Thanks AJS,

One of the most helpful comments/emails I have received today!
You are perfectly right, thank you!

Hi everyone,



This is prototype 4 (or 5...don't remember anymore!)...

Anyway, it's a fully working prototype.

I have tried to keep it a simple, original design, with clean, modern lines.

Please register your interest by emailing me:

amigarulez@hotmail.com

I need to finish off a few things, get it anodised in either black or white and then it should be ready within...TWO WEEKS!

These are hand built so only a few will be made, again first come first served.

Price: I haven't got a clue yet, I have worked on this on and off for years, and a lot of time, money, prototypes and effort has gone into it, will let you know as soon as possible. The first few will probably be made at a loss.

It's entirely made out of brushed aluminium, will be anodised in black or white.

It's very, very light!

I am thinking of including a slim DVD-RW (Bluray on request) SATA maybe a picoPSU 160W with it but it all depends if I can get them in numbers...

Tested with x86 miniITX and flex boards (not all of them!) and with SAM 440ep, 440Flex and 460ex.

The keyboard is a full size, low profile one and will have empty (black) "Windows keys" (basically no Windows logo) so you can put whatever you like.

Possibility of localised keyboard.

For AmigaOS users I am planning to get the two A silk screened on them, this will depend on cost and I'll keep you informed.

The lettering on the case (X500 PLUS, NUM LOCK, CAPS LOCK and SCROLL LOCK should also be silk screened, i.e. no stickers.)

Well...enjoy the photos and thank you for your support.

http://loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/w ... the_x500_plus_project.htm

Thanks Chris!

As always only a few will be made.

Don't expect too much as I am just one guy, with little resources, knocking them out in my spare time.

www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Click on X500 PLUS.

Read the description.

@virgola

So one adaptor and one cable to connect an internal SATA device.

Thanks.

@virgola

Mamma mia!

You still haven't told me how that adaptor would work.

It won't work unless you then add another adapter (like the motherboard to two USB connectors, something that needs to be verified) OR you connect it to the rear of the machine.

@virgola

>>As for 2) the cdrom you can connect it to the sata plug on the adaptor,

Yes...


>>and the adaptor on the usb plug on your motherboard.


How do you connect that USB to the motherboard?

I can't see where that USB type A connector can go on the motherboard.

Maybe you mean on the rear of the motherboard? This means that the cable will have to go from inside to the outside and then plug it on the rear of the motherboard.

@virgola

I don't understand how that adaptor works...

On the SAM460 motherboard I would connect a SATA cable then the other end of the SATA cable to that adaptor then what?

Thanks

Do you use an antivirus (do any of the old virus work on OS4?)

And do I have to do anything DMA related if I want to play DVDs? Some people reported DVDs playing slowly?!

Thanks

@Elwood

Thanks

@Severin

>>The biggest point for making your descision should be "Do I need the slot for something else?"

I don't think I need the slot for anything else...sound and ethernet are onboard so if the Radeon 9200/9250 are better than the onboard graphics card then I would use it for that.

Has anyone done any real life speed tests between the Radeon 9250 and the onboard cards?

It's obvious that the memory favours the 9250 but what about speed in games for example, Quake etc...screen dragging and screen updating?

@Severin

>>No way, get a pci R9250 128mb unless you don't want to use a screen resolution higher than 1280x1024


OK so a Radeon 128MB PCI is better than the onboard one because of the amount of Ram on it but less speedy (33MHz)...thanks

>>Again this depends on your setup, yes I agree with SFS but if you install a big drive (>300gb and 1tb drives are <?50 now) you will want SFS02 unless you want loads of partitions. SFS00 only supports 128gb. I use SFS00 for my boot partition and SFS02 for the rest (apart from a few small ffs & jxfs partitions for beta testing)

So for a big drive SF02.

SF00 for Workbench and SF02 for Work and the rest. Thanks!

@328gts

>>I'd go with SFS02 for DH0: and JXFS for all other partitions..that's the fastest combo....I personally have SFS02 on all my partitions with no problems and its very quick and reliable but will go JXFS on the next update


Great to know, thanks!

@Mrodfr

Hi and thank you for the answers!

>>What is best to use on the SAM440ep the onboard >>graphics card or a Radeon 9200-9250 PCI?
>>onboard gfx (66 mhz).

Why is that?

>>Which filesystem do I choose?
>>SFS00.

Could you tell me the technical part behind this choice please? Why is it better than the other filesystems...just to know.


>>What about news for your X500 case ???

The X500 Plus is taking longer than expected as I had to stop testing and development for a few months due to the fact that at one point I was going to lose my job (redundancy) but now things seem to be ok again...phew!

I'll post some photos soon

@Elwood

I have got one but what about the other questions?

Does anyone know?

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

Is there a guide somewhere I could use to install OS4.1 on my SAM?

I have got a SAM440ep and a Flex but they have been "asleep" for a bit (I have just been using them to test my X500 Plus case) but I would now like to start using them again and I need to do a fresh installation of the OS.

What is a good way to proceed?

What is best to use on the SAM440ep the onboard graphics card or a Radeon 9200-9250 PCI?

Which filesystem do I choose?

How many updates do I have to install after installing the OS from the CD?

Can I install a bigger memory stick in the SAM440ep?

Sorry about all the questions I have been away for a bit (I have been fighting redundancy for the last few months...not nice.).

Thank you.

@Antique

Italy rulez!

or at least used to...

Champions for another 8 days!

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@thomas

Thanks!

@thomas

Thanks thomas,

that looks nice but I also need it cleaned and by that I need all the lines touching.

Is that possible?

Thanks! :)