Amiga OS 3.9 or 4.1 for PPC (and is it worth it?)

[nicholas]

If you are feeling brave you could always try overclocking your 060.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~davem2/overclock/csppc.html

[nicholas]

If I wanted to make the fastest possible 3.9/classic system (excluding the Vampire cards), I'd get an '060/PPC card and then chuck on as many PPC-enhanced tools as possible.  For example the PPC versions of the WarpDT's, AmigaAMP with PPC support, etc.

I wouldn't run 4.1 for classics on an actual classic system, too slow.  Even though I own a copy, LOL.  That's for if I ever set up an emulator!  

Just my .02 cents.  

MorphOS 1.4.5 is probably the best thing to run on a CSPPC for speed but there's no support for the mediator iirc.

[nicholas]

Situation is not different on any Amigish platform. Our best web browser is same.

Amiga is hobby machine, it is OK for general web browsing, like reading dayli news, googlin info about "something", but I wouldn't call Facebook or Google docs simple.

Facebook works fine with Odyssey on MorphOS so it should be fine on OS4 and AROS too.

[nicholas]

... and considering that in near future we will have better GPU emulation under UAE AmigaOS4.1 + UAE will be best possible option. I hope to actually have one of my old PC's set up to run Amiga Forever as a stand alone computer.

BTW. Can I boot AmigaOS4.1 directly under UAE WITHOUT Windows (using Linux)?

Yes.

http://fs-uae.net/download

Or you can run winuae with WINE on Linux too.

[nicholas]

I dont want to turn this thread into a MorphOS or AMigaOS 4.1 thread, but on the same hardware with one running and switch to the other MorphOS blows away the other in all areas. Moving to a Pegasos II and running the latest OS4.1 and MorphOS is also the same in that area.

Setting up OS4.1 Classic using the new Amiga Forever 2016 isnt that hard. Its well worth doing and comes with everything you need. If you are handy with scripting you can set the machine to boot directly into the environment with little effort.

I can vouch for that too, MorphOS on my Pegasos II runs rings around OS4.1FE performance wise, it's also more stable and more compatible with 68k/WarpOS/PowerUP software too.  The main exception to that being Octamed which doesn't work on MorphOS.  

Both are great fun though.

OS4 on WinUAE is surprisingly fast, it'll be even better once it can use the accelerated UAEGFX P96 driver instead of an emulated Picasso IV.

[nicholas]

I would love to get my hands on a Vampire for my A4000.  I have an 060/50 right now, with no fast ram, since my cyberstorm MK1 kicked the bucket.  I just have the A3640 with an 040->060 adapter, sad times.  It's really such a shame that accelerators are so expensive, we really do need a set of the FPGA based ones.

Have you spoken to Stachu to see if he can repair your CS?