| [Rant] Where is MorphOS for CSPPC? | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 26-Jul-2004 11:33 GMT by Kolbjørn Barmen (Edited on 2004-07-26 13:40:05 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 78 comments
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Whatever happened to the promised support for PowerUp? While people are discussing the meaning of "promise" and "support" I want to ask what the final outcome of MorphOS for PowerUP machines is. web archive (20030602171643) of www.morphos.net/support.php3. Was it ever promised? Not? Versions? Support? When? The mention of CSPPC and BlizzPPC was there for more than 3 years before it vanished when morphos.de/morphos.net became ..uhm.. genesized. :)
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| Posted by Kolbjørn Barmen on 26-Jul-2004 15:35 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 (Tronman):
> Uhh, the core reason is as the message above stated-they can either a)
> support an ancient, dead end platform with a few users who are mostly
> p1r4t3s anyway, or they can b) support their new, modern hardware.
According to their website, their intention was to do both, untill about a year ago.. perhaps, I really dont know, as everytime I ask noone is willing to say either way.
> As far as features go, AGP (at any speed), firewire, modern onboard
> sound, real un-crippled PCI slots, USB onboard and (hopefully!) a
> CatweaselMKIV for all you Amiga joystick diehards out there, beats the
> pants off an ancient, h4xx0red to the maxx A1200 that runs hot and
> hasn't got proper and fast DMA to its PCI slots everytime.
So what? I habe no needs to have my A1200's pants beaten off (it has been running linux for the last 7 years anyhow) and the CSPPC in my A3000 isnt exactly running warm, nor does it need fast DMA for the SCSI controller and the only PCI slot avaible is for the CVPPC.
> Yeah, I like to watch AGA demos too, but I can get a 4000 on eBay for
> that, and buy a new Pegasos setup, probably for less money than I
> could to buy the A4000, the CSPPC, the RAM (now somewhat hard to find
> and expensive), the Cvision (hot and unreliable), the PCI expander
> card and so on.
Well, I already have a handfull of machines to watch those AGA demos on, that is not the issue here.
> I for one would much rather see them put the $$$ towards a port of
> Firefox or Galleon or something (you know, a browser that won't
> explode when trying to hit www.homestarrunner.com..)
And I have plenty of machines to run Firefox (ew) or Galleon (uh-oh) on - if I for some reason would want that.
> Cripes guys, let it go! Just go out, spend less money on a modern
> hardware with a warranty, enjoy the speed and be happy :-))
Right, so where can I get modern hardware to run MorphOS on? PearPC perhaps? :) |
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