MorphOS Updates

[Piru]

The MorphOS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of another MorphOS update for computers equipped with PowerUP accelerator cards.
Plus a new version of the MorphOS 3D Update has been released.

MorphOS for PUP:
The included changes are as follows:

· fixed A4000T mainboard SCSI support
· added missing execute protection flags for 68k monitor drivers
· added missing #?Monitor prefs files for 68k monitor driver

The MorphOS Free Edition for PowerUP can be downloaded from http://powerup.morphos-team.net. We suggest to carefully read the instructions on the website as well as in the included "readme" text to make the installation process as effortless as possible.


MorphOS 3D Update:

The changes since the previous release are:
· r200, rv250 and rv280 cards (8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250) now work on Pegasos 1.
· Fixed a rare lockup condition on r200 (8500, 9100).
· Fixed a random crash on starting the first 3D application on Pegasos 1.
· Fixed a scissoring problem on r200, rv250 and rv280 (8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250)
· Minor speedups and improvements

The update can be downloaded from http://download.morphos-team.net/ or the MorphOS FTP site.

[Piru]

If the newsitem seems a bit disoriented to you, there is a simple explanation: These were originally two separate newsitems that apparently got merged.

[keropi]

the mos team rox! free mos pup!!!!  :-D

[System]

Well done, but still no Mediator support? :-(

[humppa]

The only thing that keeps me from switching to Morphos is the missing Mediator-support.

[Piru]

still no Mediator support?

There will be no mediator 1200 support. Mediator 4000 support could be possible in theory, but is unlikely.

The most prominent reason that mediator will likely never be supported is the requirement of Picasso96. CyberGraphX is integral part of MorphOS and cannot be removed. See Official ELBOX post on mediator with MOS

My personal view of Elbox has nothing to do with this, though getting me to work with Elbox would require a crowbar and a lot of violence.

[Crumb]

@Piru

and what's the status of Prometheus support? I remember reading that it was already supported years ago, but I guess that code may need to be updated...

What would you need in order to support Mediator4000?

[humppa]

Is it due to "political reasons" and lacking documentation that there is no Mediator support or are there other reasons why only the less successful busboards are supported?

[keropi]

u wish g-rex is "less succesfull" ....  :-o

[humppa]

u wish g-rex is "less succesfull" ....

Did I say that somewhere? With "successful" I was referring to actual sales. Sales of Prometheus and G-Rex were much lower. (apart from the fact that Mediators are still being produced)

[keropi]

where, given the fact that os4 classic and mos would be build on the p5 ppc plattform, it is no surprise that there is no other busboard support... a shame really...

in every aspect, a larger userbase is better!

[jj]

IS there still no support for fast ata(powerflyer).  This is the main thing stopping me trying this, as I do no wish to to ake my machine apart to try this out

[keropi]

there is NO need to remove the fastata to try MOS, it will sit there unactivated, it will work like the normal a1200 IDE.... try it, don't worry about it!  :-D

[System]

There will be no mediator 1200 support

I'll cross my fingers for an AROS PUP version that supports Mediator then. :-D

[Framiga]

Elbox wrote:

"The CGX author (one of the main persons in the MOS team) was the first
developer outside Elbox who received the complete MEDIATOR developer
docs. In 2000 we supplied him also with the developer's MEDIATOR
busboard, an Amiga 1200 computer in E/BOX tower with turbo card,
FastATA controller, a hard disk and other add-ons like e.g. a Voodoo3
PCI graphic card.
The developer docs for the FastATA controllers were sent a few years
ago to another member of the MOS team, who asked us for them."

mhhh! Elbox fault?