Pegasos review thread volume II (The on topic thread)

[Targhan]

If I may have the soapbox for a moment...  Here are some facts, please take them with a grain of salt.

The motherboard is a fairly standard micro-atx design (save for the backplate, which a replacement for most pc-backplates is included).  Even some of the larger towers support this design.  The screw-holes match up with any case that supports micro-atx.

The memory is picky.  If you consider this solution, do your homework on memory before purchasing any dimms.  I cannot emphasize this enough.  I had no trouble, but I did my homework first.  There are horror stories around about using the wrong memory, so this is where you must be careful.

Use UDMA cables, they allow for better data-transfer (btw, this also applies to amithlon setups).  Remember disk-access affects anything that reads/writes a cache.

General perfomance:  It's faster than my Amithlon ( 950MHZ ).  No if's, and's, or but's... this thing is FAST. It makes Win2k on the same 950MHZ peecee (as amithlon) look like a Timex Sinclaire trying to run Quake.  

Compatability:  You're going to find mixed answers for this.  I've got a compatability FAQ on MorphZone, with links to some other compatability links as well.  The biggest thing that doesn't work, that I would like to work, is AmiDock.  However, if you run Magellen or NetConnect's dock--you will hardly miss it.

To get back to my original point: do your homework.  Whether you are building for MOS, OS4, Amithlon, or a PeeCee--do your homework.  If you spend the time up front to check with others about what hardware works, and what does not, you will save yourself all kinds of headaches.

[Targhan]

[Amiga Mark]

Unfortunately, I've not had the time to devote to benchmarking.  Instead, I've written an installer to fix something that annoyed me about MorphOS (it has cool skins, but they were annoying to install/change.  So, I had to do something about it!), and of coarse that means I hosed it up a lot.  Now that I've got that released, I'll be adding software and testing things.

I've been meaning to give AmiGOD a whirl, but haven't got off of my tail to do it yet ;-)  

I would love to have done a review of the Pegasos, but it's difficult to not be biased.  It's one of those things that when you get it in your possesion--you know you've got something special.  I guess it's worth noting that it was easier to install Pegasos than Amithlon, but not as easy as an Amiga (from floppy) install.

[Targhan]

I will load and test StormC 3 and 4 this weekend. Personally, I like StormC; I just haven't had the time to test it.

Here is something that I've not been able to get to work yet: PPaint 7.1.  I've tried different PPaint settings, and it hasn't worked yet.  From the way it acts, it could be a settings issue on CyberGraphics, but I'm not sure.

I really like the netconnect-2 toolbar on the system, it works well.  Unfortunately, the tools menu hack does not work :-(  There goes my favorite menu-item "unLZX" :-/

I've heard that some folks have gotten ImageFX to work, but I haven't tried that yet either.  Other things I intend to test include: ArtEffect, Rexecute, BlitzBasic, AmigaWriter, FinalWriter, and Opus5.

What I've tested (myself) so far: AmIRC, Voyager, IBrowse, Microdot-II, ContactManager (vapor version), Miami (not dx), Genesis (mui--does not work with dial up), AmTelnet, GoldED, BareED, X-Arc, SnoopDOS, and my on little "SkinShuffle."  Oh yeah, I've tested Filer from the Aminet CD's.  There are probably some other mundane things I've tested, but can't think of right now ;-)

[Targhan]

GoldED -> MorphED...

ahem...

SIGN ME UP!!!!!!!!!!

[Targhan]

Congrats Redrumloa!

Make sure you get on the beta2 m/l.  There is lots of good information there.  Also, swing by MorphZone's faqs.  If you see anything missing, let me know.  

My Pegasos is great.  I think the biggest issue I have with it is based on the picky-ness of the RAM.  I hope this is corrected for P-II. :-)

[Targhan]

Thanks for making that background available!  It's really sharp
looking.


@BBRV:  The community wants to help, I think all of us (no matter
which side of the fence we are on) are hungry for success.

@redrumloa and other new Pegasos owners:
1. Congradulations
2. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask.