Actually they finally got the onboard sound chips to work and somebody batch-ordered more for the people that didn't get them. Assuming you're not banned from AmigaWorld.net you could have been informed of this.
Which caused me to laugh for a very long time and the ineptitude of Hyperion and Eyetech. This is the hardware they picked for the system, and 18 months after they deliver the hardware (and after they have delivered the majority without the chip). We get a 3rd party delivering a driver that finally makes it work. Do you realize how bad this is in the scheme of things?
Also, the DMA thing had to do with the caches not updating automatically when a DMA took place which is just what happened when the classic Amiga did DMAs so is it any wonder that the problems only occured under Linux and not AmigaOS?
I'm sorry unless you actually understand the issue, have actually put MAI parts on a scope and watched the crap they do, dont every argue they work correctly. Thats a different opinion then the engineers at my company, at Rockwell, at Genesi, the Barbie folks etc have. There is a reason MAI is out of business.
The mortality rate is another story, however, and I agree that those CPU modules and cooling fans need improvement as a result. I believe that's ACK Software Controls' first order of business as soon as Dad gets better.
New CPU boards dont help when there are less then 1000 running boards of 3 varieties and that number is heading towards 0 and won't recover. Its great that ACK may build CPU cards to replace those that died, the fact that the Teron boards themselves are gone in 1/2 the cases show this solution won't fix the problem
-Tig
