MorphOS on Quad Core G5
  • Just looking around
    Posts: 1 from 2016/2/24
    Hello guys. I am a 16 year old newbie here! Never used AmigaOS before, but want to. I have three options:
    - Buy Amiga 1200HD, Blizz 1230 and AGA MKII
    - Buy Stock 040 Amiga 4000
    - Buy Quad Core PowerMac G5 and add Radeon card

    Which one should I choose and would the third one boot?
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
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    Sadly none of them will work with MorphOS (as the Amigas need PPC cards). Your best bet then is to buy a Powermac G5 model 7.2 or 7.3. You can look at morphos.de for more supported models. But the quad G5 isn't one of them.
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
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    The 2.5 quad core G5 uses a liquid cooling system similar to the cooling systems used in the earlier 2.5 and 2.7 KHz dual G5 models.
    AND its a PCIe PowerMac (PCIe models are not supported yet).
    While I have used liquid cooled G5s without any problems, the potential for system failure is obviously greatly increased when water is used in an electronic device.
    IMHO your best buy in a MorphOS compatible G5 is an air cooled 2.3 KHz AGP model from the series Yasu mentioned.
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    redrumloa
    Posts: 1424 from 2003/4/13
    Quote:

    Fitzgerald wrote:
    Hello guys. I am a 16 year old newbie here! Never used AmigaOS before, but want to. I have three options:
    - Buy Amiga 1200HD, Blizz 1230 and AGA MKII
    - Buy Stock 040 Amiga 4000
    - Buy Quad Core PowerMac G5 and add Radeon card

    Which one should I choose and would the third one boot?


    As others have mentioned, the Quad core PowerMac G5 is not supported yet though chances are good it will be soon.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Stevo
    Posts: 898 from 2004/1/24
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