> [...] Efika is available new.
> http://www.directron.com/efika.html
> Actually, Efika is never out of stock!

Actually, it is now.

> once again Acube claims to have SAM460CR motherboards in stock

"New Sam460cr boards will hit the road soon!
ACube Systems is happy to see a new update for [...] MorphOS. [...] We then decided to make a small gift to the [...] MorphOS Community. To celebrate the recent release of [...] MorphOS 3.14, we built a small batch of Sam460cr boards that will be available with a Christmas bundle of the following games: [...] The whole bundle will be at 489 Euros. OS 4.1 FE is included in this product. We will be ready for shipping in january 2021."
http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=144

(courtesy of number6)

I just acquired a Sam440ep-flex 733MHz 1GB RAM, Radeon 9250 128MB Gfx card, and wondered if that system is ever likely to get supported by MorphOS? As I'd love to give it a try on the hardware.

Much as I now see that the Sam460cr is going to get a new run of boards, which is great news, I cannot justify the 489 Euros to spend on it, plus the MorphOS licence fee. The licence fee I wouldn't mind paying if I could use it with the board I already own.

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In case you missed it, I might point you to some MorphZone thread back from 2015:

MorphOS on Sam440

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Succinct.

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For the price it might be nice to pick one up. Not many boards run Morphos and AmigaOS 4.1 The screen on my Powerbook could go any day so I had been thinking of an alternative. What would be the best graphics card to get for both OS's?

> What would be the best graphics card to get for both OS's?

If you go for an R5xx-based Radeon X1xxx series card, OS4 can be used in 2D and MorphOS in 2D+3D. That's the best compromise you can get.

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Looks like the Radeon X1950 Pro might be a good compromise between the two OS's

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> http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=144

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=13093&forum=38&start=5

Sold out. http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=145

Repair/refurbished units, no doubt.

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The first batch (sold out) or the new larger one?

@Jim

No, brand new (but it was not a batch of thousands, neither a batch of hundreds, maybe less than 20 IMHO).

@Jim
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I ordered one (currently in Italy's custom collecting dust). Once get one will see if it were repaired/refurbished or new ones.

@K-L: Yes, maybe 10-20 in the sold out batch. And due to the surprisingly large interest, maybe 50-100 in the next batch. Pure speculation of course.

[ Edited by duga 26.03.2021 - 11:28 ]

Got my one, and it looks like repaired one, while can be is not. See:

http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/glue_cpu.jpg
http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/glue_cpu2.jpg
http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/power1.jpg
http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/power2.jpg
http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/power3.jpg
http://kas1e.mikendezign.com/aos4/sam460cr/power4.jpg

Max explained that it some last-minute manual modification to allow the boards to work on modern ATX power supplies. Basically, what happens? the 'cr' board have fewer onboard components than the 'ex' version, and its power consumption is very very low, and some/many PSU basically don't sense any load and: or they don't start at all or they give not stable output, which in turn create stability issues.
The two resistors you see are there for increasing the power load, they are not there for 'repair'.
The next batch will have this (and other minimal modifications) directly onboard.

[ Edited by kas1e 03.04.2021 - 21:45 ]

If the power consumption is that low, why use a ATX power supply at all? USB and standard small laptop-style power bricks are more in line with the system needs.

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...until you connect a graphics board.