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Although not specifically about Tabor (now the A1222) I can not help but think this is somehow a reaction related to the delays:
New Sam460cr boards will hit the road soon!

Happy Holidays to all,

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>>> does Trevor say that Mark Olsen is the author of a
>>> sound driver for A-Eon? Which one would that be?

>> These same issue with being able to supply complete X5000 systems
>> with new graphics cards has reached the sound cards as well.
>> So [...], drivers for newer model sound cards are required.

> Would be interesting to know which audio controller/codec
> this driver is for, and if MorphOS will get this driver as well.

Going by the Enhancer 2.0 press release, it's probably "OxygenHD AHI sound driver v4.1", which seems to be for the CMI8788 PCI audio chipset.

And regarding thread topic: "A1222 AHI sound driver v6.3" is also contained.

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> http://www.a1222plus.com/?page=progress [...]
> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/?p=12567 [...]
> https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=74848.msg850242#msg850242

"ACube Systems have already successfully produced updated A1222+ v1.3 prototypes and will manage the new motherboard production and testing while AAA Technology will act as the main distributor for the new Amiga machine. [...] ACube will oversee the A1222+ production and ensure that each unit meets high standards before being made available to customers. [...] Trevor Dickinson [...] is funding the manufacturing run on behalf of A-EON Technology [...]. [...] Pre-orders for the A1222+ are expected to open in the coming months, with shipments set to begin shortly afterwards."
http://www.a-eon.com/news/News_Release_A1222+_production_underway.pdf

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> FreeBSD runs on Big Endian PowerPC

32-bit PowerPC support (including powerpcspe for e500v2) is going to be removed in FreeBSD v15:

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch/2025-June/000949.html

And there's now discussion about removing big-endian powerpc64 support (and maybe even little-endian powerpc64le one) in FreeBSD v16:

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch/2025-November/001078.html

Has anyone installed NetBSD on their PowerPC system before? The official guide appears incredibly daunting for anyone who isn't already familiar with the Unix world (I am, but even I wouldn't call this "easy" by any means; the OpenBSD installation procedure was a walk in the park for me personally). I've seen a few user-made guides that simplify it and cut out all of the fluff that doesn't pertain to G4 or G5 Mac models or to instances that don't involve installing via optical media, but I won't link any of those here.

There's conflicting information online about whether or not NetBSD has FireWire support (OpenBSD does not, and I ended up removing it from my PowerBook due to lack of software anyways). The installation guide I linked doesn't mention FireWire under the "Supported devices" nor the "Unsupported devices", yet the NetBSD official macppc port FAQ page reports that NetBSD "does not yet support" any "FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices, such as disks, CD-RWs, and scanners". Despite this, I still find people online talking about their FireWire device being recognized by NetBSD, so I don't know if that particular line on the official website hasn't been updated to reflect this or not.

NetBSD also has a swathe of software to choose from, even in the macppc port. Because it's so necessary nowadays, it's beneficial to note that all but one or two of the available web browsers are out of date. NetSurf 3.11 and BadWolf 1.3.0 are the most recent options available. BadWolf is currently on version 1.4.0 as of this writing and was just released this year, so it's unreasonable to expect it to be available on NetBSD straight away.