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Don't mean to change direction here... but does anyone know how realistic an idea a MorphOS release for the Efika is?
Well, one doesn't know until it gets here I suppose, but at least the *ambition* has been declared:
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23.11.2006 - MorphOS will support the EFIKA
The MorphOS Team is pleased to announce that the next public release of MorphOS will support the EFIKA. The EFIKA is a low-power and silent miniature mainboard based on the Freescale MPC5200B SoC."(
http://www.morphos-team.net/news.html)
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Announcing MorphOS Support on Efika 5200B
23rd November 2006
Genesi is pleased to announce that the next public release of MorphOS will support the Efika. MorphOS is a lightweight and flexible operating system and Efika is a low-power and silent miniature mainboard based on the Freescale MPC5200B Power Architecture™ SoC.
Efika 5200B & MorphOS
The Efika 5200B is available on the PegasosPPC.com store. The retail price is $199 - please contact the sales team for reseller and bulk discounts."(
http://www.genesippc.com/press.php?date=20061123)
"Yesterday was momentous for another reason. Good form and function got a paycheck! We sent money out for MorphOS development. It is the first time we have sent more than a few thousand Dollars/Euros to anything MorphOS related for more than a couple of years (see A Statement Concerning MorphOS from 2004)."(
http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2007/01/back-for-future.html)
One can only keep ones fingers crossed! :-)
Regarding the Efika - "Efika Act II" -
"Many more are on the way..." (
http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2007/05/efika-act-ii.html), I wonder if the $99 Efika is coming now? :-)
Another interesting thing is that Genesi has full access to the driver sources and documentation of the XGI Graphic Chips. This can mean (for the first time) official PPC drivers supporting *all* functionality of the GPU and peripheral components, including full 3D, hardware mpeg2 decoding, TV-out, etc.
"The Open Client will be onsale this month with the *RoHS compliant V3XE* XGI graphic card and with the *LEADED V3XT* for those outside of Europe", (
Thread on MorphZone). *Hopefully* this will mean something for MorphOS as well! :-)
*If* all this becomes true, then we will have a very interesting little platform IMHO! :-D
