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Operating System Specific Discussions => AROS Research Operating System => Topic started by: clusteruk on March 01, 2009, 03:43:48 PM
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For those who do not know about iMica, it is basically an intel atom based ITX motherboard system in a small case running the latest version of Aros and E-UAE. Pricing is very competitive at £250 and as you will see from my site performance is great.
I held off launching while awaiting OWB release but now it is in the wild and it rocks. iMica is a great stepping stone towards 68k Amiga software to x86 Amiga software. Not finished or perfect but I hope you agree it is cool and that Aros is a serious contender.
YouTube introduction link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Kuvt_qUfg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Kuvt_qUfg)
My web site link
http://clusteruk.dns2go.com (http://clusteruk.dns2go.com)
Hope you all like and give it a look.
Steve
PS. My site is on my local server so please be patient if it does not load, I am moving to full server soon.
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Thats a nice little system!. Great all in one for someone that doesnt want to build there own.
It makes me realize that it might finally be time to build my own Aros box. It seems that it has most of the main apps for general computing now.
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Good news . . .
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wow that's pretty impressive :-o ..will have to look at AROS as an option now for my next system :-D
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Thanks for the positive responses, as mentioned iMica is for those not used to building a system. If you are happy to do so then you can get greater performance. Just remember drivers are still a problem and Vesa is still best mode at moment for graphics as it is very fast and very reliable. As for sound just get Soundblaster live with EMU10k chip off ebay for around $10.
More users the better I say.
I will soon be announcing Amiga 25th anniversary site which I hope to involve all people with all flavours of Amiga OS. The next couple of years should be good for all of us if we band together under Amiga banner with many flavours.
Steve
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Your webpage link needs its ip address up dated mate. :-(
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now thats a nice case 8-)
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Hi,
Nice demo. Aros has come a long way since the last time I checked it out.
Nice looking hardware too.
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Edited: Double comment.
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Nice system. The case looks similar to what have used on two of my itx systems. Got them on the cheap for $55 each.
Nice Case for ITX Boards (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QdR4B7dxU3LYalaVrGgNpw?authkey=Gv1sRgCKLow-Gildm4RQ&feat=directlink)
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What is XP or linux performance on this board ? Can we install Macos x, just like minitab or eee pc ?
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Firedawg wrote:
Nice system. The case looks similar to what have used on two of my itx systems. Got them on the cheap for $55 each.
Can I ask where you got your case because the iMica ones are very expensive, nearly half the price of unit. Plus can you fit a PCI riser board.
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I definetly need to take a look at AROS..
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Can I ask where you got your case because the iMica ones are very expensive, nearly half the price of unit. Plus can you fit a PCI riser board.
I'd suggest that you visit www.mini-box.com
They have pretty competive prices on mini-itx boards also.
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tabuhuso wrote:
What is XP or linux performance on this board ? Can we install Macos x, just like minitab or eee pc ?
XP performance should be good, it is a Dual core 16ghz machine after all. Linux apparantly has issues but have not tried to install yet.
Note that I am going to build a faster machine in a normal case for less money soon. This is meant to be a small neat Aros machine that performs very well but cannot compete with modern 3ghz + machines that cost peanuts. Also this case is really expensive.
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Dear Friends:
I am very interested in buying an imica system. But I am gonna wait til aladdin 4d for aros comes out and make sure and runs stable on imica.So, i will wait then, but if the system gets good reviews then I will go for it.
Cheers !!!
rednova
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@ clusteruk
Excelent work! And very competitive pricing!
If I wasn't having two computers already, I would go for that one.
clusteruk wrote:
tabuhuso wrote:
What is XP or linux performance on this board ? Can we install Macos x, just like minitab or eee pc ?
XP performance should be good, it is a Dual core 16ghz machine after all. Linux apparantly has issues but have not tried to install yet.
Dual system is a great advantage here. Did you try Vista? As for Linux, you definitely should check out xUbuntu. This one is known to have fewest problems regarding hardware i.e. drivers stuff. If it fails, maybe try some other leading distribution. Every system more on this board makes it even more powerful.
Not sure if Mac OS X.5 is distributed alone.
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I did actually try to install UBuntu but it failed.
The system comes with a CD of drivers for XP and Vista.
Oh and I assume everybody realised I meant 1.6ghz not 16ghz ;-)
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@clusteruk
I just thought you were being sarcastic! :lol:
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interesting. What native amiga software can run on it, without E-UAE etc. I guess what can run on AROS?
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Basically all Aros compiled software and just about every Amiga 68k application I have ever run.
http://www.youtube.com/clusterukdevelopment
Try this link and watch ICAROS video on iMica System
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Maybe the currency conversion is causing my confusion, but what do you get for £250? Is this just the hardware? All this hardware is off-the-shelf, and available rather cheap. I assume with the iMica your getting something turn key?
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clusteruk wrote:
I did actually try to install UBuntu but it failed.
The system comes with a CD of drivers for XP and Vista.
Oh and I assume everybody realised I meant 1.6ghz not 16ghz ;-)
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d945gclf/sb/CS-029475.htm
You need to do a hack to install Ubuntu, but other Linux distros work out of the box.
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brianb wrote:
clusteruk wrote:
I did actually try to install UBuntu but it failed.
The system comes with a CD of drivers for XP and Vista.
Oh and I assume everybody realised I meant 1.6ghz not 16ghz ;-)
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d945gclf/sb/CS-029475.htm
You need to do a hack to install Ubuntu, but other Linux distros work out of the box.
Not even a hack, just a simple BIOS reconfiguration:
IBM site states:
Ubuntu 8.04 2.6.24-16-generic
Need workaround to do OS installation
Need to disable LAN support in BIOS to install Operating System (OS)
Allright!