> The whole Sam460 port only exists because of the X5000. If the X5000 board
> would have been available earlier, there probably would not be a Sam port
> at all. The Sam460 and the X5000 are quite similar

Thanks for the insight. Would you please explain these similarities between the Sam460 and the X5000 (or alternatively, have some lowlevel developer like bigfoot do it)?

> so the SAM was used to adapt MorphOS years before the X5000 was available
> (for developers)

According to bigfoot, the P5020DS (available from Freescale since September 2012) was used before the X5000 was available for developers.

http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=11137&start=167
http://www.nxp.com/webapp/search.partparamdetail.framework?PART_NUMBER=P5020DS-PB

> Hyperion is probably busy with the next project (tabor) already. I personaly
> have no clue why they sit on an stack of high priced boards and not selling
> them. However they will have to compete with MorphOS once again

Strangely, this reads as if you see A-Eon and Hyperion as a single entity.

> Hyperion or who ever develops drivers is jumping to insane high end models

The compatible "Southern Islands" GPUs also include entry-level variants.

> So just a limited number of boards supported by both systems at the same time.

And there's still the audio problem with MorphOS on the Sam460cr, isn't it?