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No wonder he gets slow graphics when using a gfx card that is almost entirely unsupported, not even 2D, only rudimentary frame buffer support. He would naturally get far better results by using a supported card.

Question is if it was such a good idea to release drivers as rudimentary as these with only frame buffer support and no 2D/3D etc; some people (like he in that video) maight not understand the reasons and form an opinion on MorphOS based on his poor experience. On the other hand, they are usable for simpler things if you can live with the lagging. And it signals that cards like
AMD Radeon HD 2400
AMD Radeon HD 3450
AMD Radeon HD 4350
AMD Radeon HD 4550
AMD Radeon HD 4650
AMD Radeon HD 5450
AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon HD 6570
AMD Radeon HD 7570
AMD Radeon HD 7570
...is not forgotten! Having at least rudimentary support for them at this early stage, and letting people use it, signals that work to fill in the gaps is in the process, and more competent drivers for these cards are coming.

>>> As someone from MorphOS Team told me... only a handful of licenses
>>> came from Sam460 users

>> No surprise considering the current state of GPU support.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAMTXPvDvWA

> No wonder he gets slow graphics when using a gfx card that is almost entirely
> unsupported, not even 2D, only rudimentary frame buffer support.

Thanks for reiterating my point. Problem is, Sam460ex users are mostly existing OS4 users with Radeon HD graphics card and single hard drive. They don't want to severely change their systems just for MorphOS but would try and maybe purchase it if it supported their hardware as is. (Potential) users of new Sam460cr not that much interested in OS4 may buy graphics cards better supported by MorphOS but they'd still suffer the hard drive problem and have the additional problem of lacking audio.
Under these circumstances, the low number of Sam460 licenses is fully understandable.

I think I was misunderstood. I am not in a hurry, fussy or taking things too seriously :)

MorphOS x86 becomes a reality when MorphOS Team decides to, certainly I am not going to demand anything or chase them! If they think porting MorphOS for X5000 is a good idea, then they have their own reasons although I think, I am still entitled for a personal opinion, which obviously has to be taken for what it is.

Having said that, I have nothing against the X5000. It is just that I have zero interest in this machine. And the reason for it is that it is way beyond my budget. Perhaps, if I had 500,000 Euro sitting in my bank account, I'd buy one just for kicks, but alas, I don't. So, if I want to run MorphOS on brand new and good hardware, I will have to wait. And waiting is free :)

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https://www.facebook.com/AEonTechnologyLtd?fref=nf

if anyone gets there in person or can see a video watch Christian's demonstration very carefully.

Amiga30th Anniversary Event, Neuss, Germany

Where: Rheinische Landestheater, Neuss,
When: Saturday, October 10, 2015

Come to the A-EON Technology display area to meet A-EON co-founder Trevor Dickinson and see:-

* A demonstration of the AmigaOne X5000 & AmigaOne X1000 by AmigaOS 4 beta tester Dennis Zweedijk.

* A special Debian 8 Jessie PowerPC SPE demonstration by Core Linux team member and AmigaOS beta tester, Christian Zigotzky.

A.L.I.C.E. might even put in an appearance (along with Core Linux team member, Pat Wall).

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So again no reference to MorphOS, but Debian gets a mention? I don't know, maybe I am reading too much into this, but shouldn't MorphOS at least get a mention? Don't they want additional sales of their hardware? I have little interest beyond curiosity myself, but I've seen quite a few mos users express interest.

Hell, if the X5000 benches better than a G5, there could be a stretch of the imagination where I might want a bare board for MorphOS. A-Eonkit treating what should be considered a value added company as such is disheartening, even given their prior track record.

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[a lot of stuff not relevant to MorphOS removed]


This was posted as news here the 10th of September already:

"On Saturday, October 10, 2015, you will have the opportunity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Amiga and meet some members of the MorphOS Team in Neuss near Düsseldorf.

Up to 500 participants are expected making this event one of the biggest Amiga meetings of the decade.

Other flavours of our favorite computing platform will be present at this event as well: OS4, AROS, Classic and even emulation will be shown providing a unique occasion to see all of them in action at once.

