Subj : What's go'n on...
To   : DENNIS SMITH
From : Wendell Watanabe
Date : Sun Jan 11 2004 12:00:42

On the subject of What's go'n on..., DENNIS SMITH had this to
say...

 DS> What was the linux distro was it ? YDL is working out for some of
 DS> the Amigans who had unhappiness in Debian. Since MAI is the author
 DS> of Teron and the A1, it may the better taylored linux for A1s. I'm
 DS> taking notes for now! ;-)

That was Red Hat (best I can recall). I even started off in a bad way
as it didn't support my video card. Later, I got ahold of a more recent
version that did work ok and used it for a bit but, still didn't find
it very user friendly. I actually felt more comfortable using
windwoes!!

 DS> > But, I am waiting to really see OS4 before even making up my
 DS> > mind about the AmigaOne.

 DS> I decided to get the A1 based just on fact the A2K was getting too
 DS> old. That was a good call becasue the A2K fizzled out around the
 DS> time the A1 showedup. Lucky me -- and it order about a year in
 DS> advance! =:o

yes, real Amiga hardware is getting older and older and harder to keep
going. When I had trouble with my A4000t a couple of months ago, I was
seriously considering just using Amithlon or Amiga Forever and
forgetting about the hardware all together.

 DS> I recently installed OS3.9 and some programs. My favorite file
 DS> manager -- ClassAction 4.5 runs nice. Oh, and I intalled Thor 2.6;
 DS> found my key file stashed away on a CD; using Thor right now and
 DS> GoldEd v5.0. IBrowse
 DS> 2.3 (reg) runs very solid in the current UAE Update (12-23-03). I
 DS> tried to get Amirc3.5 to run with no luck. I don't what's the
 DS> problem. :-/ I've been using KVirc in linux, but it has some
 DS> issues with play sounds on CTCP or DDC channel; it crashes.

Good news to hear you getting those programs runnning!

 DS> Two killers of speed on the A1, DMA via ArticiaS and JIT engine
 DS> for UAE.

hmm, more recent verions of Amiga Forever are REAL slow on my pc. I
wonder if that JIT has something to do with my problems? Might be worth
a look into.

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