EFIKA in the USA??

[TheMagicM]

Rumor has it some hot dude which is a moderator on the best Amiga forum (AO) on the internet, has a EFIKA motherboard.  Supposedly the first one in the USA.  :-o

 

[TheMagicM]

YOU BET IT IS!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!

I know there are pics out there on the web of the EFIKA but if anyone wants any more just post up.. I HAVE EFIKA NUDES TO POST!! EFIKA PR0N!!!  Its amazing what is packed in this tiny little motherboard...

It was good to sit down with Bill Buck and chat for a while about the current state of affairs in the Amiga community and his vision for the future.  I can see the barriers being broken on AW with the OS4 camp.  Now if only the Friedens can somehow get OS4 on this baby.  I myself would love to see red and blue in one camp...  Hardware is there.. lets see the software!!  

Its funny now that I sit here looking at it.. if only this thing was released years ago when the Amiga was rumored to be moving on to PPC.  We had the Walker then some other rumored machines but all that came of it was a PPC card for the Amiga with no new OS to take advantage of it.  Now that there is new hardware lets hope its embraced by OS4 folks because we're all one big family.. (we just fight alot. LOL)

-Alex

[TheMagicM]

I'm eating dinner now.. when I finish I'll take some pics..

[TheMagicM]

@Debaser:

Close.. I have a bad 1541-II drive and will see if I can make it fit in there.  As to what I"m going to run, I dont know I just got the motherboard..  I knew I wanted to put it in a 1541II case.  The OS... its specifically for MOS but since MOS is not available just yet I'll look around to see what it can run.   I'll be picking up a 20-40gig 2.5" hd this weekend and whichever vid card it needs.

http://www.bartonekdragracing.com/webfilez/efika/

[TheMagicM]

I will... tomorrow I'll read up on what the requirements are and what all I can do w/it with regards to what OS I can run.. ..need to stop by and pick up my 1541II and take its innards out..  its gonna get ugly..

[TheMagicM]

Is there a website somewhere to download Linux distributions for EFIKA or at least a list showing which distributions support it?
How do I install an OS btw, from a CD-ROM hooked up to 1.1 USB? Over Ethernet? Place it on the HD with another PC?

I asked the same question...there will be a webpage up soon that shows this..

[TheMagicM]

that guy is me.  LOL.  (surely I wouldnt be talking about a 'hot dude' unless there was something wrong w/me.)  LOL

[TheMagicM]

@humppa:

I'm hoping so because thats what I aim to do.  I'm looking for a dual 2.5" IDE cable.  Is there such a thing?

EDIT:
I guess I will need a "Slimline CD to Desktop IDE Adapter" off of mini-itx.com.  That will let me use the laptop cdrw/dvdrw drive.  

[TheMagicM]

hmm.. makes it tough to install a OS via CD.

[TheMagicM]

aah ok.. that is a good idea if it is possible.  

[TheMagicM]

@Tomas:

I know its not this year. lol.  No official word from MOS-Devel but it will be coming out.  In the meantime I'll be picking up some hardware this week for the EFIKA.  Looking for a Radeon 9200, 20gig 2.5" drive, USB kb&usb mouse.

[TheMagicM]

@lou_dias & nadoom:

There is a post somewhere on powerdeveloper.org advising against that.  I dont mind doing it because I want a cdrw/dvdrw drive in there also.  If its a power consumption issue, no biggie, I'll just get a bigger PSU.

[TheMagicM]

@philipj:

It'll be stuffed in here:

http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/serialdrives/1541-ii.gif

just bought a 32gig IDE hd off of ebay.. looking for a Radeon 9200 PCI card..didnt have one used locally so I'll do the ebay thing.

[TheMagicM]

golem:

I was looking at some used AGP vid cards and they were big.  With the reiser the setup remains fairly tiny which is what I want.. anything too big will be tough to fit inside that 1541-II.


As for wattage.. go to www.powerdeveloper.org there is a thread there on consumption.

[TheMagicM]

oops.. I had it backwards (my wording).. The cards I found were too TALL to I'm looking for a decent AGP card to put in there.. the ones here locally (used) were 8meg cards with no TV out.  TV out didnt matter but I'm hoping MOS will eventually support TV out.