AmigaOS 4.1 for Sam460ex

[Elwood]

Bassano del Grappa, 13 may 2010

Following the recent announcement about the Sam460ex, the latest addition to
the SAM family, ACube Systems is very pleased to announce that the work to
port AmigaOS 4.1 to the Sam460ex is in progress and it's carried out by our
partner Hyperion Entertainment CVBA.

A few screenshots of the initial port:
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The release date is still targeted for September.

Thanks for your support.

[amigakit]

Great news!

[save2600]

I don't see a 460 model advertised at Amigakit. Are these that new or something? And yes... one would think OS 4.1 should/would work on a Sam4xx board  

[NovaCoder]

Good to see! I guess Hyperion must be burning the midnight oil!

It will be interesting to see if it supports the PCI-express slot on release....

It will also be interesting to see if the proposed specification gets updated (I'm crossing my fingers).

How about this for the 'Flex' version ACube?

[skwayb]

I don't see a 460 model advertised at Amigakit. Are these that new or something? And yes... one would think OS 4.1 should/would work on a Sam4xx board

The board won't be out until September...  
 
You can get more info at http://www.acube-systems.biz/

[drewz21]

Nice.  I might have to finally give OS 4.1 a try.

[redfox]

Great news.

[tone007]

OS 4.1 is like a sugar-coated Jesus flying on a magic carpet!

[klx300r]

way to go ACube and Hyperion:drink:

[recidivist]

Looks like  it will be close to $1000 US;if the AEon comes in at $1500 then the OS4.x  hardware range will be from about $600 to $1500 .

I REALLY don't get why the SAM+OS isn't  simply listed as ONE price since you can't buy a SAM without AmigaOS (unless I  read the site wrong) ?

[mikeymike]

OS 4.1 is like a sugar-coated Jesus flying on a magic carpet!

Sticky and trippy?

[AJCopland]

How about this for the 'Flex' version ACube?

Looks like the "Ex" version is the only one with an FPU. The others are all listed as being for NAS/SAN devices.

Andy

[dammy]

Looks like  it will be close to $1000 US;if the AEon comes in at $1500 then the OS4.x  hardware range will be from about $600 to $1500 .

I REALLY don't get why the SAM+OS isn't  simply listed as ONE price since you can't buy a SAM without AmigaOS (unless I  read the site wrong) ?

No, SAM460 plus OS4.1 is about $950 USD which is just  mobo and OS4.1 but the A1X1K is $1900 USD for the system if they can keep it that target price and I expect it to be higher at launch.  So there should be a atleast $1K USD difference between the two.

[recidivist]

ACube says the 460 is not replacing the 440 so I think the low end will still be the 440 667Mhz which is closer to $700 with the OS;didn't realize the AEon  was $1900.
 Sometimes I lose track of  if discussion is euros,dollars, or pounds!

[takemehomegrandma]

I REALLY don't get why the SAM+OS isn't  simply listed as ONE price since you can't buy a SAM without AmigaOS?

Because that will make it look as expensive as it really is?