2GB in a Pegasos II - Yes way

[takemehomegrandma]

loaded up a few programs all working.

This is also how the Articia S was deemed "flawless" in some circles...

:p

[takemehomegrandma]

Mine seems to be limited do 512mb

...which seems very fair and reasonable for a Pegasos 2, and this is probably your max limit (depending on HW revision)! You can't look at the Peg through a pair of "PC world" glasses, where all kinds of makes of memory modules usually work, and if they don't, you just "update the firmware" and everything will be fine.

Lurch seems to be using the same RAM modules Genesi used when they were selling ODW's equipped with 2GB (but AFAIK, those particular systems were all 2B5's):

http://www.powerdeveloper.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1301

Read through that entire thread!

[takemehomegrandma]

You could say it went north? :-)

:roflmao:

[takemehomegrandma]

So the BIOS up050404 firmware is 1.1er not 1.2 so not worth flashing as my board is using 1.2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasos#Firmware

They did indeed release firmware updates for *early* Peg2's, but AFAIK that was only because they fixed some serious issues that were discovered post initial HW production runs (and it was "exceptions that proves the rule" in their policy of firmware update releases). I believe that your mentioned "20040405" version was indeed the last public release of a "joint" firmware update (thus making it "the least common denominator"). Later HW revisions post that date had later firmware versions, made for that HW.

[takemehomegrandma]

Wouldn't mind getting my hands on SmartFirmware 1.3.99 20061023163101

Yeah, but please note that firmware isn't like "regular" SW running on top of some abstraction layer (so you can't simply ask "please release the latest version to the public", and trust that some non-existing abstraction layer will tackle any incompatibilities); the firmware is hard-coded to particular HW, the firmware is in fact the particular SW that initiates and brings the particular HW up and running, and on top of that, in SF's case, the ambitions were also bigger than being "just a BIOS". I'm sure that if Genesi/bPlan would have thought it would be a good idea to release that firmware for *your* particular motherboard, they would have done it already!

Speaking of Smart Firmware "version numbers"; the "20061107" was even later, and that in turn was replaced by "20070122". But both these were for the Efika 5k2 motherboard!

[takemehomegrandma]

Hmm interesting, as I've looked into it further it starts to become a scattered mess of threads with various updates mentioned.
I'm surprised nobody has set up a page with all the firmware archived.

I see little point in this. As a rule of thumb: Your motherboard *does* have its latest supported firmware version installed. Especially so if the SW version (upon boot) say it is "20040405" or later.
 

The Peg II is a great board even today, but getting in touch with any of the companies involved is impossible. Emails go not answered.
Seems to be tainted with the Amiga curse? :-/

But hey, it was introduced in *2003*! That was a decade ago, practically *three entire (three-year) computer generations* ago! It was discontinued in 2006! Think about that! Is it really fair to demand *that kind* of support this long time after discontinuation? This is far from the "Amiga curse" IMHO. They do however (according to online testimonials) offer repair services still. Isn't that great? I don't see Eyetech or MAI doing that!