Considering SAM440 - a few Q's...

[blakespot]

@ blakespot
I'm in the exact same situation! debating the 667 vs the 733 for the same reasons ..hmmm

Well, I ordered a 733MHz board w/ 512MB tonight from Mr. Amigakit.  OS CD as well.  Good times ahead.

I do love the retro...




blakespot

[klx300r]

Well, I ordered a 733MHz board w/ 512MB tonight from Mr. Amigakit.  OS CD as well.  Good times ahead.

I do love the retro...

blakespot

Congrats on the Samantha!..I'll be joining you with a 733 soon too!... and awesome collection ya got there :-)...damn I thought  man was a bit over the top..LOL

[klx300r]

was wondering if you can get a pci card with a built in parallel port for the Sam??
would love to use lightwave on my Sam but I'm not sure about the dongle??

[slayer]

I use the SAM 800mhz with 1 gig every day and it never GR or freezes unless I am using IBrowse... And this isn't likely to change unless someone is developing a new version of IBrowse... So... I accept this because I still have uses for IBrowse... the freezes (because it doesn't GR) are so few and far between its hardly even worth worrying about but to exclude them would be lying... heh

My SAM 667mhz is happily packed in its antistatic bag, destined for a life of backup but in reality probably won't be used for that capacity...

Enjoy your new SAM!

[blakespot]

So, does the SAM440ep-Flex have a floppy connector?  If so, will a standard PC floppy drive function properly in DD mode with DS/DD floppies to work as a 1010-compatible?  

Thanks.




blakespot

[cv643d]

No

[blakespot]

I have ordered a HIS-branded Radeon 9250 PCI (3.3v, 5v) w/ 128MB.  Should be here Monday, with the board.  $50 from Amazon (or so).

Can the increased speed of this board be felt in moving windows around under OS 4.1 as compared to the Mobility Radeon in the 440ep (integrated)?




blakespot

[blakespot]

Will the SAM440ep-Flex fit into this case?

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0265321

It's a MicroATX tower.  It says it support 9.6"x9.6" mATX boards.  The Flex is a "FlexATX" board (...okay...) that's 8.5"x6.7".  Would it work - I mean, rear port areas and posts matching?



blakespot

[amigakit]

@Blakespot

We shipped your SAM Flex yesterday so it should be delivered to you by FedEx today.

[klx300r]

So, does the SAM440ep-Flex have a floppy connector?  If so, will a standard PC floppy drive function properly in DD mode with DS/DD floppies to work as a 1010-compatible?

i guess you can connect a 1.44 floppy via USB ?

[klx300r]

I have ordered a HIS-branded Radeon 9250 PCI (3.3v, 5v) w/ 128MB.  Should be here Monday, with the board.  $50 from Amazon (or so).

blakespot

damn wish i had read this thread before buying a local 5v 9250...arghh....anyone want it?

[blakespot]

Got the board yesterday (they tried delivery Fri, tho - I was out).  Mounted in Antec case:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/3803137175/

Ended up with a 320BG HD.  

So.  Is there an advantage to having two partitions (aside from swap) or OK to have just one?  Do I want the SS01 format for the boot partition?  Space is not a issue really, so what is the best performance filesystem?




blakespot

[F0LLETT]

Got the board yesterday (they tried delivery Fri, tho - I was out).  Mounted in Antec case:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/3803137175/

Ended up with a 320BG HD.  

So.  Is there an advantage to having two partitions (aside from swap) or OK to have just one?  Do I want the SS01 format for the boot partition?  Space is not a issue really, so what is the best performance filesystem?




blakespot

When setting up, we normally do OS4.1 (DH0: ) as SFS/00 2GB, SWAP as SWAP 2GB, and WORK (DH1: ) as SFS/02 using rest of drive.

Seems to work well like that.

Also dont forget to register at hyperions site to get the latest updates for OS4.1.

[colin419]

Congratz:)

[blakespot]

Sounds good.  Any issue with making SWAP like 4GB?  Does that slow the system vs. 2GB?  This is a 320GB drive, after all...

But I do realize AmigaOS is extremely light weight as far as memory usage vs. other modem OS'.




blakespot

[Karlos]

Sounds good.  Any issue with making SWAP like 4GB?  Does that slow the system vs. 2GB?  This is a 320GB drive, after all...

Depends on whether or not the VM subsystem supports physical address extension. I really don't know if it does or not. I initially thought about using a 20GB swap partition for OS4.1, but in the end went for 2GB.