DDR2 SODIMM for Sam440-Flex?

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HammerD wrote:

That is why you see the Zigbee module, the non-standard (at least for "normal" desktop boards) memory, and other embedded features that really just add cost and will never be used by OS4 users.

This is the *EXACT* reason I have no interest in OS4! I'm *SO* sick of over-priced, under powered hardware. I don't understand why they just didn't port it to a "generic" (I use that term lightly) PPC board. I know they're available.

Oh, wait. We know why. They need to tie us to hardware we can't just readily pick up and "pirate" their software.... :roll:

Would be nice to have a new "normal" desktop board like the AmigaOne's or Pegasos-2.

When I say normal I mean normal ports, expansion slots, and memory slots.

DDR2, PCI-E, PCI...

I concur. The "flex" Sam is a joke. Let's remove the VGA, still use obscure ram modules and overclock the same CPU, but jack the price up another 40 Euro. Why the hell has Hyperion not ported OS4 to the Efika? I hate to say it, but even with the low amount of ram, I'd readily buy one, if OS4 ran on it.

It's not like I would need more, right now. I spend too much time doing art and music on my Hackintosh Lappy, which dual boots for all my needs. A new Amiga has to be useful for me, or cheap enough for the novelty factor. I've got a machine I can browse the web and play old Amiga games on. :roll:

To coin a Vulcan: "Their logic is flawed".


EPIC FAIL!  :madashell:


So far, the only Amiga tech I'm looking forward to, is the Clone-A, but Jens is being quite tight-lipped about it.  :boohoo:

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takemehomegrandma wrote:

If they got OS4 to boot on the Pegasos2 through Genesi's firmware (which I believe they did), it wouldn't be a biggie to at least boot it up on the Efika as well.

Hans-Joerg Frieden himself:

"The Pegasos Firmware has something called RTAS (Run Time Abstraction Service) that makes supporting the chipset itself (for which I had zero documentation) quite easy. As the name implies, it is a part of the firmware that stays around and allows access to some of the features of the board without knowing the hardware."

Guess what - it turns out the EFIKA has the same Firmware! They probably already tried this long time ago, for curiosity if for no other reason.

So port it, then. 100$ for the mobo and 200$ for the OS is a lot nicer than the price I'd have to pay for a SAM440. That Amiga board wouldn't get a lot of use anyways, 'cos I'd have nothing to do on it.

Then wouldn't a port to Mac hardware be even better?

Uh, I use the X86 version, not PPC. Hence, the "Hackintosh". I could care less if it was ported to Mac hardware. Even a MacMini is a pain. You have to find it, fight for it on Ebay, unless you find one locally you can buy and then it's still beyond a price range I'm willing to pay.

There's *NOTHING* substantial to garner buying OS4, except for a zealot attitude, which I no longer have. It's pointless to spend over 500$ for a mobo to run an OS I have to spend another 200$ to purchase, when all it will have is a web browser (with no java or flash support) and a nostalgia for an OS I feel died an early death.

Trust me, when MorphOS and OS4.1 are finally (assuming OS4 will be) ported to the MacMini, the price will be driven up, due to fanatics trying to get one, to run the "end all, be all of Godlike-OSes". :roll:

Just port it to the Efika already. It's got a low, price point and you're not breaking our wallets to get it. It may not be the best on the marked, but *scoffs* neither is OS4 or MorphOS, for that matter.


Just my 2p.