August 11, 2012August 11, 2012Old School Game Blog

Going AROS: The First Steps – Part Two

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a nice weekend. 🙂

Just a quick post today to let you know that I’ve finally finished building my AROS computer! Woo hoo! I’ve set it up and it is working like a charm. I must say that AROS is ultra-fast with native drivers.. I’m very happy about the performance!

Here’s a couple of pictures of my setup:

My AROS setup (photo by Old School Game Blog)

Just a quick screenshot of AROS running (photo by Old School Game Blog)

I haven’t gotten around to installing a lot of software yet or done much in the way of customizing the looks of the OS. I finished building it last night, so I’ve saved the fun stuff for today. 😉 Stay tuned for a video and some screenshots of AROS running various games, emulators and utilities.

Have a nice weekend! 🙂

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Old School Game Blog says:

August 11, 2012 at 17:39

Reblogged this on OGR.

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The Heretic says:

August 11, 2012 at 17:57

Looks good! 🙂

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- Old School Game Blog says:
  
  August 11, 2012 at 19:55
  
  Thanks mate! I’m really happy with this setup. Most of the equipment has been stored away for quite some time, so its good to put it to use again.
  
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anti-cusa for love Reggae and Amiga says:

August 11, 2012 at 20:24

Can you do summary of AROS experience with videos for my blog, so I don`t reblog it piece by piece, and you deserve a full show off 🙂 Is it based on ICAROS, Vision AROS or plain AROS and then added?

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- Old School Game Blog says:
  
  August 12, 2012 at 17:10
  
  Hi there,
  
  I’ll see what I can do. 🙂 Stay tuned! Right now it is actually running AspireOS, but my original plan was to go ICAROS. I had a CD with AspireOS here, so it was easy to just install that one. Drivers are native, so it’s very smooth and fast. 🙂 I must say that it feels like using an Amiga, no doubt about that. I’ll give you a sign when I’ve got something to show you.
  
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  - anti-cusa for love Reggae and Amiga says:
    
    August 12, 2012 at 22:18
    
    OK thanks, check AEROS that is gonna be “AROS on Steroids” 🙂 Its beta prerealise, find it early in my Amiga 2012 resource list. Your file depot is AROS-EXEC
    
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    - Old School Game Blog says:
      
      August 13, 2012 at 20:34
      
      Thanks for the heads-up, will have a look at it. 🙂
      
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Going AROS: An Opinion « Old School Game Blog says:

October 10, 2012 at 18:13

[…] friend, Coder of the Bucket Diary, recently wrote an article about his first experience with AROS (he is using the Icaros Desktop distribution). It's an interesting read, especially if we consider […]

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X500 Plus Case: Pricing & Availability « Old School Game Blog says:

January 7, 2013 at 19:28

[…] thinking that this case would be perfect for my AROS setup. I currently got a mini-ITX box for it, but it would be awesome to move all the hardware into the […]

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