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1 Versions  



1.1  Sam460ex  





1.2  Sam460ex Lite  





1.3  Sam460cr  







2 Reception  





3 See also  





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Sam460ex running AmigaOS 4.1

Sam460ex is a line of modular motherboards produced by the Italian company ACube Systems Srl.[1] The machine was released in October 2010 and can run AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, or Debian GNU/Linux (indeed only CRUX PPC Linux is available[2] because there is neither a Debian official support nor a Debian install ISO).

The Sam460ex made its debut at the Vintage Computer FestivalatBletchley Park in the UK on 19 June 2010, where it was demonstrated to the public running AmigaOS 4.1 along with the Timberwolf web browser, a port of the Mozilla Firefox for the AmigaOS 4. Its hardware features were also showcased, with its SIM card slot and aerial, its ability to boot AmigaOS from SD card. In September 2011, Acube Systems introduced AmigaOne 500 based on Sam460ex mainboard.[3][4][5]

Versions[edit]

Sam460ex[edit]

The SATA2 port and the PCI-e 1× slot are mutually exclusive, only one of them can be used at a time.

Sam460ex Lite[edit]

The specifications are the same as for the Sam460ex, except for:[7]

Sam460cr[edit]

The specifications are the same as for the Sam460ex, except for:
Absence of

Users are expected to use graphics, sound and Sata interface cards with this model.[8]

Reception[edit]

Amiga Power magazine saw PCIe expansion for modern graphics cards, silent fan-less CPU operation, plenty of RAM and USB 2.0 as main advantages of the new Sam460ex board. However, the same review mentioned among weak points CPU speed, problems with audio on some motherboards and lack of 3D drivers for Radeon HD cards under AmigaOS.[9] Reviewing AmigaOne 500, Amiga Future magazine highlighted supplied 2 GB RAM and overall system performance comparable to older Pegasos II computer, but criticized weak built in graphics chip recommending customers to buy dedicated graphics card.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Introducing Sam460ex". ACube Systems Srl. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  • ^ "CRUX PPC 2.7a, bugfix release". 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  • ^ "FILE N. 1: A new AmigaOne for all Amiga users" (Press release). Bassano del Grappa, Italy: Acube Systems. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  • ^ Windeck, Christof (20 September 2011). "Amiga-System mit PowerPC-SoC". c't magazin. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  • ^ Klaß, Christian (22 September 2011). "Neuer Amiga-Kompaktrechner aus Italien". golem.de. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  • ^ "PowerPC 460EX Embedded Processor" (PDF).
  • ^ "Sam460ex". ACube Systems Srl. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  • ^ "After the Sam460ex here comes the Sam460cr". ACube Systems. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  • ^ Wiblé, Benoît (October 2011 – March 2013). "Matériel : Sam460ex/AmigaOne 500". obligement.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  • ^ Wahnem, Sascha van; Schmidt-Pendarovska, Aleksandra (January 2012). "AmigaOne 500". Amiga Future. No. 94. APC&TCP. pp. 26–28.
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