Joined: 3-Feb-2004 Posts: 584
From: Lincoln, England
@gregthecanuck
I can't get any info on manufacturing costs until I can get an evaluation board at the ealiest. I wont know what chips, connectors and other components are on it until then and so won't be able to get ana ccurate quote from anyone. As soon as I know I will post it on the opfficial website as this is the cost that end users will pay (The whole idea of this project being to sell a board to users at cost whle bulk orders are sold with the normal margin which will help pay for future manufacturing costs).
U-Boot is open source and is the "universal bootloader" and so shouldn't be dificult to port. The AOS donlge code and drives will be provided by Hyperion as they are eger to spread to as many boards as possible (Please don't quote me on this, let them speak for themselves but this is the impresion I get). I have been speaking to Thomas Freiden about this project as he saw the original post and said that he was interested and would act as a mediator between me and Hyperion, I won't say any more than this as I don't want to post anything which he does not want to be said publicly, I will let him or some one else from Hyperion post on their behalf.
A much lower priced G4+CPU combination would be much better than a G5 mobo. We need cheaper A1s, that's my opinion.
I've spoken with many friends, over the net, and personally, and most of them are old amiga lovers, they would buy an A1 but the price keeps them to do so.
Before starting donating money to you digital, i'd wait for an official word from Hyperion.
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