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Interview with Thomas Dellert, DCE - 29.03.2000

Author: Petra Struck
Interviewpartner: Thomas Dellert
DCE Computer Service GmbH, Oberhausen, Germany

Translator: Martin Baute

amiga-news.de:
What is the scheduled date for shipping the following products with P5 licence?

Thomas Dellert:
BVision
Over 100 already shipped to Vesalia. We ship finished cards daily.

Cybervision PPC
Production started last Friday.

Cybervision64 3D (bugfixed Version)
The first 100 were shipped to Vesalia on March 28th.

Cyberstorm MKIII Boards
The first boards were shipped Friday.

Cyberstorm PPC604e Boards
We just recieved 400 604-233. I hope we will be able to ship the first boards in the next 10 - 14 days.

Blizzard PPC603e Boards
The circuits boards are already in storage. Sadly the delivery of CPUs and CPLDs is being delayed.

amiga-news.de:
Why those big delays? What problems did DCE had to fight?

Thomas Dellert:
The worldwide shortage of parts is a big problem right now. Here only some exsamples:

SMD Kondensator 1 NF. Delivery time 20 weeks.
CPLD Logik Chips. Delivery time about 24 weeks.
SGRAM for BVision. Delivery time about 15 weeks.
Tantal Elkos. Delivery time !!!!! Not this year.....

amiga-news.de:
Is there a plan to continue the G4 plans from P5, or has DCE put these to a rest once and for all?

Thomas Dellert:
G4 isn´t on the list for now. The CPUs probably won´t be available this year.

amiga-news.de:
Is there a plan of developing new graphic cards?

Thomas Dellert:
If we hadn´t recieved the Permedia II chipsets, this certainly would have been an issue.

amiga-news.de:
Is there contact between DCE and Bill McEwen? If so, can you tell us something about it?

Thomas Dellert:
We are in contact. It´s about technical details of the PPC boards. I cannot say more about it at this time.

amiga-news.de:
The DCE website is partially availalable in German already, will the rest be translated too, and what is particulary interesting, will there be a "news" site, where everybody can see what´s new at DCE?

Thomas Dellert:
We are working on it. I hope to complete the site in the next 14 days.

amiga-news.de:
Will DCE attend the Amiga & Atari show in Neuss, June 2000?

Thomas Dellert:
All products will be offered there by Vesalia Computer. We hope that this time we have plenty of stock.

amiga-news.de:
Will other retailers recieve products too, or will the hardware only be available from Vesalia in the future?

Thomas Dellert:
Vesalia will for sure also ship to other retailers.