Any recent statements on PCIe based G5 support?
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    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    > Photo of PowerMac G5 PCie from the AmiParty in Chelm/Poland :)
    > [...]

    Splendid :-)

    (original resolution)


    Now that is a good photo (at least the resolution is pretty damned good).
    But I can't pinpoint anything that would ID the system the OS is running on.
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    Jim wrote:
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    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    > Photo of PowerMac G5 PCie from the AmiParty in Chelm/Poland :)
    > [...]

    Splendid :-)

    (original resolution)


    Now that is a good photo (at least the resolution is pretty damned good).
    But I can't pinpoint anything that would ID the system the OS is running on.


    Yes I can confirm that we have it on AmiParty.
    Rzookol show it . And system run nice and very fast .
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    ok, it seems that there was only one lame photo of my pmac g5 on this meeting so:

    g5pcie.png

    BTW. G5 PCIe port is highly experimental and for 99% won't be available in MorphOS 3.10 (3.11, 3.12, ...) because more important things have higher priority.
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    zukow wrote:
    ok, it seems that there was only one lame photo of my pmac g5 on this meeting so:

    g5pcie.png

    BTW. G5 PCIe port is highly experimental and for 99% won't be available in MorphOS 3.10 (3.11, 3.12, ...) because more important things have higher priority.


    It is a shame :-(
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    zukow wrote:
    ok, it seems that there was only one lame photo of my pmac g5 on this meeting so:

    g5pcie.png

    BTW. G5 PCIe port is highly experimental and for 99% won't be available in MorphOS 3.10 (3.11, 3.12, ...) because more important things have higher priority.


    OK, that definitely IS a PCIe G5.
    But what things would have higher priority?
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    Jim wrote:
    OK, that definitely IS a PCIe G5.
    But what things would have higher priority?


    Probably polishing up the work done to make MorphOS boot on the X5000 and/or 3D support for some of the RadeonHD video cards.

    If not those two reasons, then perhaps they are closer to having an x64 release and want to complete a first version of that, instead of spending more time on the last unsupported G5 PowerMac models.

    Unless I missed some news recently, the video card support for RadeonHD to be used in the X5000 is/was not up to the usual release standards of the MorphOS Dev. Team, so it would make sense to me that they improve that area with a higher priority than supporting the PCIe G5 PowerMac models.
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    OK, I can understand the argument in placing priority on the Radeon HD video card drivers.
    We already have a very good R500 driver, but why limit us to the X1950XTX as our best performing video card?
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    I think the projects is related, x5000 (pcie) and radeonhd is the same goal for G5 pcie work.
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    Well, it can be like with the iMac G5 port not happening: some crucial parts are not working properly and thus the port is on ice. Until the Team says that a PowerMac 11.2 port is on it's way it might as well not exist at all for all we care.
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    Jim wrote:
    OK, I can understand the argument in placing priority on the Radeon HD video card drivers.
    We already have a very good R500 driver, but why limit us to the X1950XTX as our best performing video card?


    Is that a "rhetorical" question? Not sure I understand your meaning, in the question posed in that last sentence.
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    amigadave wrote:
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    Jim wrote:
    OK, I can understand the argument in placing priority on the Radeon HD video card drivers.
    We already have a very good R500 driver, but why limit us to the X1950XTX as our best performing video card?


    Is that a "rhetorical" question? Not sure I understand your meaning, in the question posed in that last sentence.


    Sorry, poorly worded, and yes rhetorical.
    Although, I would probably be satisfied with PCIe G5 support, rather than worry about better video cards.
    The majority of prospective X5000 customers probably don't share that view.
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    No any news for G5 PCIE support in the next mos release? (with radeon card)
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    marmotta wrote:
    No any news for G5 PCIE support in the next mos release? (with radeon card)


    Probably not going to be announced until introduced.
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    Bump!

    I had the opportunity to buy a sweet G5 Quad 2.5 for a very reasonable price today. I have no interest in the X5000, but I am interested PCIe G5. Every-time I upgrade my MOS machine, I sell one of my registered older ones locally, creating a brand new MOS user.
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    I've finally decided I no longer have the space to keep my boxed Quad G5, time has marched on and web browsers for Snow (d'oh!) Leopard are getting more progressively outdated,

    So I'll be selling my Radeon equiped, maxed out Quad 2.5, so knowing my luck, 40 seconds after I sell it they'll be a release of MorphOS for it.

    I'll take one for the team!

    Actually, I can't get over how much the price has collapsed on these things, still I'll still have my dual 2 which does run MorphOS

    [ Edited by stephen_robinson 27.08.2018 - 09:53 ]
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    stephen_robinson wrote:
    I've finally decided I no longer have the space to keep my boxed Quad G5, time has marched on and web browsers for Snow Leopard are getting more progressively outdated,

    In what way? Both leopard-webkit and TenFourFox use fairly recent browser versions.

    (Snow Leopard is for Intel systems only, by the way.)

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    Actually, I can't get over how much the price has collapsed on these things, still I'll still have my dual 2 which does run MorphOS

    A quad G5 is a bit of a waste when you only use one core running MorphOS anyway.
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    Yeah, but it's DDR2, not DDR1, and it's 2.5 cf 2! that's .5 betters!

    Also I've got a dual 2 and a Quad 2.5 these things are huge and heavy, if MorphOS was available for the Quad 2.5 it would be a non-brainer to get rid of the 2, but it isn't. Unless anyone else knows better?
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    i have a quad g5 and a radeonhd on it ... waiting for mos on the quad here from much much time.
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    > A quad G5 is a bit of a waste when you only use one core running MorphOS anyway.

    As MorphOS can disable the 2nd CPU of a PowerMac7,3, I guess this capability could also be implemented for the 2nd CPU of a quad-core PowerMac11,2 (and maybe even for the 2nd core).
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    stephen_robinson wrote:
    Yeah, but it's DDR2, not DDR1, and it's 2.5 cf 2! that's .5 betters!



    It's also PCIe and not AGP.

    I didn't buy the Quad because it doesn't seem like it will ever get supported. It's a shame, I don't care if I have to slap a network card in it and possibly change the video card. I appreciate they are probably worried about the least technical people out there, but stated AS-IS support with no nic driver would seem to be low hanging fruit.
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    redrumloa wrote:
    I didn't buy the Quad because it doesn't seem like it will ever get supported. It's a shame, I don't care if I have to slap a network card in it and possibly change the video card. I appreciate they are probably worried about the least technical people out there, but stated AS-IS support with no nic driver would seem to be low hanging fruit.


    Since there is a limited G5 class support, and there is a PCI-E gfx support, there is not much PREVETING MOS AGAINST IT (maybe some nVIDIA video driver G5 quad support).

    Full MOS4 support (all 4 cores) would make this "PPC giants" as high end MOS PPC machines. I am sure future MOS4 if ever existed in PPC(PPC64) mode, could be a suitable thing for those big box beasts.

    In fact, there are only PA semi, Full dual/quad G5 and future Tabor to be supported (all dualcores +). It would be a real shame for future MOS4 PPC not to. If butterfly is really to Morph all machines to blue :-)

    I highly doubt x5000/040 will ever see light of the day, and even then that MOS4 will utilize it fully before mythical OS 4.2 from my x1000 manual, ever comes to be in Hyperion download section.

    [ Edited by vox 28.08.2018 - 12:00 ]
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