OASE Report (plus lotsa picies)

[Wittgenstein]

@ Kronos

Different (better) Southbridge = same board ?
Different (better) BIOS = same board ?

Here we go again...

I have a few questions for you Kronos:

1. Exactly what is "better" with the southbride on the Pegasos? I might be newer but what features does it give the pegasos that the a1 is missing? Or is there a speed advantage using this "better" southbride chip?

2. What is "better" with the bios for the pegaos? AFAIK, both the bios of Pegasos and A1 has unique features (like FFS in the Pegasos bios and the x86-emulator in the A1 bios). So can you elaborate why you think the bios in the Pegaos is better?

BTW, did you know that AOS4 is better than Morphos? :-P

/W

[Wittgenstein]

1. FireWire, better IDE (less bugs). Not sure if digital-audio

I can add firewire on a PCI-card so there is no big deal. But you say Pegasos has "better" IDE since it has "less bugs". Can you please tell us what kind of IDE-bugs the A1 will have? Also, since I am a hifi-guy I will, if I want to use the computer for music stuff, add a nice soundcard and not use crappy onboard stuff.

2. PPCBoot is/was intended for embedeed-devices, not for desktops.

And this means that it cant be better?  I thought you where smarter...

BTW, I will never buy a mobo that hasnt been out to the masses more than 1 month (or less since the betatesters are not public) which is only bugtested using one specific hardware setup. :-P

[Wittgenstein]

The VIA 686B southbridge has an bug that can corrupt HD data if used together with for example Soundblaster cards. It can be fixed using some software patches.

Yeah, I know, but let me rephrase my question:

Can you please tell me what kind of IDE-bugs the A1 will have AFTER all patchable know bugs has been removed (by patch in the BIOS or the OS).

/W

[Wittgenstein]

"What bugs will this software have after all bugs

ALL PATCHABLE BUGS. There are a LOT of work around made in software. The only bugs you, as a user need to worry about are those which are not patchable. Do you think I, as a user,  care how many hardwarebugs that are patched by Bplan or Hyperion?

Please read my posts before you rush into conclusions.

/W