@Troika

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The initial hardware was developed and tested towards during 2007.

Lets see pictures of the hardware itself that you say you tested back in 2007.

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We realize that in the past, our announcements have not always been universally well received. It is because of this that we have spent the best part of the last two years developing and testing our system before announcing the product.

Again, lets see the actual hardware you have been testing.

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So the next we know ACK will return here with news of his $200 powervixxen MK-II
 
I hope Hyperion release a short statement to either support or distance themselves from Troika.

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@billt

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billt wrote: @amitv Quote: Pci or Agp?????? Anything AGP would likely be PCI, as in the Pegasos2. I really wish we'd all forget about AGP for PowerPC and start demanding PCI-Express instead. :p

Is the reason that no one has included PCI-Express on a board aimed at the Amiga/Morphos community due to a lack of drivers for PCI-Express gfx cards in os4.1 & mos? Or have I missed something?

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@Rob

So its just a rebuild of this reference board?

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@Rob

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Rob wrote: @DJBase Quote: Showing some half-finished pcb file which doesn't seem to be in any standard form factor isn't enough. It's MicroATX Just like this Freescale reference board.

Isn't the reference board mini-itx?

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@ChaosLord

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Can someone please give Rogue a YDL PowerStation?

Bounties anyone? :p

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@Ruud

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Is the reason that no one has included PCI-Express on a board aimed at the Amiga/Morphos community due to a lack of drivers for PCI-Express gfx cards in os4.1 & mos? Or have I missed something?

Olegil talked once about having a PCI-Express Radeon working in his AmigaOne. And Hans is workign on a new driver for newer Radeons which are available mostly in PCI_Express forms. I don't think that drivers would be a problem. At least not by the time you can buy the board and an OS4 CD for it.

I'm working on a plan to have a number of PCI-Express slots connected to my AmigaOne. I already have one of them, and Olegil already has one slot. Then all I need is time and motivation. But I'm currently making wedding plans for this summer also, so I may be distracted. :)

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@Ruud

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Is the reason that no one has included PCI-Express on a board aimed at the Amiga/Morphos community due to a lack of drivers for PCI-Express gfx cards in os4.1 & mos? Or have I missed something?

Most motherboards I have seen that support PCI-Express also support PCI so that's not the reason. The reason is that the boards released so far are based on SOC design which do not implement PCI-Express.

Hans de Ruiter is working on drivers for RV5xx and RV6xx cards, he currently has PCI versions of Radeon X1300, X1550 and HD2400 so he can develop the drivers on his A1 whilst keeping his usual card in the AGP slot. Read the blog here.

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Isn't the reference board mini-itx?

Sorry my mistake, the point was that it was based on a standard.

@DJBase

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So its just a rebuild of this reference board?

I'd say that it's derived from that particular reference board. It looks very similar but cuts out the features that wouldn't be useful for most of us.

@billt
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Bounties anyone? :p

[OT] Already donated to the PS3 one. Whilst this doesn't guarantee a PS3 port at least they can play some guitar hero.

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@ChaosLord

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ChaosLord wrote: Can someone please give Rogue a YDL PowerStation?

I want one too...

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@JurassicC

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@billt Quote:Bounties anyone? :p [OT] Already donated to the PS3 one. Whilst this doesn't guarantee a PS3 port at least they can play some guitar hero.

Nothing personal, but I wouldn't even joke about this, based on the results of the last "bounty"

#68 and #71

#6

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@Troika

Well, personally, I would only ever purchase something I could actually, physically, hold in my hands...

So.....

/me clears her throat...

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@number6

I saw the news item and donated and that was it. Never bothered to check up on the progress or how the thread progressed. I guess I'll try and get a refund then.

note to self... stop donating to bounties.

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@Rob

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I'd say that it's derived from that particular reference board. It looks very similar but cuts out the features that wouldn't be useful for most of us.

Ok, that makes sense of course.

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@Troika

Owning an AmigaOne 933Mhz for many years I'd say no thanks.
For developers and to continue with the next step, maybe?

@JurassicC

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JurassicC wrote: note to self... stop donating to bounties.

I think the bounty system is a good way to help out people in a positive way. However, it is really like anything, isn't it? Before you toss your hard-earned cash you need to be SURE what you are investing in. Because it IS an investment.

And sadly, it is, and always has been a situation where Caveat emptor applies; let the buyer beware.

People aren't stupid, people DO have rather long memories and... trust must be earned.

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@JurassicC
Donating to bounties is a good idea - just make sure they are good sensible bounties, not pie-in-the-sky bounties...

edit: Yo beat me too it

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@Troika

go away. Release your Vaporware, or not. But you produce only hot air.

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@Geennaam Quote:

You can see the blue PCI traces going around where this Vitesse chip used to be.

That is not necessarily a bad thing: If they changed the length of some traces, then this affects LOTS of other traces, as you have to make sure the nano-second timing of the signals on them all match correctly. Overall it is a lot easier to leave known-working traces as-is, rather than change them just for aesthetic issues.

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@Troika

I consider to buy a card only if have clock 1GHz+ and better agp/pci-e gfx slot...
I already have an A1SE and cant buy a machine that was exactly equal to that...

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