Efika and MorphosOk, I just gota ask this.

[zylesea]

I have an Efika, too. And MorphOS on the Efika is just awesome. The speed is good enough for a lot.
I use MorphOS as my main system every day. MorphOS 2.0 offers brilliant new features, unfortunately not all features scheduled for 2.0 made it on time to join the release. But there's still enough left.
If you liked Amiga, you'll probably love MorphOS. It's worth a try.

[zylesea]

It does perform fairly okay but only up to PAL-like quality resolutions. HD video is a no-go. The setup I tried was connected to some Dbox by ethernet as stream source and the performance was quite good, though TV stations with very high quality/bandwidth were a bit over Efika's capabilities.
An average DVD quality movie drives the Efika close to its limit, but works. For replay you can use MPlayer or VLC (the latter is freshly ported to MorphOS and still needs some time to get more matured).
Anyway, an Athlon XP3200 is another league of computing power than the Efika. But for not too computing intensive tasks the Efika performs well and the *feeling* of speed is *subjectively* better on an Efika w/ MorphOS than with my PIV 2.4 GHz running W2k.
I have my Efika in the bedroom (fixed as media frame on the wall) and enjoy the virtually total silence (yes, the 2,5" hd is not absolutely silent) of the system while it delivers enough power for music, internet, some videos and a game.

[zylesea]

amigadave wrote:
I haven't checked the Genesi or MorphOS websites in a long time, but aren't there any plans to run MorphOS2.0 on something faster and with more features than an Efika?  For that matter, how about faster than a PegasosII as well?

There is a project to support the Mac Mini. Don't expect to see support for teh MAc Mini before end of year and it is not officially confirmed whether this support will be part of the commercial package then or more like the PowerUp an "as it" distribution (if at all). There is some video out there showing MorphOS runnig on a Mac mini.
Also I guess (sic!) if and when the MPC8610 based board by Genesi sees the light of the day it'll be supported, too.

[zylesea]

lavo wrote:
Anyone know if there is a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapter similar to what you could get for the A1200? [...]  Any reason why you could not do this with the Efika?

The signal integrity of the ATA controller ofthe 5200B is rather weak and cables longer than 10cm are not realiable in conjunction with the 5200B. The Design is simply not intended for such a use.
Better access optical drives from other computers/NSDs by ethernet.