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Old 01-08-2004, 10:21 AM   #1
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Default AROS Hardware Poll
Here is a small poll to see what you would want for running AROS on.
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Old 01-08-2004, 11:14 AM   #2
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Am I blind or is PPC missing from the list?
What am I to do if a cheap as possible laptop is my choise?

Well it isnīt. AmigaOne, Peg2 or a cheap iMac is (I donīt have any of those yet though).

Itīs one important detail these three systems have in common and itīs the prosessor. We should support it to get the price down. Wintel has to much power in the market.

If AROS wantīs to go 64-bit, you should go for the G5.
Fanless, chose G3. laptop, go iBook.

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Old 01-08-2004, 11:57 AM   #3
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Poster: Gopal Date: 2004/1/8 13:14:05

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Am I blind or is PPC missing from the list?
No, your not going blind. :-D

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Old 01-08-2004, 11:59 AM   #4
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They forgot 'None of the above' as an option.
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Old 01-08-2004, 12:01 PM   #5
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Well it isnīt. AmigaOne, Peg2 or a cheap iMac is (I donīt have any of those yet though).

Itīs one important detail these three systems have in common and itīs the prosessor. We should support it to get the price down. Wintel has to much power in the market.
Important point to note: The A1 and the Peg already have "Amiga Like" OS's... and how do you think Dammy could sell a Mac, preinstalled with AROS without Apple getting a bit pissed off... not to mention for a reasonable price.
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Old 01-08-2004, 12:18 PM   #6
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They forgot 'None of the above' as an option.
Sure there is, the back arrow on the web browser.

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Old 01-08-2004, 12:39 PM   #7
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I vote for a laptop without a floppy drive.

Currently it wont boot on my floppyless laptop
It gets stuck in endless loop seeking the missing
floppy!:-x

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Old 01-08-2004, 12:39 PM   #8
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@bloodline

If they were looking for a business opportunity, they should have asked another question, not limit the possible answers.

A "refurbished" mac with AROS on it sounds like a possible business opportunity to me. If itīs bought from Ebay or something, apple wonīt care.

But with another question, I might have answered
"go for the miniITX, fanless console/mediaplayer thing, not laptop or pda".
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Old 01-08-2004, 12:54 PM   #9
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I vote for a laptop without a floppy drive.

Currently it wont boot on my floppyless laptop
It gets stuck in endless loop seeking the missing
floppy!

Loki
I had this problem, though not on my Laptop, I cured it but switching support for a floppy drive on in the BIOS even though no Floppy drive was on the machine... AROS worked fine after that :-)

-Edit- As always, use the latest build of AROS.
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Old 01-08-2004, 01:03 PM   #10
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I will give it a shot!

Loki :-)
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Old 01-08-2004, 02:37 PM   #11
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A "refurbished" mac with AROS on it sounds like a possible business opportunity to me. If itīs bought from Ebay or something, apple wonīt care.
Nice idea, but someone would have to get hold of the hardware docs for these macs :-)
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Old 01-08-2004, 04:27 PM   #12
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I just want AROS to work on Intel Chipsets. ;-)
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Old 01-08-2004, 05:06 PM   #13
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The VERY low end to thie very High end AMD support is a must, but it would be nice to be able to make use of all those OLD Mac performas people have siting around collections dust.

Remember those old computers that had some power to them, but Mac OS was too damn bloated to make good use of them?

XBOX xbox-scene.com

Dreamcast dcemulation.com

GamePark 32 http://consolevision.com/

Gameboy Advanced http://consolevision.com/

Consoles is where it is at as well!
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Old 01-08-2004, 05:09 PM   #14
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had this problem, though not on my Laptop, I cured it but switching support for a floppy drive on in the BIOS even though no Floppy drive was on the machine... AROS worked fine after that
No go!

Here's the deal:

The floppy can't be disabled or enabled.

Floppy access is external USB only.

CMOS can't be accessed as usual at boot-up (at least I have not figured out how to do so).

There is a hardware settings app in the windows control panel to change boot priorities and there is no option that does not include floppy.

Most new laptops (and some desttops) do not come with floppy drives anymore. USB floppys are used if needed.

I feel that an endless loop condition is a BUG that should be fixed.

Laptops are fast becoming the computer of choise as their prices continue to drop. Most will not come with built-in floppy drives and hense wont work with the current state of AROS.

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Old 01-08-2004, 05:59 PM   #15
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chose G3. laptop, go iBook.
I would not these apple laptops are badly made and thousands of people have dead ones both g4 an g3 mainboards are dying one person is on the second motherboard in the first year of ownership. :-?
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