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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2003, 04:35:46 AM »
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Providing they can get the price down.


Agreed.  But if they can get them below $300 US, I *will* buy one.
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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2003, 05:35:15 AM »
Answering a few things at once:

>But as they'll find, supporting one Radeon isn't >quite the same as supporting them all.

We do support more than one. The 7000 just happens to have been the first one that got tested with the driver.

>If this driver is going to be for the Lite, it's enough

It happens to run on the Lite, but the Lite will presumably ship with the SNAP driver, as will the "Full" AmigaOne. I broke my Prometheus, and having alternative/additional test environments available will be a good thing for us while I wait for repair/replacement...

>and if people can't see one in the store window
>that looks like the one their friend has, that's >a lost sale.

Depends on what you're into. Some people like acrylic windows and neon lights, I don't. I don't like the X-box case, but bought one anyway. I think the PSX2 looks better, but don't have one of them. (shrug) The Xbox has more tinkering options available...

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2003, 09:13:04 AM »
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We do support more than one. The 7000 just happens to have been the first one that got tested with the driver.


BTW: I have also tried a 7500 so, far. Work's too. Nothing above yet, though.

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2003, 10:04:05 AM »
Yay! Good job, Forefront Technologies :-) Let's Get Ready to Rumble! :-D
 

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2003, 10:16:35 AM »
Brilliant work Forefront! keep it up.

Will the driver support the 9xxx series Radeons?

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2003, 11:11:35 AM »
What does CLUT mean?  (see screenshot)

Very pretty.
 

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2003, 11:29:45 AM »
CLUT = Colour LookUp Table

It means palette based.
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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2003, 11:40:11 AM »
Fantastic piece of news!  Radeon 7xxx e 8xxx driver!

Great work!

I also read the others GREAT news, AHI OS4 native support for SBLive! and The MicroA1 run Linux (and maybe tomorrow at Graz OS4) at 1066Mhz!!!

Graet news!
 

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2003, 12:03:11 PM »
Wonder what could we have if we didn't have to reinvent the wheel again and again... :roll:

Nice work and congratulations though!
 

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2003, 12:44:10 PM »
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BTW: I have also tried a 7500 so, far. Work's too. Nothing above yet, though.


Bill replied to my other post on AW and said that this driver will work officially all the way up to the 8500, but *may* (unofficially) work on additional models.  (I'm assuming the 9000/9100 series).  When it comes to the next series (9200-9800) they are based on a different chip, so it probably wont work there.

BTW, where have you guys seen the price listed for the Micro-A1?  I don't recall seeing a price listed anywhere.  Or are you just assuming?
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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2003, 01:50:45 PM »
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CLUT = Colour LookUp Table


Pity it's not a look -in table.

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2003, 01:55:01 PM »
I think I'm slowly being converted to the idea of the a1/os4  :-)
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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2003, 01:55:23 PM »
exellent , i heard some rumours about this some time ago..SWEET!.

herewegoagain: the price tag is just speculations or what ever.

no price has been shared yet , but it MUST be low to attract everyone who can't afford an amigaone XE etc.
so lets see if Eyetech wants to sell ####loads or a few...

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2003, 02:51:40 PM »
I love it!!!

Radeon on A1 + OS4 - that is nothing but genius!!!

Now I just can not wait for some decent SOFTWARE announcements to make use of SB and ATi...

Untill then I do nothing but wait!!!
 

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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2003, 04:09:30 PM »
@Herewegoagain:
Radeon9200 is more or less a 9000 with AGPx8 support and a slightly higher clock. Sometimes they use even the same PCB...
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Re: AmigaOne Boots AmigaOS4 with Forefront Radeon Driver
« Reply #29 from previous page: October 24, 2003, 04:50:43 PM »
Hurrah! It even has a teeny lttle boing ball along the top of the Workbench screen  (far top left).

Needs a 'Games' icon, though. Nothing fancy, just a pacman eating a ghost. Or Zool...
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