Installed MOS2 on my EFIKA

[TheMagicM]

(apoligies if the paragraphs are not wrapped properly..Sputnik doesnt
recognize this textbox or something..no word wrap).

well well well.. I must say.. this is probably the coolest thing I've bought "Amiga" wise in a LONG TIME.
I'm posting this from my EFIKA using Sputnik.  Its pretty cool but flickers when I load a page.
I'm wondering if its a MUI setting I need to change.  Also this textbox we post in,
well it doesnt word wrap properly so I'm hitting return myself to make it look
better.

Speedwise, booting up, the EFIKA is fast.  I'm running
a low profile Sapphire Radeon 9250 AGP 128meg gfx card,
6 gig 2.5" HD and a Kensington wireless USB KB+Mouse.  My enclosure
that I bought was too small so its just sitting here on a cardboard box (the original it came in).

I'm running 24bit 1280x1024, vanilla MOS2, havent tried any 68k
based apps just yet.  

[TheMagicM]

i will reboot now and time it on my stopwatch.  give me a sec.

[TheMagicM]

took me ~19 seconds to boot up.

on the noise thing.. the only thing I hear is my 2.5" HD.

[TheMagicM]

zyphoid:

First I bought a Eagle Consus I series case.  Its too small.  So then I bought a 5.25" enclosure that looks "decent".  I'm going to do the modifications required to make it work.


itix:
man.. this is just so f'in cool.  the ssh tool is PERFECT.  I use ssh ALOT!  You guys need to pat yourselves on the back big time.

[TheMagicM]

to bootup automatically..

go to the OF "Ok" prompt and type:

setenv auto-boot? true
setenv boot-device hd:0
setenv boot-file boot.img

type "boot", hit return and the next time you reboot you'll autoboot.  It waits 5 seconds before it boots on its own.  I havnt looked into the OF docs to see if that can be disabled.


I need to install a taskmanager that kills off processes.  Sputnik locked up on me (MOS is useable) and it (Sputnik) was in a "Frozen" state.  Couldnt kill it though.

[TheMagicM]

I am very happy with it also.  I am still pissed about VAT and the price but..I'm pretty sure i'm going to register.  i just wish that they would extend the $176 price till late August.  Too much goin on to buy MOS2 right now.  There are alot of little things that they did in MOS2 that are very helpful.  ie.  traversing folders and having the ability to "go back".  Did I say that I love the SSH client? (lol)

Too bad DiskMaster2 doesnt run on it.  I could of swore I used it on 1.4.5.  I could be wrong.  (not that DM2 is that great but I like it)


btw, here's a good sized repository for MOS:

http://www.pegasosppc.cz/software_en.html

If some links are dead, like a few that went to it.aminet.whatever it was.. just replace "it." with "main." so it can be redirected to the main Aminet site.

Now I know StormC ran on 1.4.5..(ok, I think it did..its been a while since I ran MOS 1.4.5..) time to dig it up..

Sputnik crashed on me also.  Its actually the only thing that has other than some Amiga software that did (hit custom chips..I was just testing it).  For what the EFIKA is, it has exceeded my expectations for $99.