The idea of the Amiga-SDK was to promote the creation of games for a tiny little virtual machine called "amiga anywhere" (I think the name for this VM has changed a few times due to different marketing strategies). The virtual machine can be run on cell phones, pocket pc devices, computers etc. It isn't really compatable with anything. It has it's own environment (graphics, sound, etc.).
At first the SDK was only available for Linux. A windows version soon followed. I bought the Windows version. It basically provides a command line environment (like linux) where you can use text editors (it comes with Pico) to write programs in Java, C++, or their pseudo assembly language. The Demos compiled nicely. I can't remember which version I had (might have been 1.01).
It really has nothing to do with real Amigas. In theory, when Amiga came out with OS 4.0 or higher, it would have a version of the VM so your programs would run on the new Amigas. But there are long standing legal issues over which hardware platform to use. There was a PPC platform available at one time for the Amiga One (New Amiga hardware). But it was *extremely* expensive.
I loved the old Amigas and would really love to see a new one on the market with todays modern hardware. The Amiga OS was ahead of it's time, and most companies could learn a thing or two from it's true multi-tasking system. But alas, I fear Amiga will forever be a hobbiest pipe dream.
At first the SDK was only available for Linux. A windows version soon followed. I bought the Windows version. It basically provides a command line environment (like linux) where you can use text editors (it comes with Pico) to write programs in Java, C++, or their pseudo assembly language. The Demos compiled nicely. I can't remember which version I had (might have been 1.01).
It really has nothing to do with real Amigas. In theory, when Amiga came out with OS 4.0 or higher, it would have a version of the VM so your programs would run on the new Amigas. But there are long standing legal issues over which hardware platform to use. There was a PPC platform available at one time for the Amiga One (New Amiga hardware). But it was *extremely* expensive.
I loved the old Amigas and would really love to see a new one on the market with todays modern hardware. The Amiga OS was ahead of it's time, and most companies could learn a thing or two from it's true multi-tasking system. But alas, I fear Amiga will forever be a hobbiest pipe dream.