@derfs misread as G4

@derfs

Pretty cool

Isn't GPU passthrough an option with the Mac Mini's Radeon?

Been looking into it a bit more as I'd like to get a new pad myself

Seems that the logitech d-pad is a bit loose, people still rave about it so maybe its tactility makes up for it.
https://youtu.be/3N5MlZg_Cdg?feature=shared&t=197

The f710 also has a fairly slow button response time of 23ms (8:20)

And turns out that the bluetooth version of the 8bitdo pro 2 (which has hall-effect joysticks which won't drift and last forever)
does have a USB-C connector and included cable for a wired connection. So it will work on OS4 and is more premium than the cheaper hardwired version linked above.

Seems to be made from the same parts as the Ultimate2C which is at 5:07 which the reviewer seems to like a lot.

https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2/
The page only mentions wired connection and included cable in the tinest gray-on-black font in at the bottom of the page. good marketing.

You'll have to make sure the controller supports Directinput.

AmigaOS support normal USB HID compliant controllers (also known as "Directinput"),
whereas most third-party controllers work internally as Xbox controllers, which uses Microsoft's wierd propritary XUSB protocol (aka "xinput").

iirc MorphOS has drivers for Xinput, I don't think OS4 does.


Logictech's Dual Action controllers seems to have alot of fanfair, alot of them still being in use for 10+ years.
They're sold as the f310 (wired) and f710 (wireless),
they both have a dipswitch for DirectInput/Xinput mode.

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/produc ... l?sp=1&searchclick=gaming



8bitdo Pro 2 is also popular with Directinput support and has a Nintendo like dpad
These also use hall-effect joysticks which are frictionless and should pretty much last forever.

https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2-wired-controller/


Edit: accidently linked the bluetooth version of the 8bitdo pro 2, which won't work on OS4, changed link to wired version
Edit2: Seems like that only the bluetooth version uses hall-effect joysticks, wired version uses potentiometers for the joysticks

@MartinW

Hmm, too bad, I was hoping that it was just a intel socket square spacing like LGA775.
The closest I think is socket 370 spacings (60x65mm)

Marcus Bräuker ran an Amiga store called Marcus Computer, he quit in 2016 due to a lack of time.

He used to sell a beefier heatsink, called the MagmaCooler, which allowed for a larger fan and significantly reduced temp.

Not sure what the MagmaCooler was based on but you can see on this archived store page, he also sold the "MagmaColluseum", which seems to be a Nofan CR-95,so he probably made custom mounting kits.

Not sure where to contact him anymore, he wanted to make more coolers in 2020 but didn't get any interest here.


Tower-style heatsinks are definitely the norm nowadays and requires a backplate,
but low profile/non-tower ones often instead have brackets installed on the cooler itself and screws from the back of the mobo into the bracket (e.g. Alphenföhn Black Ridge on AM4).

Making new brackets with threaded inserts probably isn't trivial,
you could drill holes in sheetmetal for a bracket and thread a long screw through the bracket to the back of the mobo
and tighten in down with nuts & metal+isolating washers or something sketchy like that.

Edit, so many, many typos on this phone..

That heatsink is just too small

Longtime ago I asked here what the spacing for the cooler mounting holes were, as Marcus used to sell PC heatsinks for the X5000.

Someone in good faith anwsered that the spacings were 60x60mm, but in hindsight I might have been given spacings for the fan mount and not the heatsink.

If the X5000 cooler mount might use standard PC spacings after all then it could open a world of off the shelf coolers for the X5000 to properly lower the temps and noise level.

@elfpipe

Don't use soundblasters, they are infamous for being having hardware bugs, low quality board design and being resource heavy.

If you're feeling like a new soundcard then the best one with OS4 support out of the box is one based on the CMI8738 chipset, which are a dime a dozen on ebay.

In addition to PCI cards, they also come in PCIE formfactors, which may be preferable
as, IIRC, the PCI slots on the X5000 don't support DMA transfers.
Wish someone could correct me on that.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from= ... nkw=Cmi8738+pcie&_sacat=0



AEON's enhancer package also comes with a "OxygenHD Sound Driver" , not sure what chipset that is.
A quick google suggests this to be the CMI8788 found in the Asus Xonar DGX, which, if true, is by far the best option.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from= ... w=Asus+Xonar+DGX&_sacat=0

Of course, first ask AEON what the driver actually supports.

Dave sucks

@BSziliQuote:

what

@levellord

Mostly yes, little bit of setup for first use, but it's real easy.
Most (all?) repeaters can be configured with a webbrowser by typing in the device's ip adress
which bring up an intranet page where you can connect it to your router's wi-fi network and configure how it should operate (wi-fi hotspot/external wireless card)

After that it works automatically when you power it on again, from my experience with my 300mbps Gembird repeater which was just as good as any internal card, fast and stable.


