« on: October 20, 2011, 04:46:18 PM »
I'll answer in no particular order here 
1stly, custom chipset software......
This requires some form of UAE, although with the help of a great little bit of software called EUAL-Load this can be done in a nice simple, "double click icon to run" type way for installed to harddrive software, and a simple def icon definition can deal with launching adfs/etc. This is the one thing that has made me upgrade my amithlon box to the degree I did. 68k uae doesnt use the hosts cpu, so effectively you have an x86 cpu emulating a 68k cpu emulating a full amiga (including cpu). Despite this though it's more than usable on my core2duo@3.86ghz. Performance is akin to my 40mhz '040 for ocs/ecs and maybe 2/3rd of that for AGA software. In short dont expect Winuae type speeds for custom chipset software, but its enough that Im seldom left wanting. The vast majority of software that needs more grunt can be run on RTG anyway, and amithlon absolutely flies in these conditions.
These speeds are based on euae-0.8.29-wip4 as well. Some of the older UAE's are a lot faster (albiet with thier own cons). Im actually trying to get a x86 amithlon native EUAE build working at the moment too, so expect a good 50 or more % additional speed there too.
For sound, amithlon is AHI based (no paula), but you can use Nuldehpah (probably misnamed, cant recall exactly, but it comes with amithlon OS3.9) to reroute what normally would be paula sound through ahi.
Octamed Sound Studio coincidently Ive just been experimenting with on Amithlon and was pleasantly surprised to find it works without issue.
In reagrds to watching DVDs, in theory yes, but there's no software to do the job yet
There is a 68k mplayer build, and ffplay, not to mention trusy ol' froggerng and moovid, so watching videos is possible, but DVDs themselves, unfortunately not yet.
Burning discs: Sure, but again youre restricted to what software is available for 68k amigas. Fryingpan, makecd, etc.
For USB, while I dont use it myself (I have no key) poseidon should hopefully do the trick here and cover whatever USB functionality it provides. Without it USB mice and keyboards still work though (or perhaps more accurately "can" work, they do for me, but Ive heard of people that have had problems).
One thing to remember, is that with amithlon youre at the "mercy" of AmigaOS. You can only do what you can do on AmigaOS. There's no host OS supplimenting functionailty that normally you need to get through amiga os (as is the case with winuae). While it can mean it requires a bit more effort, I personally prefer things this way.
As for NICs easy answer: realtek rtl8029 or 8139 (via open pci driver). Long answer, whatevers available through kernel side driver pack, which is quite a few
Do you use Kernel 4?
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