Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 538 from 2003/2/25
From: France
Rodomoc,
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So I evaluated MorphOS 2.0 on an Efika at one point. I never registered however. With the advent of MAC hardware support, it is time to get a machine, get a registered MorphOS 2.7, etc...
I have been looking at MAC G4 models and need a little help in deciphering everything. I am interested in the MDD model, single 1.26Ghz CPU, 167Mhz FSB. I am assuming this is on the good list for MorphOS support. Some questions:
1 - I have a RV280 based Radeon 9200 w/ 128MB. It is an AGP MAC edition video card I used to use in an oldworld mac. Good enough?
Good enough.
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2 - What is max RAM for MorphOS? The proposed MDD machine takes up to 2GB. What is sensible here?
Afaik, 1.5GB is the max. Anyway, 1GB is plentyfull already.
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3 - I am assuming that FW400, Airport, and Modem on proposed machine is not supported in MorphOS. Correct?
No airport, no modem.
For FW, there is an external component available: Helios.
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4 - I am confused on audio cards. I have an older SB Live! w/ correct EMU chip in it. But it was from a PC I had. It is a decent little card and has the optional daughterboard. Work in a MAC MDD? Work OK in MorphOS? I do not know if I need to be using MAC version audio cards or not. Sorry if this question seems dumb :)
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So I basically plan on diving into the production of children educational type materials via Hollywood/Hollywood Designer in MorphOS. I would also like to play around with musical composition via something like Audio Evolution 4, hence my sound card questions. I look forward to making the MorphOS leap officially and appreciate any assistance in getting a decent hardware setup.
MDD is fairly decent. Currently the best option to run MorphOS.
For Audio Evolution 4, I played a bit with it. I am not an audio guy but the software looked powerfull enough to me for handling common audio task : cut, paste, mix, filter etc... It is a multitrack audio editor and aimed at sample edition. For music composition, a tracker might be more suitable : have a look at digibooster 3 for example. Still in developement stage but should reach production step soon.