EFIKA yahoo list

[humppa]

The MOS-team just announced that EFIKA will be supported:

"23.11.2006

The MorphOS Team is pleased to announce that the next public release of MorphOS will support the EFIKA. MorphOS is a lightweight and flexible operating system and EFIKA is a low-power and silent miniature mainboard based on the Freescale PPC5200.

Best regards,
MorphOS Team"

[humppa]

now all that is left is EFIKA to become available!

No. It's rather about Morphos 1.5 becoming available. You can order EFIKA right away if you want.

[humppa]

What OS(s) can you run on it?

E.g. Linux.

[humppa]

Going a bit OT, does anyone know where to get an Efika from in the UK? Are they only available from Genesi's website?

No, I don't think they'll only be available from Genesi since Vesalia already has EFIKA listed with ETA 27 Novemember.

You might also want to ask Amigakit if they expect a shipping in the near future.

[humppa]

I think the first shipment will mainly be for people participating in the Efika developer programme. In some weeks,  shipments to Amiga dealers and "consumers" should follow.
Also keep in mind that you won't get MOS with it.

[humppa]

When MorphOS ships with this, I'm pretty sure that this will be my first "next generation" Amiga

Unfortunately, that won't be this year anymore. And there isn't any release date announced for MOS 1.5, so it could still take some time...
Vesalia lists Efika now as "available". Only the price is a bit strange: 213.99 EUR   :-?

[humppa]

maybe it is higher because they include the " PCI slot incl. AGP riser card " ... or is it standard equipment?

I first thought of the same but at Genesi's store, it also shows the riser card, so I think it's included.
Anyway, information is very sparse on what is actually included (any CD-ROM? documentation? cables?).

[humppa]

We are still awaiting for confirmation of retail price, shipping dates, availabilty etc. Maybe able to confirm tomorrow.

Any update, Matthew?