Now that the Efika costs €75....

[Donar]

billt wrote:
...the CSPPC MorphOS seemed pretty limited and useless in comparison to the Peg version and I never bothered with it.

I never used PowerUP MOS, but what is different to the Peg version so that it is useless for you. If you mean the slowdown after a time - just get registered. :-?

Hopefully the registration server is up... :-)

[Van_M]

Does anybody know if the Q/box memory protected environment is still on schedule for Morphos. There seemed to quite a lot of buzz on that matter four years ago.

[billt]

I never used PowerUP MOS, but what is different to the Peg version so that it is useless for you.

I was lead to believe by people in the forums that the 3d support wasn't really usable on classic rigs, and one or two other things which I can't remember anymore. Maybe the CVPPC was supported but I didn't have one, but the PCI stuff wasn't going to work. (I have both a Prometheus and a Mediator 3000) OK, well, if I can't do stuff, then there's no point.

That could very well have changed since then, this was just when the 3d stuff came out for MorphOS. I just haven't had time to keep up with all the Amiga-alike OSes and had to choose the one I could use.

Yesterday my supervisor at work talked to me about our new project. I'm supposed to put 100% of my time into this thing, and I'm also supposed to put 100% of my time into supporting the project we're finishing up. Doesn't leave much time for tinkering or hobbies...  :crazy:

Anyway, if MorphOS ships for Efika I hope to play with it at some point. If it doesn't, then my Efika will probably rot on a shelf, because like others I don't need yet another linux box. I've got a PC that is far more useful to me running Linux than Efika would be due to performance and software compatibility for things only available on x86. But for $100 I can afford to let it go unused. For previous pricing I wouldn't go for that.

[MskoDestny]

odin wrote:
Hmmm..very interesting for a mediaplayerbox. Anyone know how well it plays DVDs/DVD rips? Does it have enough power for that?

Unless the video card has some hardware MPEG-2 acceleration I doubt it. The MPC5200 has a 400MHz 603e core which I doubt can handle MPEG-2 at typical DVD bitrates. The demo video did have "DVD resolution video" but that's not quite the same as actual DVD video (could be a less intensive codec, lower-bitrate, etc.).

Still at 75 Euro it is kind of tempting.

[Iggy_Drougge]

Darrin wrote:

Iggy_Drougge wrote:
What do you mean? You've had a chance, Mr. Flying The Red Flag.

Really?  When exactly was that?  Was it when I pre-ordered the AmigaOne XE only to eventually cancel my order when it was delayed and Alan stated that only developers should order an earlybird due to the limited production run?

What is when limited numbers of the Micro-A1 shipped with a still beta OS4?

Yes, yes, yes. Waiting and flying the red flag don't mix.

[spihunter]

When I heard that they had dropped these to $99 My first instinct was to just go ahead and buy it. After I thought about it for a bit, I'd have to agree with alot of folks here that its pretty much useless to me without MorphOS.

These will sell like hotcakes when its bundled with MorphOS though. I bet even alot of folks outside the Amiga community will get one just as a hobby/alt-OS machine.

[Darrin]

Iggy_Drougge wrote:Yes, yes, yes. Waiting and flying the red flag don't mix.

Can we at least agree that I had it at "half mast"?

[Karlos]

Mmmmm fika. I have the strangest urge to eat skorpa...

[Jose]

For that price I'd probably get one too:)

[Zac67]

What does it actually run besides Linux? The long list of (potential) OSes becomes rather short when you follow the links and look for something appropriate to download / buy...

[XDelusion]

I'm just happy to have a Tangible Amiga that you can actually order, and I have faith that MorphOS 2 is on it's way soon since it is after all not an Amiga Inc. product!

[uncharted]

Does anyone  have an idea of the cost of an actual system with MOS2 would be?  It's all well and good going on about the motherboard, but I'm only interested in a computer.

Basically, I'm talking about a box I can plug into a Monitor and keyboard and be using MOS immediately.  

Genesi have some complete systems, but they're industrial (with armour plated cases or something) and hence rather pricey - and Linux only.

[uncharted]

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Anyone have an idea?

[koaftder]

99 dollar efika? Cool. I'll buy it when MOS is out for it. Like others said, I don't need another linux box, I have many, much more capable. The efika board is out, i'm sure the MOS software will come around, I'll most likely end up with one. I doubt this Amiga stuff will ever materialize.

[Everblue]

Weird no one is selling Efika for €75 yet... except BBRV himself.

[hooligan]

Darrin wrote:


After all these years of flying the "red flag", I can't believe that I'm (most probably) going to end up running MorphOS on my Efika before getting a chance to run OS4.

I wonder what sort of reception I'll get on "Blue" sites?  :-o

Warm and kind? ;-)