There's also Powerline adapters which carry the ethernet signal over your home's electrical wiring and requires no setup whatsoever,
they also tend to be sold in DIY stores right next to repeaters.
Connect one dongle to your router and the other to your machine and you're done, must be plugged into the outlet, some have a outlet passthrough for your powerstrip.
I experienced erractic performance in my home with bandwidth fluctuating between like 40 and 5 mpbs but my friend's place had a stable 70mbps so your mileage may vary.

If you're lucky and still have unused coaxial cables routed through your home then you can try Deca TV coax-ethernet adapters (No setup, 100mbps, 10$ ebay) to turn it into an ethernet network, which what I use nowadays.

Hope that helped

*edit*, just read that it's meant for boatfast, not your home.. did I just wrote all of that for nothing repeater should still work there I think, just ask for wi-fi password.

An alternative are Wi-Fi repeaters, which can be configured as an external wireless card that connects via the ethernet port.
They don't cost a slot, don't use a driver, can support WPA3 and tend to be sold at DIY stores.

@khayoz

I guess we're on the same page.
My point was that he should try to avoid self repair.

But if johnfante were to proceed with soldering it back with an iron I assume, wouldn't using two short leads be safer than directly soldering it back on the board? I've seen too many restoration videos where SMD pads gets ripped off by using an iron.

Using two leads with additional solder worked for me in the past and made it easier for me, I'm not sure how to do it safer without a reflow station.

@johnfante

Yikes

I'm pretty terrible at soldering in general and don't have the guts to solder SMD components directly on the board.

Personally I would add more solder to the pads and solder the cap to the pads with two wires, trying to only heat up the solder and not touch the pads.

Not saying that it's a good idea and you should probably find a place that does actual proper SMD repairs or contact aeon/amigakit

I really appreciate this as I have a passing interest in OS4 and only look up Amigans occasionally.

Enjoyable to read, wasn't aware of the A-EON and Acube activity lately.

@Gregor

If I recall correctly, the spacing between the cooler mounting holes on the X5000 is unique from AMD/Intel ones and thus is incompatible with every PC cooler on the market.

Marcus Computer (Marcus Bräuker) used to sell common PC heatsink coolers for the X5000 ages ago, I guess he made custom mounting kits to adapt them for the X5000.

Might be worth to track him and ask how he did it.

I imagine AM4 mounting brackets for the X5000 being really useful and straight forward to make with a 3D printer, maybe take this design and widen/slim it to mount on the X5000?

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2681174

Noctua fans are a good choice, silent and long lasting.

If airflow is a concern then you could use a 80mm to 60mm fan adapter, a funnel which allows you to mount a larger fan with lower RPM to the X5000's stock heatsink like a Gelid Silent 8.

Amiga On The Lake used to sell these with 80mm Noctua fans but it seems to be out of stock, there are still some on eBay.

Only Southern Island/GCN1 and Polaris cards are supported, so no HD 6000.

240/250/250E are GCN1 cards, they should work with va.library as far as I know.

If you're going to upgrade then you must choose a card with GDDR5 memory, DDR3 cards aren't supported.

ARGH! how could I forget about M.A.C.E?!!!

Here's a demo

Software rendered Quake!
and the OS4 version of Shogo MAD!

I would really like see the performance of the FPU "trampoline" code with a 3D game, should it be working/demonstrable.
but that is a bit tricky as most 3D games (such as the Shogo) use either classic Warp3D or MiniGL
which the Polaris cards don't support without Wazp3D, which I think isn't finished yet.

So the most appropriate 3D games to show off the FPU trampoline system would be Spencer and AmicraftNova, maybe some of Kas1e's games like Foobillard++.

FPU 3D games is of course if far from the ideal usecase of the A1222 but I'm just curious

A-EON did used to show SuperTuxKart as a example of a 3D game to run on A1222 in their press releases , though they're not available anymore.

Super curious as to how sysspeed would perform on it, but synthetic benchmarks aren't the most exciting to show at a event.

SMTube would be actually useful to demonstrate, wonder if it could be setup to use Emotion for hardware video decoding.

@Nuder_Try
I second that! but I think that Heretic 2 a WarpOS only game?
Which could still be demonstrated but needs to rely on some third party libs.
If WarpOS games are OK then I'll love to see Payback too!

I'm not too big on the replacement utilities from enhancer, such as xdock and multiviewer, but if I'm able to use the vanilla OS4 utilities then sure I'm game.

Don't knock it till you tried it () , it's not that OS4 is going anywhere soon.

Seems to be made by most of the OS4 guys anyway? If the stuff with Ben is sorted then maybe they'll christen it to OS4.2