Are you a MICROA1 Owner? (Calling A1SE Owners!)

@Antique

I've got a Radeon 9250 with 256Mb in my EP. It does take up the one slot in the machine so a riser would be handy if I ever get around to finding a wireless card for it.

@MiggyMan

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M3x from ACube has offered his help to compile an AmigaOne UBoot updater:

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/v ... wmode=flat&order=0#538741

I'm now thinking that he might have also the required ArticiaS documentation. Wasn't it available on the now defunct Mai ftp server, too? To continue with the UBoot project we need someone with an A1SE willing to check if the switcher will fit it, see these photos from an A1XE as reference:

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff261/Varthall/UBoot-A1/

Varthall

@A1-SE Owners

Please see above, can you help?

@Mikey_C

Sorry for hijacking your thread :) Anyway, I'm in contact with an A1SE owner who's willing to do the check, I'll let you know about the results.

Varthall

@Varthall

It does look promising, the thread has stalled but there does seem to be life on the project page!

I wonder if the a1/micro could be made to employ the "hot-swap" method used by the corebios guys for bios updates (once it's loaded and live, pull the chip and drop a blank in flash!)

@Antique

Yes, they do moan about it. Witness the many business users that still use XP in preference to anything newer. The big difference with Amiga OS is that the updates usually do work well in a much shorter time frame compared to that "other" OS.

@Mikey_C

I don't know if you saw this post from AW in 2007, so forgive me repeating it, if you are already aware:

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I was wondering then, are we talking about some augmentation of Olegil's designs and experiments?

Also, when Hyperion is responsible for an inquiry like the one you are making, readers will see that as more "official". This results in more motivation for the user to respond. By indicating this is a privately sponsored initiative, it communicates something less tangible.
If Hyperion either "can" or "will" not get behind the effort directly, is there something keeping them from at least posting to encourage your effort?

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@Varthall

Hi, as a quick check of the differences between both boards here is a good view of the SE: http://intuitionbase.com/gfx/SEPics/a1boardse2.jpg

If the other SE owner is unable to help, I should be able to create a snap of that area of the SE that measurements can be taken off, by using a piece of graph paper with a "window" in it, placed over that area as a reference.

Richard.

@Mikey_C

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I would say: So what?!
Give the future of the Amiga a chance and upgrade. Don't stick to old hardware when we finally will have new powerful hardware. This goes for all stubborn Classic users as well complaining about lack of, or boated, software. If you think the X1000 will be overkill then go for the Sam460.

OR

Simply stay with the ?A1. It won't get slower and less useful just because there are new hardware coming out. It will become a bit more obsoleted, but not less useful.

First of all, OS4 will not be 64-bit-only just because the X1000 comes out because that is almost as much work as going x86 if it would include being able to run 32-bit software. It might become multi-core but that doesn't matter if it is run on a single-core machine (like the ?A1).

And when you bought the ?A1 OS4 didn't have compositing so you don't loose anything by switching it off, if you insist on not upgrading to a newer machine...

PS.
I have an A1-XE G4/933 with Radeon9250/256MB and 512MB RAM and I will get myself an X1000 first chance I get!! What to do with the A1-XE I don't know... maybe sell it or something. Not important.