what the hell is an amiga one?

[redfox]

@rednova

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne

I own a MicroA1-C with IBM PPC 750GX CPU and 256MB of RAM.

Currently running AmigaOS 4.0 July 2007 Update (the last public update for A1 users).

The MicroA1-C has onboard Radeon 7000 graphics, onboard audio, onboard ethernet port, onboard IDE disk drive interfaces, onboard USB, onboard serial port, onboard parallel port and one PCI expansion slot.  I use a P/S2 keyboard and P/S2 mouse.

I would have to agree with redrumloa.  There are lots of users who have encountered untold grief and difficulties with their boards and consider the boards to be total crap.

However, I was one of the lucky ones, who had a usable system right from the start.

Of course, I've had my share of issues with old software, software bugs, config issues, issues burning CD-RW discs, and random glitches with USB mass storage devices.  Most of these problems have been solved and my system is very stable now.  Some of the problems were bugs that were weeded out with newer releases.  On the other hand, my issues with burning CD-RW discs appear to be related to my LiteON combo drive.  Through trial and error, I discovered it writes more successfully if I use high speed CD-RW discs or high speed CD-R discs.

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redfox

[redfox]

@persia

Sam440 and Efika are not licensed to use OS4.

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redfox

[redfox]

@rednova

As you can see, the amiga community is alive and well. ;-)

Not sure if your original questions were actually answered, so here is a quick summary:

The AmigaOne is a computer platform based on the Teron series of PowerPC POP mainboards, mainly intended to run AmigaOS version 4.0 created by Hyperion Entertainment in Belgium.

The AmigaOne hardware is similar in concept to a regular pc of the same vintage, except that the AmigaOne has a PowerPC CPU and a different Northbridge chip.

AmigaOne SE had the CPU chip soldered on the motherboard, plus an AGP slot and PCI slots.
AmigaOne XE had the CPU chip on a daughterboard, plus an AGP slot and PCI slots.
MicroA1-C had the CPU chip on a daughterboard, plus onboard graphics chip and one PCI slot.

None of these boards are produced anymore.  Some other boards were planned but not released.

AmigaOS4 is an actual PowerPC operating system.  It has built-in ability to provide emulation for programs and sequences of code which were written in 68xxx code.

For the AmigaOne, this allows for compatibiliy with older programs which are "system friendly", which do not depend on the old Commodore Amiga hardware, or features present in older versions of AmigaOS.  There are many really old programs which are not compatible with AmigaOne.  The AmigaOS4 version of E-UAE creates the right environment for these programs.

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redfox

[redfox]

I ordered my Micro AmigaOne (MicroA1) motherboard from an online dealer at the end of November 2004.  It arrived with a CD containing OS4 update #1.  I purchased a case, power supply and combo DVD drive locally, and used a spare hard drive, keyboard, mouse and monitor from an old pc.  On December 18, 2004, I powered up my machine for the first time and installed AmigaOS 4.0 from the CD.  Within a few hours, I was browsing the internet.

AmigaOS 4.0 was a joy to behold.  Up until that time, I had been running AmigaOS 3.1 on an ancient A2000HD.

I still feel that way.  I use my machine every day.  Sure there have been a few bumps along the way, but I am very pleased with my system.

Never had to deal with Linux at all.  It was OS4 all the way.

Unfortunately, some other people have had alot of grief with their hardware and that is why I do not recommend purchasing used AmigaOne or MicroA1 boards now.

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redfox