The Ultimate MorphOS System
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    What would it look like? Give input. Go! 8-)
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Acill
    Posts: 1928 from 2003/10/19
    From: Port Hueneme, Ca.
    Some would say the G5 Macs but I have to disagree. I think the last MDD systems before the G5 are much better currently. You can get a lot more RAM to map, the PCI cards seem to work better in them, no fear of a liquid cool disaster (I had a G5 powermac tower that killed itself) Parts are much cheaper to find and easier to install. No PCI-X slots to deal with.

    However the non liquid cooled G5 tower is a nice choice if you can find one in good shape. The only drawback is the 1GB RAM wall.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    bash64
    Posts: 958 from 2010/10/28
    From: USA
    Powerbook 5,9 17" G4.

    This IS the ultimate Amiga. The one and only Amiga laptop! I love mine.
    :-o

    P.S.

    IF they ever get the iMac G5 working I may change my mind.


    [ Edited by bash64 03.06.2013 - 08:08 ]
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    pampers
    Posts: 1061 from 2009/2/26
    From: Tczew, Poland
    I'd love to get something powerful like G5 but much smaller. PB 5,9 is nice also.
    MorphOS 3.x
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Zylesea
    Posts: 2057 from 2003/6/4
    Efika - rocking 400MHz and only little RAM. Sounds pretty useless, but MorphOS proves it isn't (well except for webbrowsing). It's a funny device which I really like.
    Then again, the 1.67GHz Powerbooks are really sweet and if I had to decide for one MorphOS system only; I'd go for my Powerbook of course (fast, lots of RAM, small. mobile, low wattage).
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Intuition
    Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
    From: Nederland
    My 15" PowerBook 5,8 A1138 is lovely, best Amiga laptop I've used by far (Amithlon comes second).

    It's also much easier to lug around than my 17" Macbook Pro too. :)
    1.67GHz 15" PowerBook G4, 1GB RAM, 128MB Radeon 9700M Pro, 64GB SSD, MorphOS 3.15

    2.7GHz DP G5, 4GB RAM, 512MB Radeon X1950 Pro, 500GB SSHD, MorphOS 3.9
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    _ThEcRoW
    Posts: 298 from 2008/10/27
    Is there a future port for the other g5 models of powermacs?(i mean the towers).
    Mac Mini G4 1,4ghz 1gb ram & MorphOS 3.11
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    redrumloa
    Posts: 1424 from 2003/4/13
    It is all about speed with me. I actually use MorphOS as my primary computer. My PowerMac G5 2.7Ghz will be the ultimate MorphOS system in 2-3 weeks. It has a Radeon 9800XT and I am going to install a SSD.

    You need speed to live in the real world. Some people are content with 360p, I want 1080p :-o
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    connor
    Posts: 578 from 2007/7/29
    It would look like a G4 Cube with the power of a G5 2.x GHz but 50W max. Does not need to be noiseless but would be fine (difficult to achieve). Number of cores not too important but would support 4GB RAM and more (MOS had to be upgraded to 64bit for it) and support higher resolutions than 1920x1200 and multiple displays.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    bash64
    Posts: 958 from 2010/10/28
    From: USA
    I just want an all in one machine with a 21 inch lcd so I will wait for the iMac G5's to come around.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    connor
    Posts: 578 from 2007/7/29
    Might be in as new supported platform for 3.4.
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Intuition
    Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
    From: Nederland
    Quote:

    redrumloa wrote:
    It is all about speed with me. I actually use MorphOS as my primary computer. My PowerMac G5 2.7Ghz will be the ultimate MorphOS system in 2-3 weeks. It has a Radeon 9800XT and I am going to install a SSD.


    I'm wondering whether MorphOS file systems are suited to SSD's?

    I'm tempted to get a hybrid drive for my PowerBook as all the SSD specific stuff that usually has to be implemented at the filesystem level is made redundant by the drive firmware.

    Can anyone with more knowledge on the subject elaborate further?
    1.67GHz 15" PowerBook G4, 1GB RAM, 128MB Radeon 9700M Pro, 64GB SSD, MorphOS 3.15

    2.7GHz DP G5, 4GB RAM, 512MB Radeon X1950 Pro, 500GB SSHD, MorphOS 3.9
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    amigadave
    Posts: 2795 from 2006/3/21
    From: Northern Calif...
    At the risk of having the rest of you through stones at me, I'll reluctantly tell you what would be MY ultimate MorphOS System.

    It would be an A4000 in a tower case with a ZorroII to PCI adapter board for better video cards and semi-modern expansion cards, plus a brand new CPU accelerator with a single over-clocked G4 running at 1.5GHz to 1.8GHz, or a single G5 running at 2.0GHz to 2.7GHz, salvaged from an old Mac computer.

