Okay, I have found some time to go through all the questions and have taken suggestions from my fellow AW Staff.

I have selected all 20, I have placed them in the staff forums and will await final comments before posting them here tomorrow. I will also send them on to Alan.

Okay here are the 20 Questions I have selected, there were loads of good questions, a couple of them I modified to make better sense. I tried to spread the questions around as fairly as possible.

Without much further ado, here they are.

1: Paulsamiga What is the current situation regarding the A1-XE & SE fixes and warranty?

2: MetalJoe: There are some concerns from a few people in the community about the chances for new companies wishing to licence hardware for AmigaOS 4. Amiga Inc have stated that any such licence approvals will be made in consultation with their partners (i.e. yourself and Hyperion), so as not to interfere with their business plans. Can you assure people that Eyetech will not hold a monopoly and will welcome other hardware solutions?

3: Jahc: What details can you give us on upcoming CPU upgrade modules? Speed, price, estimated date of availability, etc..

4: Toaks: we need more developers , why not consider a renting service for AmigaOne's to potential developers?

5: Hondo_DK: Has something been planned for the release of OS4?, special cabinets, marketing, new boards, etc??

6: Chunder: Are the previously planned versions of the AmigaOne (e.g. µA1-I, A1-XC, etc.) still going to happen?
Have the specifications changed; have the boards been prototyped fully yet? Is there a scheduled production run yet (not necessarily the date, just a yes/no)?

7: RWO: If/When the AmigaOne XC become a reality will there be a trade-in/exchange for SE/XE motherboards at a lower price (with/without cpu module) ?

8: Swoop: Is there a PPC set top box planned based on AmigaOS4 ?

9: Gnarly: What (if anything) are you doing about the problems running Linux to its full potential on the AmigaOne boards?

10: MetalJoe: What are your plans for the server market? Will you be assisting with LinuxPPC (or even BSD) support for the AmigaOnes?

11: Eric_S: If a good business opportunity regarding (selling) non Mai hardware presented itself, would you act on it? Or are you tied in (directly or indirectly) your current business dealing with Mai in such a way that you can only deal/sell their hardware?

12: Wegster: RAM seems to be causing issues for many users, going back to both the SE and XE boards, in some cases, RAM purchased from Eyetech even being incompatible. While it may be unreasonable to expect an exchange for older purchases, it remains a problem with the uA1-Cs with their 256MB of RAM and single socket limitation, as many users want to run at least 512MB of RAM to dual boot AOS and Linux. Are there plans to either offer 512MB as a standard configuration so users don't 'throw out' the 256MB they are currently forced to purchase with the uA1-C, or any plans to produce compatible 'guaranteed' RAM at a more reasonable cost?

13: Wegster: Alan, you've been fairly quiet in the community lately for some time now, while many try to ascertain the state of their warrantees for fixes of their XEs, as well as owners of the older SEs. Some feel particularly betrayed as XEs were marketed as 'consumer grade,' and the lack of public attention to this has left many users cold. Does Eyetech have any intention of honouring their warrantees, and/or provide a solution for SE owners of any kind? Can you clarify this situation for once and for all?

14: Argo: There have been discussions on various websites about users rather bad experiences with current dealers in regards to boards in stock, shipping, and service. Even Mr. Hare mentioned difficulty in purchasing an AmigaOne. What is Eyetech doing or planning to do to improve dealer issues?

15: Zorro: The GX cpu that Eyetech fitted on almost all the µA1 are causing some random issues to the users and, mostly important, to Hyperion and other developers (Ibrowse). If this will take to a hardware fault, do you plan to replace/fix those cpu modules? (this is an end-user board)

16: RedMelons: Up until Summer 2003, Total Amiga magazine contained the always informative 'Alan Redhouse Column', and full page advertisements for the AmigaOne.
Do you intend to re-commence advertising/publicity for the AmigaOne, and hopefully also your column in Total Amiga?

17: Ktadd: If a large China, or other large, deal doesn't come through, is the current demand for Amiga One boards enough to support continued manufacturing and investment?

18: Dauber: I have the microA1-C, which is said to be able to handle up to 2 gigabytes of RAM. How is that possible with only one SODIMM slot and with no SODIMMs bigger than 512 megs available?

19: Billt: How does one apply to become an official and/or approved rework facility for AmigaOne motherboard modifications?

20: Mikey_C: Where do you see the Amiga platform in the short to medium term and do you hope Eyetech will still be involved?

Last edited by Mikey_C on 21-Apr-2005 at 10:45 AM.
Last edited by Mikey_C on 21-Apr-2005 at 10:28 AM.

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@Mikey_C

Thanks for the update.

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@Mikey_C

Thanks...

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@Mikey_C

Ok, so I gave ya enough grief on it, so umm...can I do a 'half-bow' and then 'owe ya' a bow when ya post 'em?
EDIT: they were posted, so...

Last edited by wegster on 21-Apr-2005 at 02:43 PM.

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@Mikey_C

Thanks mikey! Good luck with the job search.

@Mikey_C

Ok! We HOPE WELL

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@Mikey_C

OK thanks! I hope Alan is going to reply soon.

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@Mikey_C

Thanks dude!

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@Theodosius

Just Sent to Alan

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Looking forward to the answers, cheers Mikey.

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@Mikey_C

Well done mate.

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@Mikey_C

... aren't #2 and #18 the same question?

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Yep. okay
will change it
hold on

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Looking good, I am looking forward to seeing the answers.

@Mikey_C

I just told you that on IRC

/me mutters *@x/@xx!!.. ignored...

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The_Editor wrote: @Mikey_C I just told you that on IRC /me mutters *@x/@xx!!.. ignored...

You're too old for us to take notice now...

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2: MetalJoe: There are some concerns from a few people in the community about the chances for new companies wishing to licence hardware for AmigaOS 4. Amiga Inc have stated that any such licence approvals will be made in consultation with their partners (i.e. yourself and Hyperion), so as not to interfere with their business plans. Can you assure people that Eyetech will not hold a monopoly and will welcome other hardware solutions?

I share this concern but do you expect Alan to answer anything else than "yes, we do welcome other hardware solutions"? He'd be mad to answer otherwise.

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@Theodosius

Goit !!

:)

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The_Editor wrote: @Theodosius Goit !! :)

"Goit?! What the hell's a Goit?!"

(From the Right Stuff )

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Alan's on a week's much-needed holiday. Let him live