-=> WENDELL WATANABE wrote to DENNIS SMITH <=-   
      
    WW> On the subject of What's go'n on..., DENNIS SMITH had this to   
    WW> say...   
      
    DS> What was the linux distro was it ? YDL is working out for some of   
   ...   
      
    WW> That was Red Hat (best I can recall). I even started off in a bad way   
    WW> as it didn't support my video card. Later, I got ahold of a more recent   
    WW> version that did work ok and used it for a bit but, still didn't find   
    WW> it very user friendly. I actually felt more comfortable using   
    WW> windwoes!!   
      
    Saw a lot video card madness on my MLs. I'm using a plain jane Radeon   
   7000 64Mb DDS. It isn't the hottest tech, but is A1 in the A1! =:o   
   It's all in the drivers that the distro handles. Debian comes up short   
   for the more up-to-date cards. BTW, ForeFront Technologies will be doing   
   ATI and Matrox drivers for OS4. Don't hear much about NVidia stuff.   
      
    IMHO, linux is too of a knowledge-base expert system, while Windows and   
   of course her glory -- Amiga, are intuition based. :-)    
   ...   
      
    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   
      
    WW> yes, real Amiga hardware is getting older and older and harder to keep   
    WW> going. When I had trouble with my A4000t a couple of months ago, I was   
    WW> seriously considering just using Amithlon or Amiga Forever and   
    WW> forgetting about the hardware all together.   
      
    I hear Amithon is OK, but Amiga Forever isn't.   
      
    DS> I recently installed OS3.9 and some programs. My favorite file   
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    WW> Good news to hear you getting those programs runnning!   
    If the UAE is at a  decent update, it's about as close to a real Amiga   
   that can be emulated. WinUAE still had the edge.   
      
    DS> Two killers of speed on the A1, DMA via ArticiaS and JIT engine   
    DS> for UAE.   
      
    WW> hmm, more recent verions of Amiga Forever are REAL slow on my pc. I   
    WW> wonder if that JIT has something to do with my problems? Might be worth   
    WW> a look into.   
      
    I would recomend AIAB before Amiga Forever. And it's free! :) I haven't   
   touch it a while since the A1 arrived.   
      
    Well, I haven't heard anything on the ol'grape vine as to what's up with   
   OS4. Hmmm, silence kind of means -- not ready yet and which begs the worn   
   out question -- when?    
   Dennis   
      
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