AmigaOS 4.1 Classic Available To Buy

[fitzsteve]

@Nearly-Right

The cards you mention (realtek 8139 and SB128) are not supported although there is a hack to make the Soundblaster work as a passthrough card.

I have OS4.1 Classic running on my A1200 which has Mediator 1200sx (6 slot)

Its working with my Blizzy PPC + 256mb Ram (Upgraded by Stachu to 330mhz)

I have used it with Radeon 9250 (128mb) and it works great with the 3D Hardware effects

I tested 2 Redeon 9200 256mb and they didn't work though.

I have a Realtek 8029 PCI NIC and I go online without any issues, I also have a SB128 but I didn't try the hack yet.

I tested 2x supported SATA PCI cards and had issues with both, drives are seen and I can partition them but when I save changes the system locks up.  I'm going to raise this on the support forums and see if we can get that looked at.

Overall the OS is very responsive and runs well on my A1200 but the issue is the apps/games written for it run slow, Mame, GLQuake, PRDoom all run slow as they are coded for 800mhz Sam's etc...

I think with some apps coded to work with the slower Classic machines it could be a really great OS.

Steve.

[fitzsteve]

Hi!

Sorry I missed your reply, I don't visit these forums too often.

I am aware of that, but it's not real support for a PCI soundcard is it, unless you are the first user with a SOLO-1 soundcard that has actually got it working in an A1200, so have you?

If so, which ESS chipset is on your SOLO-1 soundcard?

The card I bought was a Terratec 128i with ESS Solo-1 Chipset but it never arrived and I had to get a refund via PayPal so yet to test a supported Soundcard with OS4.1 Classic

OK, so that's similar to my hardware, but mine's a TX - which accepts all the Radeon supported cards, as far as I am aware that is.

I bought another Mediator, an LT4 and it has the same issues as my SX, I'm going to report them via the official OS4.1 support Forums.

How much did that cost to get it upgraded to that speed?

I bought the Blizzy already upgraded for £600

Ah, but do the Radeon 9200 cards with 256MB work in the SX under OS3.9?

Nope, although detected by PCI Info they cause a crash if you try to open a screen.  I don't think these cards I bought were supported versions.

I also tested the radeon 9200 256mb in my friends TX and it didn't work.

OK, so the 8029 NIC works OK, that's good news, but just out of interest, which A1200 motherboard are you using, and do you have the CC-Reset adapter fitted?

I have a FastATA so it has its own reset header.  My Motherboard is 1D4

So the SATA cards don't work properly as yet, well not in the A1200s it seems.

At least not for me

Which chipsets are on the SATA cards?

sii3512 2 port and sii3114 4 Port

I haven't heard anything about the SATA cards in the A4000 PPC systems, but maybe someone can add that on after this comment, if they have one, and can say which chipset they are using.

Darren Everland is using a 3512 SATA card in his A4000 and he says Carl Moppett has it working in an A1200, hopefully I can get some help via the official support forum

Have you tried any 68k applications using Classic OS4.1?

No