Recommended OS for PPC 1200 tower?

Okay lets see, here will be my system specs for my tower project if and when I get it running:

Infinitiv tower with 200W standard power supply
A1200 motherboard (of course)
Blizzard PPC accelerator with 060/66 and PPC/240 with 128MB memory. (I´m going to find out if I can go for 256MB)
Some used mediator, I´m still in contact with seller to get the model number and more info...
Voodoo 3
Sound Blaster 128
4GB CF hard drive
4GB CF PCMCIA transfer kit / PCMCIA network card used alternatively as needed.

I´m looking to be able to run 3d accelerated games but still have the option to also run some older amiga native games like Napalm and Alien Breed 3d 2 that require 060 for smooth gameplay.I would also like to run emulator software such as warpsnes.
(for some older classics I will have another system / desktop with 030 and os 3.1)


So, first of all, what operating system should I choose? Amigaos 4.1 for classics or something older? Does the Amigaos4.1 break backwards compatibility to such an extent that I should use some kind of dual booting (like different cf cards for different os versions?)

Local merchant is selling amigaos4.1 classic for 132 euros, is this fair price for it?

I would suggest using Classic Workbench OS3.9 disable the copper, cyberbugfix and then install the mediator drivers off the MMCD.

This will give you a really nice base to expand on for a great workbench, there are lots of Games/Apps you can install and run on this setup.

Also install WarpDT as this will speed up all your JPG and the such, great for web browsing for example.

I would install OS4.1 Classic on another partition but don't get too excited, although the OS runs very well and looks very smart most apps are coded for the faster Sam/AmigaOne setups and run too slow. It's more of a proof on concept OS ;)

Here's CWB OS3.9 running on my A4000D with Mediator4000D/Voodoo 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUKG...er_profilepage

All the best,

Steve.

Stick with AmigaOS 3.9. As stevo said, AmigaOS 4.1 is just a proof of concept, not much to do really under classic PPC systems.

On the other hand, using AmigaOS 3.9 you'll be full with every software you can imagine. :thumbsup:

If you want to have an 4.1-look, then install AfAOS for 68k. This will enable PNG icons, antialiased fonts and some other nice stuff.

That´s great because at 45,50 3.9 will be a lot cheaper too :) I seriously overdamaged my budget by hardware purchases... my amiga project may soon be as expensive as my pc lol :)

So these games at amigakit: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...x.php?cPath=47
are they compatible with amigaos3.9 then?

Airline Tycoon: no. It is MorphOS only.

Arkanoid clone: no (same reason).

All others seems fine.

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Originally Posted by Mendel

That´s great because at 45,50 3.9 will be a lot cheaper too :) I seriously overdamaged my budget by hardware purchases... my amiga project may soon be as expensive as my pc lol :)?

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Hehe - MAY?

WILL more like :thumbsup:

In a good way of course :)

John

MorphOS/PowerUp could be worth looking into. Started on the PPC Classics, not a backport like 4.x, so it's actually good for stuff.

Stopped development a few years back, but it's newer than 3.9 so I guess it doesn't matter.

Hardware banging stuff will need you to boot 3.x though.

Is there no way to install classicwb39 without a pc and an emulator and transferring the hard disk to pc? I´d like to try other means if there are any before I unscrew the hard drive and start messing with usb->ide adapters and molexes and all that...

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Originally Posted by Mendel

Is there no way to install classicwb39 without a pc and an emulator and transferring the hard disk to pc? I´d like to try other means if there are any before I unscrew the hard drive and start messing with usb->ide adapters and molexes and all that...

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Not really, whilst there may be a complicated workaround I doubt it would be practical.

Okay... I guess I´ll just have to get on with it then.