@LupusGrey
And i ordered in mid nov while hoping to have it by christmas.. I honestly dont want to wait at least one more month which it looks to be the case now.

@all

What do you achieve by cancelling your order?

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@bitman
I had to sacrifice a few things to be able to afford the Sam board.. I just dont think it is worth waiting another month when those money could be spent in other ways.
I ordered in november because it said the second batch be in by december and here we are now at batch number 4 and yet no sign of my board.

@bitman

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bitman wrote: What do you achieve by cancelling your order?

It moves the rest of us up in the queue.

Go on everyone, cancel your orders.

@all

Woohoo:
01/15/2009 Allocated 1x SAM440667 SN:2470800029

Processed by: David
01/15/2009 Awaiting Despatch Your order has been packed and is awaiting despatch

Processed by: David

looks like mine will be here tomorrow or the day after


Rich.

@LupusGrey

Congrats, hopefully you'll join the ranks of OS4 users soon!

Rude!

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@RockDemon
When and from where did you order?

@bitman

Quote:

What do you achieve by cancelling your order?

Make the next one in line a happier person! We Amigans are such a happy bunch altogether.

OldFart

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@RockDemon

01/14/2009 Allocated 1x SAM440667 SN:2470800005

Processed by: David

So now we can guess there at least 24 boards in a batch. :)

Any advance on board serial number 2470800029 in this batch?

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@Rob

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I ordered an A1 in March 2002 and didn't receive my A1XE until April 2003.

Yes but did you have to make payment in full in March 2002? or did you get to wait until April 2003 before paying for your A1?

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@Dwyloc

I didn't pay until 2003 but I would have paid upfront if I had to. I have reserved items from Amiga Kit over the phone without having to pay in advance, although being able to show up on their doorstep and pay in cash may help.

I think it has already been mentioned but the Amiga market is incredibly specialised and minute compared to days gone by.

I think the ACube partners are to be congratulated for risking their own money to successfully bring new Amiga hardware to the market in these very difficult times. Being highly specialised the cost associated with small production runs from European hardware manufacturers should not be underestimated. I'm sure ACube who have liked to have ordered larger batches of motherboards but I'm sure margins and cash flow are very tight.

TrevorD

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@TrevorDick

I agree - we should be thankfull that someone wants spend their worklife on supporting this small niche.

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@bitman

I agree here too. It certainly wouldn't be good if Acube were stuck with several hundred machines for a couple months or more. It's better that they maintain a certain amount of working capitol for future developments such as the soon to be released Sam440 flex.

Last edited by Rob on 15-Jan-2009 at 05:30 PM.

@TrevorDick

My only real problem with the wait was the lack of information.

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@Dwyloc Quote:

I ordered on the 19th of October last year so we are talking a lead time of about 3 months on orders of sam440ep boards from AmigaKit placed last year.

m3x has stated that ACube's main source of delay is the 16 weeks (=3.7 months) lead time for the Sam440 CPUs.

Given that there was a sudden demand for Sam440s when OS4.1 became available, their initial stocks were quickly sold-out, and then ACube had to wait about 3.7 months for more CPUs (plus a bit more time) before they could supply Sams to AmigaKit/etc. Presumably ACube had a few CPUs spare, plus were able to somehow find sources of a few more CPUs from elsewhere, hence the Sam440s appearing in dribs & drabs since then.

Last edited by ChrisH on 15-Jan-2009 at 07:25 PM.

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Someone recently asked what one would do if one had a few million euros/dollars to spend ("as the King of Amigaworld?").

Perhaps one of the best ideas would be to help HW companies in their efforts to produce AOS capable HW in decent quantities. For example by keeping a stock of parts needed for PPC motherboards and perhaps a few hundred boards as well.

/me dreaming: I hope some millionare someday does something to help computer niches in their efforts to break the axis of evil (wintel monopoly).

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@Tomas

Aaahhhhh, Poor thomas the man, had to sacrifice some loven from his misses, coz he didnt get her yet another shiny ring for her finger, instead, bought a SAM440EP?

hahahaha, Just kidding.

Seriously though, common PEOPLE, if I have placed an order on something, it sticks. I mean, I already placed the order, and 600euros that one has spent, is not going to do anything as significant or important as getting a new amiga.

Anyway, my 2 cents worth yet again.

@m3c

Please pm me an answer to how many boards have been sold for Amiga related people, I wont spread the word. :)

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@Tomas

october 14th from amigakit - and i have it on my desk here at work now...

I'll get to try it tonight :o)