Hi all,                                       Sunday May 4   
      Ooh yeh, the A1-XE stuff! :)   
     Well, it's PPC Linux. Actually, Debian Linux 3.0 refered to as   
   "woody." I bootup into to a Debian Login/Shutdown requester screen.   
   I login as 'root' dir and enter the password. Debian will boot the   
   KDE desktop. Vola! Your in KDE world. There are three icons on the   
   screen: Trashcan, Debian, and Home. Home opens the desktop and UAE   
   window.   
     From here it's my choice to do Linux things, like play with Python   
   from a shell, or run 'Wierd Science', I'm sorry -- UAE, and emulate   
   an Amiga. Wierd -- emulate an Amiga on an Amiga -- science! The UAE   
   is .0.8.22, the lastest experimental one. On the x86 ME PC, I have it   
   doing J. Battle's "Amiga In A Box." The WB in the A1, however, is not   
   as good looking as AIAB. Kind of drabby looking. WB and KS are vintage   
   40.x! OS 3 anybody? I think not! "Where's the  OS4? ( Zzzz!) PPaint   
   runs real nice. So, I wanted to see what KDE's "KPaint" looked like   
   -- it banged and crashed!   
      
      Did anyone catch issue#35 of 100%Amiga CD. The Cover story was   
   AmigaOne was cancelled and AmigaTwo was in the works. Nice April   
   Fools joke huh! I kind of took it with keen interest. The CD from   
   Software Hut came a week before the AmigOne. 8-| Yeh, boing!   
      
      I see on on my last list of A1 stuff I forgot the NCom3 card, and   
   default sound card. I haven't too much on that. No manuals came with   
   the machine. So there isn't any quick references. I'm going to get a   
   little more familiar with it before jumping into networks. I'm kind   
   of like to startout in OS4.( Zzzz!)   
      
      I see Todd wants to know the price? BTW, it's not in any local   
   store. I bought mine, just about a year ago, from Compuquick, Ohio.   
   The original order was for a G3. Upgraded to G4 last November Price?   
   Too much: A 1GHz Celeron x86 with same setup is half as much as   
   the A1. Go price a brand new 060 card with max memory and it's about   
   the price of the x86 box. So, you can have two X86 boxes in your home   
   or one PPC AmigaONE. A network of two x86s <=> stand alone AmigaOne.=:o   
   Hey, that's not funny. Where's that OS4 ? (Zzzz!) Until it wakes up,   
   I have only harware officiated by Amiga Inc, but really built and done   
   by Eyetech. I bought the A1 to replace the old classic A2000. Price   
   was not a consideration.   
      
   Regards, Dennis   
      
      
      
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