Yeah, I'm curious, too! 
As to your sound question, have you learned about MorphOS's Mixer yet? It's in WBStartup by default. There's also the Volume sbar module (right click the screendepth gadget in the upper right of the Workbench screen to enable it).
I've tried the mixer app, the sbar volume control and the two setting apps in the setup. Nothing gets the audio jacked up
It's so low I have to put my face up near the unit to hear it well. Maybe there is some open firmware trick I can do to mess with it? I'm learning the ropes with the SDK, i think one of the first apps I'm going to write for MorphOS is something to tweak the particulars of that machine, like being able to change briteness/contract, invoke the degauss, etc.
