What do think of OS4.0 Classic Version?

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by AMIGAZ on 2007/12/12 14:58:07

Haven't been using it too much yet, on my A1200/Mediator the gfx are corrupted and slow so I'm waiting for an update from HJF which will take care of the problems

I installed OS4 on my Mediator based machine with a VooDoo 3 3000 card, but every time I got to the CGFX WB screen on the VooDoo the system hung. I tried to go back to my original OS3.9 as I have been so disappointed.

There is nowhere near enough information about how to get the setup right for a Mediator on an A1200 with OS4, in fact nothing in the quickstart booklet, that is if they have actually got it to work reliably with the basic setup from the CD and floppy disk for an A1200 with a Mediator.

So far, very disappointed, and no information on Acube or Hyperions site to ask or offer any information as to how to fix these problems.

I wrote to Hyperion a couple of weeks ago, and I have still not had a reply as yet.

In fact I am thinking of returning the software to the supplier, but tried to contact AmigaKit yesterday, and their phone rang out, and then seemed to get picked up, but no automatic service, which is usual, or anyone else answering, just no response.

How did you install your A1200, by way of the clean/new partition install method with the floppy boot disk, or via the install from OS3.x method ?

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I am wondering if some of the problems with using OS4 stem from using an Ethernet 3Com 3CCE589EC PCMCIA card I tried to use with OS4.

I have never needed or used the PCMCIA port on OS3.x for anything other than a Squirrel SCSI before, and I of course know there are problems with the resets with a PCMCIA Ethernet card with an A1200.

I have installed the CardReset, and CardPatch files onto my OS3.9 system with the entry in my Startup-sequence after the setpatch entry as follows: CardReset TICKS 15 FORCE AUDIO YES, and on the next line CardPatch, but when I boot my machine with the card fully inserted in the PCMCIA slot it stops/hangs just after the Workbench screen title appears, and before any graphics/backdrop/icons appear.

If I insert the card after bootup, and virtually as soon as I use my Spider/Mediator based USB mouse the system locks up/hangs.

I have an 060/240Mhz PPC Blizzard card (Revision 1 I seem to remember), and I have seen that there may be problems with using the software with such a card/CPU so wondered if there is a hardware fix that sorts the problem out?

Or any other advice about how to use the 3Com Ethernet card correctly, from anyone using such a card, thanks. ;-)