The first phase of Kickstart Rom Replacement has been attributed to bheron with December 1 of 2008 as deadline.

San Antonio – September 22, 2008 – power2PEOPLE is pleased to announce its latest bounty initiative. Chris Hodges, the original author of the Poseidon USB system, has proposed to undertake the task of porting Poseidon USB to AROS and release his work under the APL (AROS Public License) transforming Poseidon USB into an open source project. For this to become a reality, it will require a total amount of donations of at least $4000.

Pavel Fedin has been assigned to port AROS to Windows/Cygwin. Basic emulation functionality shall consist of WinAPI graphics HIDD, native Windows keyboard and mouse HIDDs. These basic functionalities should be included by the tentative deadline of March 31, 2009. Further goals consisting of networking, sound support, and other functionality will not be required for the completion of this bounty.

If you would like to donate money to encourage Pavel's efforts, please visit the power2PEOPLE website.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

I would like to thank Dr. Schulz for his long and very hard work for AROS development over the years and completing the SAM440 port nearly ontime.