Pegasos 2...

[phill25]

Does anyone use this hardware at all yet?

It does seem to be a good option for keeping up to date..  Just wondering what people thought about it...

Many thanks..

Phill

[AmiGR]

Many people, it's not THAT new. Try morphzone.org

[phill25]

I wasnt sure..  To me its all new!!

How does it compare to the PPC/Bvision type combo's that used to be the top of the chain?

I'm interested in purchasing one soon I think.. Might be a good way to get back into Amiga's I think...

[Lando]

I love it.  It's the best piece of hardware I ever bought.  Coming from an A4000/PPC/Mediator system  to a Pegasos was a revelation.  Everything was so much smoother, faster and modern-feeling.  Most of the classic Amiga software (hardware-banging stuff aside) ran flawlessly, and way faster than on the A4k.  The OS looks and feels very modern and is incredibly responsive.  The hardware is very good (and cost me only a third of what I'd spent on the A4000).  The after-sales support is fantastic.

I have yet to find a Pegasos 2 owner who regrets buying one.

[phill25]

Are there future plans for 'higher end graphics cards' etc?  The 9250 in the 'PC' world (I know please dont laugh) doesnt really cut it in any game today, but then I know this is the Amiga and not a PC trying to run Windows XP...

I used to own a top end Amiga 1200, but now I just use a 1200 with a 030 @ 50mhz and 16mbs of ram with a small internal 2.5" hard drive... Its fine for what I use it for, but as always, I want more!!  :crazy:

I read things of the Pegasos 3 coming out or something?

[countzero]

pegasos 3 may come, or may not come but it doesn't matter much unless morphos 1.5 comes out. Unfortunately genesi (the company who made the Pegasos) stopped supporting the native pegasos OS, the morphos, and concentrated on linux. Pegasos for sure is a good piece of hardware, but I wouldn't spend dime on it to run linux (or run a morphos without a TCP/IP stack).

check here

[JoannaK]

Countzero.. Please.. Stone trowing in class houses.. I'm quite sure you don't wan't all real and *imagined* Dirt digged out of your favorite system. :-D  

MorphOS may have PPC native Net-stack a lot sooner then you'd expect. There's ovet 1000USD bounty made, and there's a thread on MZ concerning the progress of port.

http://www.morphzone.org/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3979&forum=32
Also see bounties page
http://www.morphzone.org/modules/bounty/

For example.. KHTML-project is likely to be first (unless Amizilla arrives soon, but IIRC it's not likely) CSS capable web browser for *ANY* Amiga (or Amigalike) system ever.  

[Piru]

@countzero

MorphOS 1.5 is worked on, as has been the recently released versions of MorphOS 1.4.4 and 1.4.5, including the MorphOS 3D Update.

I should know, I am working on it.

I don't know why you think you somehow have any knowlege or, insider information about this. I suggest you restrain from commenting on things you don't appear to know about.

[countzero]

I'm not throwing stones here. I'm not anti-genesi either. If you read my post you'll see I admit the pegasos is a good piece of hardware. I just made my comment about the OS situation about pegasos no one has mentioned before. I'm glad to see that somebody is working on morphos. If the 1.5 actually comes out with TCP/IP and altivec supoort, I'll probably buy a peg 2 (or maybe 3 by then).

[itix]

@countzero

For PPC native TCP/IP stack for MorphOS take a look into ezTCP.

[djbase]

How does it compare to the PPC/Bvision type combo's that used to be the top of the chain?

It is a totally different world. Everything is faster, smoother and works better. You can try MorphOS on your BPPC/BVision system but it is a lot slower than on Pegasos of course. I use my Pegasos now since over 2 years and it replaces my old A4k-PowerUP System completly.

[phill25]

Thanks very much for the help and advice with regards to the Pegasos system..  I'm just in the middle of talking to the gent that builds them through amber-inc and the prices arent all that bad for what you get.

I'm just gonna have to find the cash and the time to get one built and sorted!!  

Although is anyone running a faster graphics card than the ATI 9250 on their system?

[Piru]

@phill25

My 8500LE is faster than 9250.

[phill25]

So there are other graphics cards that people use other than the ones that they sell with the Pegasos systems then?

I saw a few bargins for graphics cards on Ebay ( ATI's 9500 pro for example) for £30 which isnt too bad.. I was curious as to whether or not it could be used in the Pegasos system that was all..  I figured for gaming it would be a lot better than the 9250 model..

[Crumb]

@phill25

Get a Radeon 9100/8500 for your Peg2.