator cards. The largest repository is Aminet with over 75000 packages online with packages from all Amiga flavors including music, sound and artwork. MorphOS-only software repositories are hosted at MorphOS software, MorphOS files and MorphOS Storage.

Bundled applications[edit]

MorphOS is delivered with a number of desktop applications in the form of pre-installed software.

Supported hardware[edit]

• Max. 1.72 GB RAM; virtual memory is not supported.
• Only Radeon cards have support; Nvidia cards are not supported.

Amiga[edit]

• Amiga 1200 with Blizzard PPC accelerator card
• Amiga 3000 with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card
• Amiga 4000 with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card

Apple[edit]

• Mac mini G4
• PowerBook G4 (except for 12' aluminum models)
• Power Mac G4 Cube^[5]

Genesi/bPlan GmbH[edit]

ACube[edit]

A-Eon Technology[edit]

History[edit]

The project started in 1999, based on the Quarkmicrokernel.^[6] The earliest versions of MorphOS ran only via PPC accelerator cards on the Amiga computers, and required portions of AmigaOS to fully function.^[7] A collaborative effort between the companies bPlan (of which the lead MorphOS developer is a partner) and Thendic-France in 2002 resulted in the first regular, non-prototype production of bPlan-engineered Pegasos computers capable of running MorphOS or Linux.^[8][9] Thendic-France had financial problems and folded; however, the collaboration continued under the new banner of 'Genesi'.^[10][11] A busy promotional year followed in 2003, with appearances at conventions and exhibitions in several places around the world, including CES in Las Vegas.^[12]

After some bitter disagreements within the MorphOS development team in 2003 and 2004, culminating with accusations by a MorphOS developer that he and others had not been paid,^[13] the Ambient desktop interface was released under GPL^[14] and is now actively developed by the Ambient development team. Subject to GPL rules, Ambient continues to be included in the commercial MorphOS product. An alternative MorphOS desktop system is Scalos.^[15]

On April 1, 2008, the MorphOS team announced that MorphOS 2.0 would be released within Q2/2008. This promise was only kept by a few seconds, with the release of MorphOS 2.0 occurring on June 30, 2008 23:59 CET. MorphOS 3.11 is commercially available at a price of €79 per machine (€49 for the Efika PPC or Sam460 boards). A fully functional demo of MorphOS is available, but without a keyfile, its speed is decreased significantly after 30 minutes of use per session; rebooting the system allows for another 30 minutes of use.

Release history of 0.x/1.x series[edit]

Version	Release date	Notes
0.1	August 1, 2000	Amiga
0.2	October 17, 2000	Amiga
0.4	February 14, 2001	3rd Release[16]
0.5	May 1, 2001	Amiga
0.8	August 2001	Amiga, Pegasos I
0.9	2002	beta[17]
1.0	14 October 2002	Pegasos I
1.1	December 13, 2002	Pegasos I
1.2	February 9, 2003	Pegasos I
1.3	March 27, 2003	Pegasos I
1.4	August 7, 2003	Pegasos I
1.4.4	March 28, 2005	Pegasos I/II
1.4.5	April 30, 2005	Pegasos I/II
1.4.5	August 25, 2005	Amiga[18]

Release history of 2.x/3.x series[edit]

Version	Release date	Notes
2.0	June 30, 2008	Added support for Efika 5200B platform; native TCP/IP stack, an updated Sputnik release, AltiVec support, alpha compositing 3D layers for the graphical user interface, new USB components (including USB 2.0 support), new screenblankers, and Reggae, a new, modular, streaming multimedia framework[19]
2.1	September 6, 2008	Support for the EFIKA's audio[20]
2.2	December 20, 2008	TrueCrypt-compatible disk encryption suite[21]
2.3	August 6, 2009	Origyn Web Browser as the default browser, read only HFS+ filesystem support[22]
2.4	October 12, 2009	Added support for Mac mini G4; Write support for Mac HFS disks, new charsets.library to provide better multilingual application support[23]
2.5	June 4, 2010	Added support for eMac G4; drivers for SiI3x1x based 2-port Serial ATA PCI cards[24]
2.6	October 10, 2010	Added support for Power Mac G4; 2D drivers for Rage 128 Pro graphics cards; Released at precisely 10.10.10 10:10[25]
2.7	December 2, 2010	Improving support for Power Mac G4 platforms[26]
3.0	June 8, 2012	Added support for PowerBook G4; performance improvements[27]
3.1	July 8, 2012	Bug-fix release[28]
3.2	May 27, 2013	Added support for further PowerBook G4 models, iBook G4 and Power Mac G5 model A1047; 3D drivers for Radeon R300 based cards, wireless networking via Atheros chipset, major overhaul of TCP/IP stack ('NetStack') - improving networking performance[29]
3.3	September 18, 2013	Fixes support for some iBook G4 models[30]
3.4	December 14, 2013	Improved R300 3D and G5 video playback performance, support for non-native display resolutions on various PowerBook models[31]
3.5	February 15, 2014	Support for PowerMac7,2 Power Mac G5 models[32]
3.6	June 27, 2014	Broadcom Wi-Fi support, AMD R400 support, SMBFS filesystem, VNC server and a Synergy client[33]
3.7	August 3, 2014	Bug-fix release[34]
3.8	May 15, 2015	Support for Sam 460 series of mainboards; basic drivers for Radeon HD series graphics cards, support for 4K displays in their native resolution[35]
3.9	June 19, 2015	Bug-fix release[36]
3.10	March 25, 2018	Extended hardware support (X5000 mainboard; new SATA controllers, network controllers, scanners and graphics cards), Flow Studio IDE with built-in debugger, support for time zones, new fonts, new themes, support for vector graphics, including SVG icons, overall bug fixes and performance improvements[37]
3.11	July 6, 2018	Bug-fix release[38]

MorphOS 2 includes a native TCP/IP stack ('Netstack') and a Web browser, Sputnik or Origyn Web Browser.^[39] Sputnik was begun under a user community bounty system^[40] that also resulted in MOSNet, a free, separate TCP/IP stack for MorphOS 1 users. Sputnik is a port of the KHTML rendering engine, on which WebKit is also based. Sputnik is no longer being developed and was removed from later MorphOS 2 releases.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Basic Kernel Information'. MorphOS Home Page. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
2. ^Piru (February 23, 2006). 'Announcements : Updated MorphOS for PowerUP Users'. Amiga.org. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
3. ^Thom Holwerda (August 24, 2005). 'MorphOS 1.4.5 Released for Classic Amiga'. OSNews. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
4. ^Thom Holwerda (October 17, 2006). 'MorphOS 1.5 Running on EFIKA to Be Shown'. OSNews. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
5. ^Frank Mariak (December 25, 2013). 'MorphOS on Apple G4 Cube?'. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
6. ^'Nový projekt OS: MorphOS'. Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 52. Atlantida Publishing. January 2000. p. 7. ISSN1211-1465.
7. ^'MorphOS? What's that, then?'. Amiga Active. No. 10. Pinprint Publishing. July 2000. pp. 14–17. ISSN1467-3533.
8. ^Schröder, Carsten (July 2002). 'Pegasos-Verfügbarkeit steht möglicherweise kurz bevor'. Amiga Future (in German). No. 37. APC&TCP. pp. 4–5.
9. ^Dvorak, John C. (2004-04-06). 'Inside Track'. PC Magazine. Vol. 23 no. 6. Ziff Davis. p. 53. ISSN0888-8507.
10. ^'MorphOS Update & Pegasos'(PDF). Total Amiga. No. 14. South Essex Amiga Link. Spring 2003. p. 8.
11. ^'bplan and Thendic merge to GENESI (update)'. Amiga-News.de. November 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
12. ^'Weitere Bilder von der CES 2003' (in German). Amiga-News.de. February 4, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
13. ^'Unklarheiten bezüglich der Veröffentlichung von MorphOS 1.5 für den Pegasos' (in German). Amiga-News.de. November 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
14. ^'Ambient source code under GPL released'. Amiga-News.de. January 22, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
15. ^Chris Haynes (March 21, 2007). 'Scalos - The Amiga Desktop Replacement'. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
16. ^'New MorphOS 0.4 Release'. ann.lu. February 15, 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2001. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
17. ^MorphOS 0.9 video
18. ^'MorphOS Change Log'. morphos-team.net. June 6, 2006. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
19. ^MorphOS 2.0 release notes
20. ^MorphOS 2.1 release notes
21. ^MorphOS 2.2 release notes
22. ^MorphOS 2.3 release notes
23. ^MorphOS 2.4 release notes
24. ^MorphOS 2.5 release notes
25. ^MorphOS 2.6 release notes
26. ^MorphOS 2.7 release notes
27. ^MorphOS 3.0 release notes
28. ^MorphOS 3.1 release notes
29. ^MorphOS 3.2 release notes
30. ^MorphOS 3.3 release notes
31. ^MorphOS 3.4 release notes
32. ^MorphOS 3.5 release notes
33. ^MorphOS 3.6 release notes
34. ^MorphOS 3.7 release notes
35. ^MorphOS 3.8 release notes
36. ^MorphOS 3.9 release notes
37. ^MorphOS 3.10 release notes
38. ^MorphOS 3.11 release notes
39. ^'MorphOS 2.0'. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
40. ^'Morph Bounties'. MorphZone. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12.

External links[edit]

• Official website
• MorphZone, Supported Computers
• Obligement – Magazine about AmigaOS and MorphOS
• www.warmup-asso.org – Portal dedicated to MorphOS users
• MorphOS Storage - MorphOS Software Storage

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