Plea to all of you - please read.

Now that there is new hardware on the way, can I please ask you all to consider tipping Ken's cookie jar? He really could do with an OS4 capable machine and we could do with Ken doing more themes/Icons backdrop for us.

So please, invest in eye candy for OS4, Tip Ken's Jar Today.

Thanks.

@Mikey_C

I always assumed that he had an OS4 capable machine. I have no spare cash personally, but helping Ken get an OS 4.1 machine is worth it, IMHO.

Hans

@Hans

No He doesn't. We must help to get him OS4.x as soon as possible imho.

@Mikey_C

Quote:Set up one of your special donate buttons, or set up a bounty fund somewhere. Then send Ken new hardware when the bounty is reached.

@Swoop

It already is, its on the right, but just in case...


Ken Lester Jr, A very talented man who, alongside Mason, has Given Amiga OS the visual identity we have come to recognise. Whether you need an icon for AmigaOS4, or UAE, or even for a web portal, Ken has been here for the community providing us with eye candy for absolutely nothing. Please show your appreciation to a really nice man, give him a donation as a thank you.

@Mikey_C
I would be happy to let Ken have the A1XE that I am trying to get working, All is built except that the motherboard will not power up. The cpu has been reworked and upgraded to 7457 at 1.267ghz at my expense (I sold off my a1200 tower with Blizzard PPC and Bvision earlier this year to pay for it) and I know it works because i have used it in my other A1XE. All the other cards and memory and psu have been tested on another machine. If he is an electronics expert or knows of one then I am happy to bring the machine as it is to MagBash and hand it over to him.
Should he want a Sam 440 instead then I would understand. I would however still like the machine to go to a developer. I am unable to do anymore to get the motherboard running since I am no electronics expert.

Hi @Swisso

I would be happy to let Ken have the A1XE that I am trying to get working...
Wow, that really nice of you! *Snuffy hugs Swisso* You gotta PayPay button too?

I am happy to bring the machine as it is to MagBash and hand it over to him.
The last time I looked, he lives here in Michigan. There's a Midland, Michigan, but that's not the same place, huh?

Should he want a Sam 440 instead then I would understand.
That has it's advantages too I think.

@Swisso

Did you check that you have the correct VCORE setting the 7447/7457 uses less voltage!

And did you replace the backup battery?

@all

If anyone is missing a Ken Icons V4 Big Drive Icons, Games Drive Icon, he has just knocked one up for me and now you.

http://www.five-star.com/kens_icons/downloads/game.lha

Thanks Ken, Complete now

@Mikey_C

I'm absolutely NOT decrying your efforts for a bit of support for Ken Lester - he does a great job, but why then no equivalent Donate button for Mason?

@OldAmigan

Mason already has an Amiga capable of Running OS4. As has Chris who is featured this month alongside Ken.

I would personally hope enough people will donate as a "one of" for him to be near enough to get an OS4 capable Amiga

@Snuffy
I didn't realise he lives in Michigan USA, never mind, I will donate something in paypal instead.

@LiveForIt
I have all the settings set the same as my other A1XE which also has an 7457 cpu at 1.266 ghz. All the parts from the faulty computer work fine with the working one. The motherboard will light up the little green power led but seems to not want to supply power to the AGP graphics card and/ or the pci slots. there is no serial output that i can see so I am stuck unless there is an electronics engineer willing to have a look at it. Seriously, the puter needs to be made to work so that it can go to a developer who does not already have access to an A1 or OS4.

@Mikey_C

Just made a small donation to Ken...

Jerry

@Mikey_C

If he does not get one, he is more than welcome to borrow my os4.1 machine when it arrives.







Damn, diddnt relise he lived in the usa!

Hi @Swisso

The motherboard will light up the little green power led but seems to not want to supply power to the AGP graphics card and/ or the pci slots.

When I installed my new CoolerMaster ATX case the new wiring bungle colors were different from original case. So, I got the "Reset" wires wrong! Oh great ... I got nothing but a powerled 'on' and quickly 'off'. I reversed my "Reset" wires and all was well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11367727@N07/

@Snuffy
Thanks for the tip but it does not make any difference to my machine. green light comes on and stays on.
there appears to be a common power supply failure on the board since the PSU works fine. The sound card and graphics card do not power up nor the floppy drive and i suspect the hard drive. but the cdrom does as does the cpu fan.

@all

*bump*

Any more donations?

@Mikey_C

Oops, thanks for the reminder.
Exitement for the new machine had pushed all other thoughts out of my brain.

Will get something to both this months choices after work tonight.

Give me a nudge if you see me on IRC tonight to remind me.
(Again)