Epsilon's Amiga X1000 Blog

[itix]

I am keen to get the Envy24HT working on the Sam 460CR ...not sure if the elf openpci library is needed or not. also, the library. has .elf at the end, does that need to be renamed openpci.library to put into dh0:morphos/libs - nothing else has .elf so I assume so...

No need to remove .elf at the end. It is old legacy thing. In early years of MorphOS development it was used to distinguish PPC native libraries from 68k libraries when located in same directory.

I guess if MorphOS can't find the card on boot then it doesn't appear in the MorphOS sound options to choose from...well it hasn't appeared for me yet anyway! Any other suggestions to get it working? I am all ears! :-)

The problem could be OpenPCI. It is very old and not updated in ten years. Maybe it doesnt work with SAM...

You could try PCIScan (shell command) to check if it is seen by MorphOS. If it is then it is probably problem in openpci.library...

[Yasu]

I had the same problem with French. The reason is that the window is set manually. I'm not in front of my computer right now so I don't know exactly where, but it's one of the text based bars in a window setting.

[Spectre660]

Looks like openPCI cant see behind the ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI bridge on the Envy24HT  sound Card. There was the same problem under AmigaOS 4.1 .

No need to remove .elf at the end. It is old legacy thing. In early years of MorphOS development it was used to distinguish PPC native libraries from 68k libraries when located in same directory.



The problem could be OpenPCI. It is very old and not updated in ten years. Maybe it doesnt work with SAM...

You could try PCIScan (shell command) to check if it is seen by MorphOS. If it is then it is probably problem in openpci.library...

[Epsilon_]

Hi All,

Today I have written a blog entry showing the new firmware upgrade released by Acube Systems for the Sam460CR, installed today on my Sam 460CR!

Link is here:

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/new-acube-systems-firmware-for-sam-460cr.html

I hope this is interesting! :-)

Catcha,
Epsilon

[Epsilon_]

You could try PCIScan (shell command) to check if it is seen by MorphOS. If it is then it is probably problem in openpci.library...

Thanks - I ran the pciscan command as suggested. It looks like it only sees a pci-e to pci bridge - doesn't appear to see the pci-e audio card itself...

Not sure what else I can do to get the sound working.

Catcha,
Epsilon

[eliyahu]

Today I have written a blog entry showing the new firmware upgrade released by Acube Systems for the Sam460CR, installed today on my Sam 460CR!

thanks as always for a great read. i'm glad to see progress is being made, but, at least in my view, asking customers to pay for a firmware update is really over the top. i hope the performance improvements, though, at least help justify the cost.

-- eliyahu

[Epsilon_]

Hi All,

I now have dual boot working on the Sam 460CR with MorphOS 3.8 and AmigaOS 4.1 final Edition. More details on my blog here:

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/dual-boot-amigaos-41-fe-and-morphos-38.html

I hope this is interesting - I was so glad to get it working!

Catcha,
Epsilon

[Spectre660]

I notice differences in the partition layout between AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS .
AmigaOS low cyl starts at 43 . Morphos at 4.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5429075/images/AmigaOS_Partitions.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5429075/images/MorphOs_Partitions.png

[eliyahu]

I notice differences in the partition layout between AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS .
AmigaOS low cyl starts at 43 . Morphos at 4.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5429075/images/AmigaOS_Partitions.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5429075/images/MorphOs_Partitions.png

there are some oddities. for example i have problems with partitions created under MOS in AOS4, but the reverse isn't true. so i always create SFS0 partitions to share between the two systems under AOS4 on my peg2. i have no idea why this is the case.

-- eliyahu

[Epsilon_]

there are some oddities. for example i have problems with partitions created under MOS in AOS4, but the reverse isn't true. so i always create SFS0 partitions to share between the two systems under AOS4 on my peg2. i have no idea why this is the case.

-- eliyahu

Very good tip and thanks for this - I confirm it works this way too. Prepping partitions under AmigaOS4 first is definitely the way to go.

@all

I have updated my blog with a new entry showing the external floppy connector (with power integrated) to use the Gotek on my CDTV. Link is here:

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/gotek-using-external-floppy-cable-on.html

I hope you enjoy it.

Catcha,
Epsilon

[Epsilon_]

Hi All,

Today I have a show report from the Adelaide Amiga 30 Meeting hosted by the Adelaide Amiga User Group.

It was a great night, with lots of people and lots of Amigas on display.

Plenty of pictures and info here:

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/adelaide-amiga-30-meeting-report.html

I hope you enjoy it! :-)

Catcha,
Epsilon

[AdelaideAmiga]

Thanks for this post Epsilon - enjoyed listening to your discussions of the CD-TV and of course the next-gen systems.  

It seemed that your collection of systems attracted quite an interest on the night

- George

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Great blog, looks like a fun event, as always!  Wish we could get half as many Amiga users together here in my area, LOL!  

[Epsilon_]

Hi All,

Today I have an exclusive sneak preview on my blog of the upcoming MultiviewerNG program for AmigaOS4.1 by Andy "Broadblues" Broad for A-EON Technology. It will be released soon on AMIStore.

I tried it out on my Sam 460CR running AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition.

Link to the post is here:

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/multiviewerng-sneak-preview-for.html

I hope you enjoy it!

Catcha,
Epsilon

[KimmoK]

@MS hybrid boot

I have had ideas to speed up AOS4 bootup with a little bit similar feature. (before I heard about M$ version)
The environment does not change between bootups usually, therefore hybrid can be good.

I've also noticed that hybrid is now the windows standard way. Without hybrid shutdown all kinds of weird things can happen. To me it seems they test mainly hybrid shutdown and fast startup at M$ & third parties (so, the real real cold boot seems less robust).

[Yasu]

Multiviewer seems like a very useful tool indeed. I'm quite impressed actually Too bad there is no MorphOS version but I would like to give the 68k version a try. If it's not crash prone it seems like a better program than what MorphOS can currently offer.

A-Eon, if you read this, I would really like a MorphOS version

What will it cost?