I would be happy to donate but like most folks here need a bit more 'comfort factor'.
My initial thoughts are on the raw production cost of a small run of boards. Do you have any idea how much it will cost? Rough breakdown of materials/labour/sub-contracting....
On top of that there isn't much point building this board unless there is some sort of guarantee we can get support in software: - U-boot - AOS 'dongle' code - OS drivers for chipset(s) - third party support?
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I'm not sure if I understand you, what do you mean what does it lack? It has everything taht a normal motherboard would have, it uses the IBM CPC925 northbridge which gives it 8x AGP, 64bit PCI-X slots, DDR400 Dual channel 128bit RAM (A huge boost over PC100/PC133 single channel 64bit SDRAM) and up to 2x1ghz FSB PPC970 connections. The southbridge is an AMD one that connect via a hypertransport bus, this would give the same connectivity that AMD 64 motherboard have as they alsouse the 8111 southbridge.
Everyone here seem to be discussing what was needed to make it complete or something (at least that was the impression I was getting). Anyways I did go look at the specifications myself a little further and it looks like a complete solution to me, just as you say.
I guess all is needed is for Hyperion to add this baby to the support list
Hi, I agree with your idea that AmigaOne is a developtment motherboard and is too old (Ram, USb 1.1, Hd, etc ) to consider a good item to buy now and to give for three / four years .... I am Amiga fan but I'm not so happy to buy a old hardware (AmigaOne) to have a new software (OS4).
Could you give me an idea of how many money minimum needs your idea please ??
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