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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« on: May 21, 2007, 03:54:09 PM »
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McVenco wrote:
Now that's one El Cheapo little Linux machine :-)

Too bad it doesn't run MorphOS yet...


It's only a matter of time ;)

After all these years of flying the "red flag", I can't believe that I'm (most probably) going to end up running MorphOS on my Efika before getting a chance to run OS4.

I wonder what sort of reception I'll get on "Blue" sites?  :-o
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2007, 06:14:44 PM »
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ferrellsl wrote:
It's supposed to run MorphOS 2.0 when it's released.  See this  link:  

http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17951/MorphOS-2.0-on-Its-Way


There's a picture available that shows a monitor plugged into a silver box the size of an external 3.5" Hard Drive enclosure and it appears to be running MorphOS.  Could that be an Efika?!   :-o
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 07:20:06 PM »
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Donar wrote:
Yes it is, MorphOS already runs on the EFIKA. BUT MOS for EFIKA has not been released, like the working MOS 1.5 Kernel has not been released since uhm 2? years. So all please do yourself a favour and only buy it if your OS of choice is available.


Excellent news.  Thanks for the info.  I already have an Efika board.  I was hoping that creating a user-base might help convince certain parties that porting a certain OS might be a good idea, plus I fancied playing with Linux.  Well, I'm no linux fan, but I am looking forward to being able to install and run MorphOS on it.

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That probably depends on how you handled the blue ones in the past, and how you are going to treat them now ...normally MorphZone is a real nice place.


I've never been on one of the "blue" sites before as I don't see the point of walking into someone else's house just to point out that you don't like the furniture.  However, I have been quite vocal in my "support" for OS4 on other sites.  ;-)

These days, I look back on the whole Thendic/Amiga and MorphOS/OS4 battles as a complete waste of time and effort.  I just want to see a real OS running on real hardware and I don't care who provides it, just as long as they do.
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2007, 07:36:15 PM »
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takemehomegrandma wrote:

It's coming![/url] :-)


Yeah, but so is old age.   :-D
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2007, 11:05:50 PM »
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Iggy_Drougge wrote:
What do you mean? You've had a chance, Mr. Flying The Red Flag.


Really?  When exactly was that?  Was it when I pre-ordered the AmigaOne XE only to eventually cancel my order when it was delayed and Alan stated that only developers should order an earlybird due to the limited production run?

What is when limited numbers of the Micro-A1 shipped with a still beta OS4?

No, by then I was waiting for a mass produced motherboard with a final release of OS4.  Well, Mr. Rant From The Sidelines, the OS is here, but where's the fricking hardware?  I'll tell you where the hardware is, it's at Freescale and it's been there for months.
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2007, 11:59:05 PM »
If anybody has any questions about what the Efika is capable of then perhaps this link will help:

http://www.powerdeveloper.org/efika_demo.php

There's an interesting video presentation covering the functionality of the board, possible configurations and possible (and existing) operating systems.

It's certainly worth a visit.
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Re: Now that the Efika costs €75....
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2007, 08:54:24 PM »
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Iggy_Drougge wrote:Yes, yes, yes. Waiting and flying the red flag don't mix.


Can we at least agree that I had it at "half mast"?
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