    It will most likely never happen, but possibly could be the most successful MorphOS capable computer ever supported, if the accelerator were created at a price that is lower than the old Phase5/DCE dual CPU accelerators are still selling for today. Instead of trying to duplicate the dual CPU design of the original Phase5 boards, this new accelerator could either have the 68k portion replaced by a fast FPGA w/soft core 68k CPU, or it could have no 68k hardware at all, and instead have the G4/G5 emulate the 68k CPU to keep backward compatibility with old Amiga software.

    Just a crazy idea that won't happen, but could be wildly popular with the remaining Amiga users, and probably many hundred, if not thousands of former Amiga users.
    MorphOS - The best Next Gen Amiga choice.
  • »06.06.13 - 18:38
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2337 from 2003/2/24
    Quote:

    Intuition wrote:

    I'm tempted to get a hybrid drive for my PowerBook ....


    AFAIK all hybrid drives come only as SATA.

    Chances of fitting an actual 2.5" drive + adaptor in the PB's HD holder are reather slim.

    My experience:
    - Efika with 32GB PATA SSD, served for years before in my MorphMini
    - PowerMac G4 with 2GB CF-card on IDE (for boot: partition) and a 500GB Seagate hypbid on a Sil3112
    - iBook with 120GB PATA SSD works just fine for months

    Not sure wether I will move the hybrid to the G5 or buy something new....
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  • MorphOS Developer
    geit
    Posts: 1053 from 2004/9/23
    I used a 400x CompactFlash card for around 2 years in my 24/7 running Pegasos2 without any problem.

    It just got hell fast on loading/booting times.

    I recently replaced the CF card with an up to date SATA SSD and will install the CF card in my powermac.

    After all the experience I had with flash media, I just won´t return to hard drives.

    SSDs rock!

    Geit

    [ Edited by geit 06.06.2013 - 21:14 ]
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Intuition
    Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
    From: Nederland
    Thanks for the info guys, it looks like I'll just get a cheap PATA SSD off eBay in the near future then.
    1.67GHz 15" PowerBook G4, 1GB RAM, 128MB Radeon 9700M Pro, 64GB SSD, MorphOS 3.15

    2.7GHz DP G5, 4GB RAM, 512MB Radeon X1950 Pro, 500GB SSHD, MorphOS 3.9
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12200 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > brand new CPU accelerator with a single over-clocked G4 running at 1.5GHz to 1.8GHz

    At least up to 1.7 GHz you wouldn't even have to overclock the G4.

    http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC7448&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    amigadave
    Posts: 2795 from 2006/3/21
    From: Northern Calif...
    Andreas_Wolf wrote:,
    Quote:

    At least up to 1.7 GHz you wouldn't even have to overclock the G4.


    I wrote that thinking that the 1.25GHz to 1.42GHz G4 CPU's would be more common, cheaper to obtain, and it would make more sense to remove a working G4 from a PowerMac CPU module, than removing a working 1.67GHz G4 from a PowerBook. Specially if the G4 PowerBook is still working well, as that is a highly desirable MorphOS capable system.

    But such an accelerator will probably never happen, so this speculation is just a waste of time, which I won't go into any further.

    Your constant need to try to correct other people's posts, who you know very well are aware of the corrections you are trying to make, seems a bit obsessive on your part. You might want to get some help with your obsessive behavior. :-D

    [ Edited by amigadave 07.06.2013 - 13:03 ]
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  • »07.06.13 - 20:01
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12200 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > I wrote that thinking that the 1.25GHz to 1.42GHz G4 CPU's would be more common,
    > cheaper to obtain, and it would make more sense to remove a working G4 from a
    > PowerMac CPU module, than removing a working 1.67GHz G4 from a PowerBook.

    I wasn't talking about "removing a working 1.67GHz G4 from a PowerBook" as my link to the Freescale website should give away easily.

    > Your constant need to try to correct other people's posts, who you know very
    > well are aware of the corrections you are trying to make

    No, I wasn't aware that you knew about Freescale still selling G4 CPUs up to 1.7 GHz. And I think I will refrain from claiming that you were aware of my unawareness. Btw, my reply surely wasn't a "correction" of any kind, as it didn't correct anything you wrote.

    > seems a bit obsessive on your part. You might want to get some help with
    > your obsessive behavior.

    I'll think about that. Btw, will you stop making unfounded claims about what I'm aware of and what not? You will not even need help with this I guess :-)
  • »07.06.13 - 21:07
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