Mmmm.... sounds nice. I hope someone does a complete solution for this (Tower/A1200/Dragon etc.)

Not sure what the A1200 will be doing after you have loaded the Dragon with a GFX card and a sound card........

But anyway, it's definately worth considering.

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I wish this thingy was available 2-3 years ago...

I don't think the required (more compatible to 68k) processor was available 2-3 years ago?!

But it's a nice gimmick

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Hmmm...the question should be why? Why build this, when the big push now is for G4s and OS 4? Those who still use 1200s have mostly got them maxed out now anyway. It would be like building an accelerator for a 68k Mac Time to move on from the old architecture and on to the new!

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I don't think the required (more compatible to 68k) processor was available 2-3 years ago?!

Hmm... I think the 4e is available since 2001. I wonder how compatible this board is.

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These specs are impessive, Elbox surprise again. Maybe a cool upgrade for my 1200.. but i would like to run OS4 on these :-/

Fastethernet, DDR, USB2.0..... wow

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This bit of the press release is interesting :

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The DRAGON's mainboard and the DRAGON's ColdFire CPU card are designed on two separate circuit boards. With modular design, the DRAGON can be easily upgraded and configured to meet the needs of the most demanding Amiga users.

Hmm. A seperate CPU card. I wonder if they're planning a PPC card using something like the MPC8555E or another SoC PPC part. That would seriously rock.

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I wonder if they're planning a PPC card using something like the MPC8555E or another SoC PPC part. That would seriously rock.

Indeed. Maybe that's the reason why they have chosen this modular design.

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drbomb: well lets hope we can add a G4 to it...if so..then i would buy it without even thinking more of it..

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Us A2000 users are out of luck on this one I guess.

It ONLY goes into a towered A1200?

This I'd really, really like to get....cash first, then toys.....

Possibly next year, though

MAN what a great gizmo to show JUST HOW MUCH Amigas can do!


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GGRR.... just flogged my A1200T with mediator etc as it was sitting gathering dust waiting for the shark to be finalised. Wonder if it will have something like a dummy 68040.library ? or an oxypatcher clone.
A1c route for me. However, its still an interesting product.
Like to see a full review hopefully in the next Total Amiga.

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I wonder if this is the new "shark" due to the seperate mainboard feature, could a ppc later be added to give os4 compatibilty ?

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@Giovanni

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Hmm... I think the 4e is available since 2001.

MCF547x are the first Freescale/Motorola processors based on the 4e core.
Freescale starts their production beginning with January 2005.

Yes, we are waiting this hardware.

But have to ask this :

Whenever speedy CF processers ( V5 ) will be on market , may we upgrade ?

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WOW! (did Elbox get tired of waiting for AOS4.0 final release)


Next Elbox PPC Amiga2 ...

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Supported AGP and PCI cards:

? Graphic cards (Radeon 9700, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9200, Radeon 9000, Radeon 7500, Radeon 7000, Voodoo 5, Voodoo 4, Voodoo 3)
? Sound cards (Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital, Sound Blaster 128 and cards based on the ForteMedia FM801 chipset--e.g. Terratec 512i Digital)
? Serial ATA controllers (SiI 3114 support in development)
? Spider Hi-Speed USB 2.0 controllers
? TV tuner cards (based on Bt848/849/878 and FUSION 878/879)
? Fast Ethernet 100Mbps cards (based on RTL8139 chipset)
? Ethernet 10Mbps cards (based on RTL8029 chipset)

Nice, but ehm, eh, SCSI perhaps?

My current A1200 uses a Blizzard 040 + SCSI, driving:
- Plextor 32X CD-ROM (twice)
- ZIP100Mb drive
- HD 2Gb
- Epson perfection 1200S Scanner

And a number of other SCSI-equipment like a Plextor CD-RW (new, never used, saw no use for it...) that I might put to use.

If this board comes out, it is a very teasing and tempting one. Might prove a killer. Price is certainly not to bad, although there always will be a number of people that think otherwise. But I'm sort of atheistic: see first then believe...

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A push in the wrong direction, replace that CPU whit a fast G5 and license OS40 for it,

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I'm thinking... compability issues? If not an issue what about speed when "fixes" are used to get around the compability issues?

I'm also thinking what if the ColdFire CPU module is sitting on a PCI slot that can easily be replaced with the Shark or a sweet G5 CPU Module.

Would love to see SCSI as an option there, we Amigans are used to those things by now. We can't have it all? BS! A worst case scenario is that ppl are forced to go down the DataFlyerSCSI+ or Squirrel path to get SCSI on these machines.

Last I'm thinking when is it due for the A4000? I'm not going to spend much more money on the A1200... it's my lil' pet that gets a few scrapps now and then but nothing serious and definitly nothing that doesn't fit the original case. My A4000Mirage/PCI/PPC tower won't be replaced by any A1200Dragon Tower but I do have an extra A4000D that could be in for a sweet surprice if possible.

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Good to see this happening, although shame it's taken all these years for someone to get a Coldfire Amiga sorted out. (Anyone remember IAT's plans?)

Although I've invested in the AmigaOne/OS4 route now, I might be interested in this if an A4000 version is released...

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If they can make an AmigaONE(or indeed AmigaTwo as mentioned earlier ) board for the same price and you can run OS4.0 on it.... well, then I would know what I would do.
So little question. Is making a PPC board (that) more expensive than a board like this(the MicroA1 is much more expensive not?) ?

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and another question... what is the use exactly of this board.. I mean, so you can put an ATI radeon 9500 on it, but what use is that if you don't have drivers etc. for it?
And USB2.0, is there support for that on AmigaOS3.9?

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WOW! (did Elbox get tired of waiting for AOS4.0 final release)

Apparently not, otherwise they might have inquierd about OS 4 on the Shark. However, they didn't, and since I've never seen the actual hardware, getting tired of waiting would be a miracle since their wait wouldn't have started yet.

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