@Ancalimon Quote:

I think MAP may be Multipurpose Amiga Project considering the X. What do you think?

No. Hyperion frequently mentioned their most ambitious project. Soon the community started referring to it as their Most Ambitious Project, or just MAP to save time. Don't think Hyperion ever used the term MAP (certainly not in the beginning).

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@Thread:

Shouldn't all the confirmed information and images have a newsitem? i see lots of people iterating the very same conclusions here and there.

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@TheDaddy

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@TheDaddy Quote: Were they happy when 2-3 years ago there was nothing? We had no SAMs and no modern OS? I find it weird...

Yeah! And now there is an updated OS, this amibious project that sound... so ambitious, not to talk of Project Monnalisa and Moonlight..., Timberworlf: i'm going nuts...

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@AmigaBlitter

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AmigaBlitter wrote: @Amike Where no other CPU has gone before?

Öhmm....what do you mean with your post?

Last edited by Amike on 04-Jan-2010 at 09:02 PM.

Rigo gave us a hint. Maybe we should check what it is.

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How good is the Xcore chip? I´m not a tech guy, I have never heard of XMOS

btw,

"The name XMOS is a loose reference to Inmos" (wikipedia)
"Greek strife (formerly) once IN , now outside"

@ChrisH

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I find the inclusion of a Compact Flash slot on the motherboard a bit strange, but it does hint this mobo is aimed at some embedded use(s).

Yeah, I don't really get this. Compactflash does not exactly scream high end. Can see most Amiga users not using it at all.

Todays clues are too baffling for me, hope this all gets explained tomorrow

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@Cravan

xcore can be used for math, I/O (atari ports), video I/O, etc... unless I'm mistaken.


What does AMCC mean with XOR in PPC SoCs. XORro could fit with that.

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@Amike

Beyond and Beyond computing, where no CPU has gone before? Star Trek anyone?

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@AmigaBlitter

Ok, now even I got it. ;) But I still don't no the answer. *aaarrgghhh*

@Amike

i should have reply to kimmok, my mistake

"+
about the beyond beyond computing...
there are beyond computing -named companies etc. but what is beyond Beyond Computing?"

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@Derfs

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Derfs wrote: @Zardoz well the colours are the same heh also book of law references dates of 8 April, 9 April and 10 April. also its based on the idea of "Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law"

Brings to my mind a song by Turkish metal band Mezarkabul (Pentagram in Turkey)
"Lions In A Cage"

Last edited by Ancalimon on 04-Jan-2010 at 09:23 PM.

What I've seen so far:


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To start, just look at the very first page

"What is X?" Just the "X"?

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To follow, begin where Nemo entered into a rage

Finding Nemo: The Great Barrier Reef

20,000 Leagues: Slave Ship? (From previous posts, never read it myself.)

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Then add to that what the Phoenicians used to see

Northern Star, Pole Star, Polaris?
Cyprus? Greece?

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The end was found, fricatively wound, in the branches of the very first tree

Snake? (There were a couple sources for this.) Letter "s"
Golden Fleece? (How would that fit in?) Letter "f" and "c"

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My whole was born in a place where a Celtic river was by Saxons, crossed

Bristol? London general vicinity?

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A new incarnation of a parallel, once thought lost

This one is very vague, could be referring to P.A.Semi, but I think the Amiga history references may be closer to the target. Something parallel hardware-ish seems likely.


We also have references to the Titans of Greek Mythology, giants, and a "giantkiller" (David and Goliath?)

Anyway, just recapping.

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@Geennaam

To quote The Big Book Of Amiga Hardware:

"Commodore Transputer Amiga 2000: This is a Transputer card developed for the Amiga by Commodore Braunschweig. A transputer is similar to a computer but is designed for massive parallelism unlike conventional computers which generally work in a serial manner. The card uses transputers designed by InMOS and was designed to run a unlike-like operating system called Helios. Unfortunately Commodore stopped the project in the late stages. "

It is beyond computing, it's transputing.

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@AmigaBlitter

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Beyond and Beyond computing, where no CPU has gone before?

The next level of computing is possibly "reconfigurable computing": one component to 'emulate' on-the-fly whatever the master system demands.

One to beat them all, so-to-speak.

That would be ambitious.

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@Boot_WB

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Boot_WB wrote: I think the vast majority of people have been quite positive about the campaign And X... well, who knows, but it will be the cherry on top. The price will be what the price will be...

I couldn't agree more.

Back in Sept we were discussing a new motherboard and I
replied with the following. Now, I sit here, mouth open, in
almost disbelief, seeing a dream taking physical form.
**I edited a few parts for entry here. **

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Welcome to chaos. And that pretty much sums up what the Amiga
has been since the demise of CBM.

We are now a microcosm of the PC world. Ever changing hardware
of secretive nature that is naught more than a moving target
for software and a dead end for the dreamers and hardware
developers.

If you want to build motherboards, then build the mother of
motherboards. mATX, uITX, just will not get it. Think to
yourself where you would like **Amiga** to go. A DVD player?
a net browser? A gadget that runs obscure software? ,,, or
a platform for the likes of a Video Toaster, or a Venus
mission control-data gathering command station that can be
configured to allow people with a headset to virtually walk
on another planet? Well, that's where I would like AOS to go.

Would this happen overnight? No. But without a stable,
hardware platform that has possibilities **Amiga OS** won't
have a chance. And neither do us dreamers, thinkers,
developers, and those of us that are not afraid to look
beyond today.

PCI, Pci-e, PCI-xyz. Okay, fine. But put some Zorro,
duel inline ISA, something (?)**Xorro**, slots on there for
those that think different, dream bigger, don't have walls
and windows around their brains.

** Since the 'NEMO(?)' is a privite project this next part
would need modification.**

Make it OPEN. Schematics, signal names, ROM info, even if
this is an extra cost option. Then say to this community and
the world, ' Hey, you want to have some fun? '. I do.

Patent, copyright, protect everything and hire some hit men
to deal with those that would try to steal what is yours
and ours. Yes, ours. We will be the investors, the ones asking
if it's possible to put a widget in the extra slot or
clock port. A full color non-lethal X-ray vision camera so I
can keep an eye on the neighbor lady to make sure she's not
doing anything nasty.

For this, for a future, for possibilities..... I would pay.
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And now Xena, Xorro, plenty of xlots, and "You tell us what
what the chipset will do". In 3 months? Naaa, maybe I was
picking up on somebody else's dream vibes. OR,, maybe I am
really a soothsayer? Anybody need some sooth said?

Lines are our friends, stay between the lines. PHOOOEY!

I wish I were much younger, it looks like the FUN is just
beginning, and my mouth is dry.

And,,, isn't (wasn't) AmigaOne a trademarked name of
Eyetech ?

@TheDaddy

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TheDaddy wrote: I am not a red or blue, I am interested in the Amiga's good and this sounds good to me. So...I am purple.

count me in too

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@DoodooHead

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It is beyond computing, it's transputing.

Positronic?

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@DoodooHead

and if xena is for transputing stuff, then it is definitely the parallel thing.

Perhaps the left part of the X logo is XMOS side and the black side is just the PowerPC Amiga side.
Perhaps it's the fusion of the two.

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@Mechanic

If AmigaOne is TM Eyetech, then it likely now belongs to AmigaKit... I think they bought up all of the Eyetech stock.. Maybe the IP too?

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