Pegasos review thread volume II (The on topic thread)

[zacman]

>And you can do VNC stuff aswell?

There is a VNC client available called zvnc:
http://zapek.meanmachine.ch/

It has no display support and is only meant to control
other machines that have an own display.
 
If you need display support there are VNC client and
server software available in Aminet.

[redrumloa]

DaveP wrote:
Wow so you went to the trouble of laying out for a Pegasos but
didn't order the bits needed to get up and running?

Not exactly. Gensi sent him an evaluation board. Wayne will have to send it back when he is done, I'd expect.

[BADHead]

the grass allways looks greener or should i
say bluer on the other side and the moaners
and groaners start on gensi like amiga inc
allthough the cheap pegasos board looks
good and i think emulating each system will
happen just like warp os emulates powerup ?
 :-o  and what about Amiga DE on both systems
then producing software might be viable

[redrumloa]

artman wrote:
@red

Forgive me if someone else has asked this question, but I only have experience with the "Classic" Amiga boxes.  I have no idea what a Pegasos actually is, although I've heard others talk about it.  Could you elaborate?  I'd really like to know.  Is it like an A1, or something totally different?  Would it be something that I could appreciate, as someone who is more at home with soldering and metalworking?  Or is it something more for programming types?  Thanks for any info.

Regards...Art
 :-)

Dave described it pretty well. I will add from a user perspection(of what I expect) from my understanding. It is a PPC motherboard capable of running MOS. MOS is a new OS with some compatability to amigaOS 3.X software. It was made with Amiga users in mind.

[Kronos]

@DaveP

Putting MorphOS in the same categorey with UAE is quite a stretch ....

MorphOS runs on its own (the Quark-kernel is just an invisible part).

MorphOS runs PPC-SW written for PuP/WOS, UAE doesn't.

MorphOS has a 100% native OS, while UAE has only a partly native
GFX-driver (which redirected through XWindows instead of going
directly to the HW).

MorphOS has it own native PPC-apps, UAE doesn't.
MorphOS(non-JIT) 68k emu is about 5-10 times faster than UAE on
the same CPU (and the native OS helps speeding up 68k-SW even more).

So comparing UAE to MorphOS is like comparing an A500 to a full featured
Draco (or A4000/060).

[takemehomegrandma]

@ Wilse

Wilse wrote:

It wasn't that long ago that I was convinced I'd never say this but:

I have ordered mine today. :pint:

 :-o  :-o  :-o  :-o  :-o

Good for you! :-)
Did you have any problems in finding a dealer with Pegasos'es in stock, or did you get one from Phoenix?

DaveP

there is one differance wich (if you look at it in a certin light) is major... that bieng the issue of the dongle or rom or whatever you want to call it  on the AmigaOne... that for me was the decideing factor that I was going for a Pegasos...

[artman]

@DaveP

Thanks for taking the time to explain things to me, looks like something I'm going to keep an eye on, although I'm into the Clasic Amiga at this time, it's only natural to evolve to something else at a later time.  Thanks agian...Art
 :-)

[artman]

@red

Thank you also for responding, I really appreciate all of you helping me to better understand the new focus that the Amiga and it's OS is taking.  Who would have thought  back in "86"?
 :-o

[redrumloa]

artman wrote:
@red

Thank you also for responding, I really appreciate all of you helping me to better understand the new focus that the Amiga and it's OS is taking.  Who would have thought  back in "86"?
 :-o

No problem:-) I just want to make sure you understand thought that Pegasos/MorphOS is not 'the Amiga'. This has been the cause of countless flamewars and I really don't want another to start:-) It *is* somewhat Amiga compatible and of interest to Amiga users, but the AmigaOne/OS4 is the official path. No one can say which one will be better, only time will tell.

[Hooligan_DCS]

artman wrote:
@red

Thank you also for responding, I really appreciate all of you helping me to better understand the new focus that the Amiga and it's OS is taking.  Who would have thought  back in "86"?
 :-o

Who would have thought back in -96?   :-)

[greenboy]

Hooligan: Who would have thought back in -96?  :-)  

Dare I even mention '06? ; }

[strobe]

When is Trance going to be once again available?

[Red_Melons]

@strobe:
At last, a constructive use for an avatar - thanks, that's a very interesting and useful site.

[DaveP]

@Redrumloa

Thanks for clearing that up.

@Kronos

I did not say it was UAE or compared it to that depth, but Im sure the extra info is appreciated.

@mips_proc

IIRC you were pretty pro pegasos and anti Amiga Inc before the "Rom Dongle" debacle. :-D

the whole reason I got into the community again was because of the AmigaOne DaveP ... then it soured for me when I heard 'rom' and 'dongle' and whatnot bieng thrown around... and then a gust of fresh air...the Pegasos... but my point is that it is quite a big deal... it's not something to 'ignore...