Pegasos on the way - yay!

[Wilse]

I just got this e-mail:

> Your Pegasos is on his way.

Ya beauty!

This weekend looks even sweeter than most. :pint:

Chix on Dex tonight - all female DJ's - nice.

[T_Bone]

Well sure jusy lord it over us why don't ya?  :-D

[Wilse]

T_Bone wrote:
Well sure jusy lord it over us why don't ya?  :-D

:lol: Sorry. I'm not normally one to gloat but:
It's Friday
I'm going clubbing
My Pegasos is on the way
AOS4 looks to be a bit nearer.

Life is sweet ATM.  :-D

[Vincent]

Have a good night out & weekend :-D :pint:

[Warface]

Hope everyone receives what he desires (those lucky buggers having both... is there such a person yet?) and will be happy with that. :-)

Hope you will love it when you receive - reviews, I want reviews. If you receive OS4 I want another review ofcourse :-)

[Wilse]

Vincent wrote:
Have a good night out & weekend :-D :pint:

Cheers, I'll do my best. :pint:

[KennyR]

I'm using my Pegasos now - and I promise you, it's the fastest, most responsive system I've ever used.

[Wilse]

KennyR wrote:
I'm using my Pegasos now - and I promise you, it's the fastest, most responsive system I've ever used.

Kenny, that is sweet music to my, eh, eyes.  :-D
I need to source:
a case
a Hard Drive
Memory
a Sound Card.

Any tips on best types and prices will be greatly appreciated.
And if you can think of anything else I might need/want, let me know.
I already have a Radeon 8500 & plan to use the CD drive from my A1200.

Cheers,

[KennyR]

You don't need a sound card with a Pegasos! 16bit sound support is built in! As is network support.

Memory is a problem. You can't just get it from a PC hardware shop and expect it to work - most wont. I got my DIMM from kdh-datentechnik in Germany - a single 512MB one, PC133 registered buffered CL3, Kingston brand. Works perfectly. See the compatible memory list on MorphZone to pick DIMMS - and to see what ones to avoid.

You'll also need UDMA cables for the hard drive - the 80pin ones. KDH also sell these. You might need one for the CD-ROM too. Don't put the HD and CD-ROM on the same IDE channel or you'll slow the HD down.

Try to keep to PS/2 mouse and keyboard for now, and avoid USB. MOS currently needs PS/2 devices to boot, but this will change in the future.

In fact, I got my whole order from kdh - including the keyboard, which was a mistake on my part because it ended up being a German one! QWERTZ is really quite annoying. ;-)

Edit: A nullmodem cable is also a must-buy, so you can diagnose problems if your Pegasos fails to boot. Which kind depends on the serial port of the machine you want to read debug output on. The Pegasos's serial port is 9 pin male, same as most PCs. An amiga is 25pin male. I have a laplink one that has both sizes on each end.

[Wilse]

@Kenny:

You don't need a sound card with a Pegasos! 16bit sound support is built in! As is network support.

Nice one.

See the compatible memory list on MorphZone to pick DIMMS - and to see what ones to avoid.

Will do.

Thanks for the advice.

what I cant believe is KennyR is now a morphian wowowowowowowow

[Wilse]

My girlfriend has just rang to tell me it's arrived.
I'm itching to get home now.  :-x

[KennyR]

My girlfriend has just rang to tell me it's arrived. I'm itching to get home now.  

Why? Chances are it'll be sitting in its box in a cupboard until you get the stuff for it anyway.

/me throws a metaphorical bucket of water over Wilse ;-)

[Wilse]

@KennyR:

Why? Chances are it'll be sitting in its box in a cupboard until you get the stuff for it anyway.

Well, I pass PC-Store on my way home and am considering using Peter Plastic on a Case, HD and possibly memory, if they have the correct type. At least that way I can start building it right away.

Is a standard ATX case sufficient?

me throws a metaphorical bucket of water over Wilse

Sploosh! OK, I'm calmer now.  :-o

[KennyR]

Is a standard ATX case sufficient?

Yes. Keep in mind your Peg wont boot without a PS/2 keyboard though - the first time, anyway.

If you get a blank screen with everything plugged in, make sure that CPU card is pushed in all the way. The bugger had me panicking for almost a whole day.

If everything is in and you still get a blank screen, your RAM is not accepted (blame Articia).

Unfortunately the only way to definitely see that your RAM is not accepted is serial debug output, which is why the nullmodel cable is a good idea. Blame the x86 init code on GFX cards...