Sam460ex is a line of modularmotherboards produced by the Italian companyACube Systems Srl.[1] The machine was released in October 2010 and can runAmigaOS 4,MorphOS,AROS[2] orDebian GNU/Linux (CruxPPC at first,[3] and then Debian Squeeze[4] or Ubuntu[5]).
The Sam460ex made its debut at theVintage Computer Festival atBletchley Park in the UK on 19 June 2010, where it was demonstrated to the public running AmigaOS 4.1 along with theTimberwolf web browser, a port of theMozilla 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.[6][7][8]
The SATA2 port and the PCI-e 1× slot are mutually exclusive, only one of them can be used at a time.
The specifications are the same as for the Sam460ex, except for:[10]
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.[11]
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 forRadeon HD cards under AmigaOS.[12] Reviewing AmigaOne 500,Amiga Future magazine highlighted supplied 2 GB RAM and overall system performance comparable to olderPegasos II computer, but criticized weak built in graphics chip recommending customers to buy dedicated graphics card.[13]
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