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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!! MorphOS Public Beta Version !!!
!!! Copyright Ralph Schmidt, Frank Mariak !!!
!!! 2000 !!!
!!! !!!
!!! Backup your HDs before you do anything !!!
!!! Beta means...*NOT* finished...*MAY* have obvious Bugs !!!
!!! It`s meant for experienced developers and users !!!
!!! !!!
!!! Don`t make prejudgements about the finished product`s !!!
!!! stability. !!!
!!! !!!
!!! If something doesn`t work the way you think it should work !!!
!!! please *NOTIFY* us through email or through bugforms at !!!
!!! !!!
!!! www.morphos.de !!!
!!! !!!
!!! It makes no sense to post bugs to usenet as we may !!!
!!! miss them, may cause misperceptions to normal users and !!!
!!! may cause unnecessary mud slinging and flame wars. !!!
!!! !!!
!!! And a last word.... !!!
!!! This product is very complex. It has to emulate the 68k, !!!
!!! provide a new PPC/68k interface, several native drivers !!!
!!! and has to handle all kinds of unknown hardware and !!!
!!! software which may have all kinds of sideeffects, may !!!
!!! contain hidden bugs and we aren`t perfect either. !!!
!!! So don`t expect miracles about handling all your prefered !!!
!!! hardware and software combinations. !!!
!!! !!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*** Please notify us about HW driver problems ***
use emultools/identify/* to make a dump of your system.
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Supported Hardware:
Motherboards:
o A4000
o A4000t
o A3000(t)
o A1200
PPC Cards:
o CyberstormPPC is in BETA state
o BlizzardPPC is in ALPHA state
Ram:
o max. 128MB
(The BlizzardPPC HW supports 256MB but it`s not yet supported)
Gfxcards:
o CVisionPPC
o BVisionPPC
o CyberVision64
o CyberVision3d
o Retina Z3
o Picollo64
o Spectrum
o Picasso2
o Picasso4
only through CyberGraphX 5.
I/O:
o Symbios770 used on the CyberstormPPC
o Symbios710 used on the BlizzardPPC, A4091 and A4000t
o A1200,A4000,A4000t IDE
Net:
o Ariadne I
o Ariadne II(Only with a binary patch to the device)
o Hydra
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Problem local Hardware:
Hardware: Blizzard blizzppc.device
Version: All
Problem: Does not yet work...
Status: Problem not yet identified...
Fix: Use <DisableSCSI> in your startup script if you
have a SCSI card but don`t *need* it now as you
use IDE. Otherwise wait for a new MorphOS version.
Sorry...i also wished we could have managed that
before the release.
Hardware: A1200 PCMCIA
Version: every
Problem: system seems to lock up in the interrupt handler
Status: Problem not yet identified...but we intend to fix it
Fix: it`s filtered out
Hardware: serial port controlled by the serial.device
Version: ?
Problem: seems to fail...
Status: Problem not yet identified...
Fix: use a native serial.device
Hardware: ECS/AGA Blitter
Version: ?
Problem: Blitter synchronizing fails in the OS functions
Status: Problem is "sort of" identified
Fix: CyberGraphX takes over gfx
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Untested Hardware but likely to run:
Ethernet A2065 (not tested)
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Untested Hardware but may not run:
A2091 SCSI, GVP scsi, Hardframe, Digital Broadcaster and
basicly every DMA unit
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Not supported Hardware:
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Hardware: A3000 onboard SCSI
Version: every
Problem: probably dma/cache related..not really looked at.
Status: No time/demand to write a new driver.
Fix: it`s filtered out
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Hardware: Fastlane Z3
Version: every
Problem: dma/cache related
Status: No time/demand to write a new driver.
Fix: it`s filtered out
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Hardware: DKB 128MB Zorro3
Version: every
Problem: memory map
Status: Because of kernel design no splitted *memory* areas are supported.
Fix: Zorro3 memory ignored
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