The MorphOS Team will also have a stand where the X5000 and Sam460 will be exhibited running MorphOS among other supported systems, offering a rare opportunity to witness all the latest features of the forthcoming MorphOS 3.10 before its release..."

The Debian demonstration wont be on the X5000 .

I can understand A-Eon not promoting MorphOS on the X5000 until the
port is actually completed . I understand that MorphOS on the X5000 will be demoed as a work in progress by the MorphOS team.


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> special Debian 8 Jessie PowerPC SPE demonstration

On the P-Cubed? SCNR ;-)

For fun you could google PowerpcSPE and see what processors are supported.

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I agree completely.

Same as it has always been. They don't mind any sales and money that might come from MorphOS, but they don't want to be seen affiliated with it in public, or help marketing of MorphOS the slightest in return even if it only means mentioning it in some press release. Predictable. It's how these people has worked, always.

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Bullshit, they have been promoting incomplete beta level versions of OS4 with terrible driver situation and missing features for years on the X1000. They mentioned OS4 and Linux because they want to, and they didn't mention MorphOS for the same reaason. Of course they are free to do whatever they want, they decide themselves how they want to position themselves to the Amiga (and MorphOS) community. So please stop trying to sugarcoat their decisions into something it isn't. Making up your own explanations on their behalf is even more pathetic than the behaviour you are trying to "explain" on your own initiative...

Hope MorphOS drops support for the X5000. :)

> For fun you could google PowerpcSPE

For even more fun you could click the following links and realize that I surely don't need any lessons regarding this :-)

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=6565&start=10
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=8473&start=49

> and see what processors are supported.

I already know this. Guess which CPU the P-Cubed was supposed to use most likely.

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=7183&start=840

...which is the same CPU as on Zigotzky's "P1022 Custom board".

https://community.nxp.com/thread/339022
https://community.nxp.com/thread/342970
https://community.nxp.com/thread/357813


Edit: changed "freescale" to "nxp" in links

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> they don't want to [...] help marketing of MorphOS the slightest in return
> even if it only means mentioning it in some press release.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:a-eon.com+morphos

If I were to preorder an X5000 for exclusive use with MorpOS when would I be able to use it ?

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Or perhaps on the rumored mini-ITX PPC board from A-Eon?

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Would be really interesting if it would turn out to be based on e500v2!

>>> special Debian 8 Jessie PowerPC SPE demonstration

>> On the P-Cubed? SCNR ;-)

> Or perhaps on the rumored mini-ITX PPC board from A-Eon?

Zigotzky wrote on the Freescale forum that he bought his P1022-based board in 2014. I don't think this fits a potential new board from A-Eon.

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OS4 isn't even complete for the five year old X1000, what makes you think it's in a more complete state for the X5000 than MorphOS for the X5000?

>> Or perhaps on the rumored mini-ITX PPC board from A-Eon?

> Would be really interesting if it would turn out to be based on e500v2!

I'm sure you would applaud that :-) A new lower-end board from A-Eon would most likely be e5500-based (QorIQ T1) I guess.

I would assume that A-Eon has an agreement with Hyperion re AmigaOS 4.x for the current A-Eon hardware so AmigaOS 4.x is going to be OS featured and shipped with the machines .

If the agreement does not cover all future motherboards then
I see no reason why Morphos can't make a deal with A-Eon for future Motherboards to have MorphOS as the featured and bundled OS .

The promotion of alternate OS options in either case should not be a problem once the alternate OS options were available .

(Posting this on my new secret A-eon hardware by the way)

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Me too. in _my_ opinion every additional day spend with ppc is a rather lost day. Of course I am also curious about how MorphOS will work on the X5000 and I am even a bit interested in buying one, but I would much much more love to buy a nice i7 system to run MorphOS on it.

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Me 3. It is almost battered wife syndrome. Why support product from a company that won't even acknowledge your existence?

I also agree we need to move on from the kiddie pool that is PPC. Supporting PPC Mac was the right step for the time. This left turn to Bizaro world is puzzling. Why support such crazy overpriced hardware when the people behind them want you to die off? The best scenario doesn't have the X5000 faster than a G5 Mac at last check.

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> The best scenario doesn't have the X5000 faster than a G5 Mac at last check.

I'm interested in the figures of your check. Can you publish them?