MorphOS 2.0 Released

[Firedawg]

I appreciate the work that the MOS team has done.  I'm know it must have been for all who were working on this OS both a pleasure and a pain.  But, though all the doubts and pressure to produce something, they did it on their own time table and that is to be respected.  As for price, we are not talking about an Apple, Microsoft, or even a Linux distro, but an OS that targets a smaller special sector of computer users.  Spend the money on it if you support the OS and the folks that took the time to work on it, plain and simple.  

Mike

[Firedawg]

Got home today and downloaded the 11mb file for MorphOS 2.0.  I will have to say that it was a joy to see my Efika and ATI Radeon 9250 and 60gb Hitachi 2.5" HD finely going to work after a long storage period.  

I got it all installed and played with it briefly for I had family responsibilities to attend to.  I will say it was quite responsive and looked very sharp from what I could see after the install and a quick reboot.  But, I will give it more of a testing tomorrow when I have more time.  

For those who have not installed MorphOS 2.0 yet, remember that you will have to download the 130mb OS image file during the OS install phase, the 11mb is just the installer.  

You must complete your install under the 30 minute demo time limit, or it will stop you in your tracks.  Just boot up and get to installing (downloading) immediately.

Mike


 

[Firedawg]

@gazgod & Golem!dk,

Correct, the prudent thing to do is download the ISO (130mb) first and place it on your usb device then install.  Was not totally aware of all the processes until I was going through the install.

Not sure where to find this install ISO file (130mb) for the Efika install.  Maybe some one can point me to the download.

For those who are considering installing MorphOS 2.0 below is link to a well written article to get you started.

  MorphOS 2.0 Install Instructions

Mike

[Firedawg]

No, he's just trying to understand the appeal and purpose of the machine, which is fair enough. Better that than consider it pointless and keep that opinion to oneself rather than explore it and possibly learn something.

Well said motorollin, I  believe most of us run our classic systems for the novelty and retro experience.  Now, I said most for I believe that there are few of us that use these systems everyday in their work and play. When we spend our hard earned money we consider the return on the experience for owning these machines.

The Efika for me is a hobby system that I hope will get some   backing with either some future open source or commercial developing (i.e. MosphOS 2.0).  

Man, that MOS2 screen look sweet :-D  

Mike

 

[Firedawg]

Quote By adolescent

"But we don't pay the 19% EU VAT so your original price is a closer."

From my experience that EU VAT charge does not apply to customers outside of the EU.  

Can someone tell me here if the € 111.11 is with or without the VAT charge?

Not sure if the EU VAT is built into the € 111.11 for everyone or for those that it applies to if its added on to the total, but one thing is for sure I was charged € 111.11 ($178.40) for my MorphOS 2.0 Software License.

PayPal Conversion Rate as of Jul. 8, 2008: 1 U.S. Dollar = 0.622844 Euros

Thanks,
Mike

Updated response by Ralph Schmidt with MorphOS Team:

"Yes, but as I've already told a few others because of the virtual
nature of the transaction I can't prove securely to my local tax
office that the customer was outside the EU.
Sorry, but any trouble about this with my local tax office isn't
worth to mess with this.

P.S. VAT here in germany/EU is always calculated on every
       inner EU transaction(internet/mailorder doesn't matter)
       unlike in the USA.

Regards"

Well, the added cost of VAT + the ever dropping USD will cost me an addition $34USD, but its was my decision to purchase it any way. :-D

Mike

[Firedawg]

@pkillo

Looking at the Efika's 44 pin IDE female connector, pin 1 will start top left.

Mike