MorphOS 2.0 Released

[Tempest]

@TheDaddy

Some programs...

Audio: Amigaamp, Aminetradio, BnP, CDPlayer, FreeDB, Hivelutracker, Milkytracker, Proplayer, PSA, Ripper, Sid4Amiga, Songplayer

Graphics: ArtEffect, Blender, fxPaint, fxScan, Gallerius, Picshow, Pixel32, Showgirls, Snapit, SteamDraw, Titler, TVPaint

Internet, AmitradeCenter, Aweb, Beehive, IBrowse, Jbberwocky, Polyglot, Rdesktop, SimpleMail, Sputnik, SSHcon, TwinVNC, VNCServer, Voyager, Wallget, Wookiechat, YAM

Text: Apdf, AutoDocReader, BareED, Microgolded, More, Pointrider, Strange

Video: VLC, Devedie, MenCoder, Mplayer, Visionary

Utils: DirOpus, Diskmaster2, Fragment, LCD monitor test, Logtool, MorphosExec, Morphup, Polynet_NG, Polyorga, Scout, Snoopium, Wetter, VoodooX

And don't forget you can also run lot's of classic Amiga software.

~Salvatore

[Tempest]

@stefcep2

On my Pegasos II G4 all the emulators work just as well as on Linux and Windows (except UAE, no jit).

[TheDaddy]

Excellent!

How do they run? For example what kind of frame rate do you get on efika (Quake1 or 3)?

How is the support for printers?

Salvatore...where from?

[Tempest]

@TheDaddy
They run fine on my Pegasos 2 with a high frame rate on 1280x1024 (quake3 around 85-110 fps), I don't know about the Efika.

BTW here are some screenshot of programs (MOS 1.4.5): linky

I'm Italian but located in the Netherlands..

~Salvatore

[TheDaddy]

How is it at playing DVDs?

Interesting stuff. :-)

[Matt_H]

Senex wrote:

Glad to see that's been fixed - FW97 gave me a full lockup under 1.4.5

No, nothing has been fixed with regard to FW97 - it's running as well or badly under MorphOS as always: i.e. on 8 bit screens only.

It works well enough for you to have been able to grab a screenshot! It would lock for me right after clicking the icon - before the screenmode requester popped up. I'll try again next time I boot into 2.0.

[Matt_H]

Only, I don't know how to make Mos boot without typing "boot ide:0 boot.img"

I don't remember the exact variable (you can see it if you type "printenv" at the firmware prompt; it might be bootcmd), but just set it to the string you use to boot, I.E., what you wrote above. There's also an autoboot variable to set to "true".

[Matt_H]

Regarding the price, it's higher than I budgeted for (and the terrible American dollar doesn't help either), but it's fair.

Given that the 0.x and 1.x releases were all free, this is the first time the developers are seeing money from end-users. They absolutely deserve to see some income.

Besides, it's free to try - that's what'll attract new users. How many other non-Unix variant OSes allow that?

[ffastback]

@stefcep2

stefcep2 wrote:
YOU might consider it a worthwhile hobby to just be able to start up an OS so as to open and close a few directories, and gaze at the pretty icons and backdrops, for most other people the novelty will wear off pretty quickly if thats ALL you can do with it.

But thats certainly not all you can do with it, and its well known most current Amiga users today still use their Amiga-like OS' out of some sort of nostalgia.  Or at least they want to do their part as non-programmers to further the cause of an active Amiga-like OS being useable. But its unfair to compare its feature set to another OS and then declare it expensive because it does less for more money.  Windows and OSX are not hobby related in the same way at all.  So you make absolutely no point here IMO.  The fact is this OS was more a labor of love by fellow Amigans than any type of engine for personal profit.  They will definately take a loss on their time.  And to be sure its a cheaper proposition as users these days then trying to get into the Amiga vintage retro hardware scene.  Broken equipment even sells at a severe premium on ebay.  We don't get many bright spots like this, a new OS version, newer hardware that is affordable that it can run on, that utilizes graphics cards that are still sold new.  A modern web browser.  This is not a competitor product to Vista or OSX at this stage!

[ffastback]

Crumb wrote:

redrumloa wrote:
~$99 for an Efika and ~$160 for MorphOS? That sounds like a no-brainer to me!

Uber-expensive! They could charge 800$ and there would be BMF defending the price/distribution scheme. They'll tell you MorphOS2.0 won't make them rich but they insist in reducing the number of possible sales charging 3 times more than they should charge.

I doubt they are actively insisting on seeking to reduce the possible number of sales.  Are they doing so in reality?  Yeah I think they are.  But then they aren't forcing anyone to buy it either.  The way I figure it, my 111,11 Euro went to helping replenish their beer fund a bit.  And they deserve a few Żywiec for their trouble.  Also lets bear in mind that their are a number of developers involved and when you split that 111,11 Euro around you are basically providing each guy with basically a lunch for a single day.

OK - I'm ticked off. :madashell: I've had two retailers cancel my orders for a radeon 9250 card. Anyone have any suggestions of an online shop where I can actually buy one? I'm going to be really annoyed if my efika arrives and I can't use it for lack of a video card.

[ffastback]

pkillo wrote:
OK - I'm ticked off. :madashell: I've had two retailers cancel my orders for a radeon 9250 card. Anyone have any suggestions of an online shop where I can actually buy one? I'm going to be really annoyed if my efika arrives and I can't use it for lack of a video card.

You have to be really careful with dimensions if you are planning on using a Genesi case.  I bought a 9250 card for my Efika before the cases were out and then when I got the case the damn card was too long!    In that case it was a Club3d brand I got from Vesalia.  In my last move I lost the card but I can probably measure the case when I get home if that helps.

Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com seem to have cards, but again bear in mind case dimensions!  The card you get may very likely me longer than the Efika board (and hence the case)!

Well, I ordered an his radeon card from tigerdirect... it seems small enough considering the card looks to extend only about an inch past the agp connector... with any luck it will fit into the case... I should have everything tuesday so I'll know then!

[adolescent]

I bit the bullet and ordered an Efika from Directron.  

Is it possible to order a MorphOS keyfile without using the register application (inside MorphOS)?  I want to take advantage of the discount but doubt I'll have the system up and running before the 15th.

[Piru]

Only, I don't know how to make Mos boot without typing "boot ide:0 boot.img"

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setenv boot-device ide:0
setenv boot-file boot.img [any extra boot options here]
setenv auto-boot-timeout 5000 [that's 5 seconds, adjust if you like]
setenv auto-boot? true

If you have a multiple OSes you might want to look into bootmenu such as one generated by BootCreator (readme).

[redrumloa]

adolescent wrote:

redrumloa wrote:
You are correct, I just did a quick estimate in my head and I was off.

EURUSD=X   115   1.5793   181.6252

But we don't pay the 19% EU VAT so your original price is a closer.

Oh, yeah, thanks for pointing that out. I was right to begin with  ;-)

-Edit- Let us do the math.
111 EUR - 19% VAT = 89.91EUR
EURUSD=X   89.91   1.5883   142.8041

So in USD, the red-headed stepchild currency, it is $142.80 at current exchange rates.