My review of Pegasos+MorphOS

[Spidey]

Hello Targhan,

I tried the net to find a MUI version of Genesis, but in the end I just tried MiamiDX again.

It works now and I discovered the problem I had.
It has to do with my ethernet connection or ethernetcard itself. MiamiDX sometimes can't see the MAC adress of the card. So that is why I have troubles getting connected.

Thank you for your advice :-)

I've installed IBrowse2.3 (fully registered ofcourse) and the speed is skyrocketing :-D
YAM works too.

My next step is installing MakeCD3.2C

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello fortina,

Do you have an URL to a demo or something of this program?
I could check it.

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello lempkee,

I guess I don't have a fast computer anymore.

Quake I
I got a framerate of 13 fps with a 1024x768x8 screen and with a 800x600x8 screen I got a rate of 20 fps!!

Oh well, it's fast enough for me! :-D

With Quake II I can choose something besides 'software' in the Options menu, but I don't know how to check it.
(no, I don't have a doc of this game)

I did buy Genetic Species of those EuroCD collection, that's my next try! :-)

MakeCD3.2C (with 3.2D installed on top of it) my burner works! (even 40x speed)

I've got to try my printer! (I almost forget that one)

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello fortina,

I downloaded the file and tried it out.
OctaMED starts but it has problems locating the audio channels.

So I guess you have to wait for the new version?? (Perhaps somebody has tried it also and got around the audio channels)

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello lempkee,

I've got a Radeon 9000 64 MB and when I start Quake, first I get a requester where I can choose the screen modes. These are all 8 bit screen modes. After the selection Quake just starts.
And I don't think I got 3D acceleration...yet.

The mainfile is Quake V2.00. More info I didn't see in the dir.

About Genetic Species. The programs loads and I see a lot of intro pictures, but after that the screen stays black.
The program produces a few errors: it wants to open on a AGA screen and something with audio.device.

Hmmm, I also got a EuroCD with Pinball games. :-)

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello Kronos,

You're right. This games wants a AGA screen unfortunately.

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello takemehomegrandma,

What do you mean with limited demo version?

I downloaded mine from Aminet and the only thing I noticed it disconnects by itself after a few hours. Or do you mean this with limited? :-?


Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello Jupp3,

On the cd every update is present, also the RTG-Master. But it just don't recognises my RTG system. :-(

So I'll wait with this game until somebody else manages it to work.

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello Warface,

Very nice pictures! :-D
Like Bodie, I have to say I didn´t understand everything you wrote :-)

How did you take those pictures of Birdie Shoot and Knights&Merchants? They are very nice.

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hi Triumph,

I guess I can find it on Aminet or so?

Thanks!  :-D

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello Amon_Re,

"Full boot time is 23 seconds?"

Well actually it's 25 seconds.
I clocked it a few times afterwards and it was everytime 25 seconds.

But do you find a full bootup of 25 seconds long?
I clocked the time from exact the moment I pushed the power button until harddisk activity was over and I was able to play around on the Ambient screen.

I have to say I've got 512 MB of (registered, ofcourse :-)) Ram and this takes a lot of time of the initial startup.
The whole "post" startup takes about 23 seconds, the software startup is about 2 seconds.

I checked these figures with friends of mine (they own pc's). The fastest one is a friend with WindowsXP. His total booting time is 35 seconds.

Could you give examples of computer systems that have quicker startup times? (ofcourse games consoles don't count :-D).
I honestly don't know of a system that can startup quicker than what I have at home (with my hardware configuration) and that it is available for the consumer market.

Thanks in advance,

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hi Amon_Re,

The gamespart:

"....Nice to see they included some games, but are Quake & Quake II full versions or demo's?..."

What I saw till now looked like full versions.
Nowhere notifications that it is a demo or so.
(I played all games a few times each)

From the 5 games, only HereticII is a demo (hence the name of the folder: HereticII-demo :-D)

I bought recently the new game Knights&Merchants and installed it on the harddrive.
I noticed immediately the quick loading time of the game and also when you quit the game, it (almost) instantly returns to the Ambient desktop.
I know for sure we'll see this kind of quick response times with OS4 too :-)

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello takemehomegrandma,

Quote:
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Full boot time is 23 seconds?
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More like 2-3 seconds I would say.

Well, those 2-3 seconds are only the loading time of the software.

I forgot to mention when you reset the computer, this too takes in total of 25 seconds.
(but this ofcourse logical, I just pressed the reset-switch :-D)

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hi Bodie,

Although I'm going for the A1/OS4 option, I do really like those Ambient (? is that the word) screenshots.  Very nice indeed, Warface and other Peg owners enjoy  :-) .

Thanks Bodie :-D

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello Zorro,

"25 seconds... wow ! Let's hope that also the AOne/OS4 thing is capable of this (or better :-) )"

I think it will be as fast or faster now we saw the announcement of not needing registered RAM anymore :-D.
Furthermore both OS's (OS4 and MorphOS) aren't blown-up like most other OS's (to just be able to run the desktop) so the main difference will come from the hardware bootup. (I think :-))

Spidey

[Spidey]

Hello JoannaK,

"...But it may well be dependent of some hardware you are having on your machine. I'll comment more when I have mine. "

I'm curious if it has something to do with my RAM.
So if someone with a Peg with different hardware configuration wants to give their total boot times, we could compare it.
You can see mine configuration in this thread! :-D

The software bootup could be less because now I see the MorphOS boot logo too. If I turn this off the software boottime would be a bit smaller than the 2-3 seconds of now.
(only, how to turn it off :-?:-))

Spidey