| From: | Mick Foster |
| Date: | 23 Oct 2000 at 16:36:21 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga announcing silly named things? ;) |
Greetings Friends,
On 23-10-00, Alan posted:
[snip]
>
> For those who can't wait that long:
>
> The AmigaOne 1200 & 4000 have 6 x PCI slots (2 buses) + 1 x AGP + (up to)
> 512MB memory + a standard Mac slot for a G3/G4 upgrade module. This will
be
> needed for both the Classic Amiga (via cpu emulation and or OS emulation)
> and for the Amiga DE. The actual board will ship with a choice of
> processors/RAM - or none for those who wish to supply their own, including
> possible second-user ex-Mac G3/G4 modules. The system will be dual boot.
The
> custom chips, kickstart etc of the original Amiga will be used for 100%
> compatibility in emulation mode. As and when Classic Software can be run
> under the Amiga DE the old Amiga could actually be disposed of (a few
> mechanical brackets etc will be needed) and a PSU connected direct as all
> the hardware functionality needed by the Amiga DE (USB, UDMA-IDE, FireWire
> etc) will be on the new board.
>
> For connection to the Amiga (A1200 Z4-compatible tower or A4000 desktop
> tower conversion) the A1200 edge connector or the A4000D CPU connector
will
> be used. Because a G3/G4 processor is required there is no longer any need
> to have a Blizzard/Cyberstorm accelerator (as is the case with the low
cost
> Predator-SE design) as the interfacing logic has been brought onto the
main
> board.
>
[snip]
Sounds very nice... but...
How much will this cost? How easy will it be to assemble? Most importantly,
when will it be available?
Regards,
Mick.
It would seem to me that the powers that be
Keep themselves in splendour and security
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