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- {subhead}Letter From Merlancia{def}{p}
- Article by Ryan E. A. Czerwinski, Merlancia
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- MISEL - Merlancia Industries Systems Engineering Labs
- Hasty moves are often bad ones. We wanted to do a pre-release on the
- TORRO website for now so that the Amiga community could get a grip on what
- is currently in the works. For those that think it is BS, I invite you
- to set up a private conference with us at COMDEX, or after COMDEX in phoenix.
- We will have a working prototype of the Hurricane at COMDEX. These systems
- have been in design for eight months now. The release dates on the Hurricane
- and the eClipS look like the 2nd Q of 2001 to 3rd Q 2001. The release date
- of the system also depends on the release of the AmigaDE (Digital Environment)
- which will be the OS of the TORRO series.
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- To answer a few questions:{p}
- 1>TORRO is spelled with two "R"s with intention.{p}
- 2>The original idea for the Tsunami ad the ApocolipS series was to use
- the BoXeR logic board. After July, this seemed more hopeless than ever.
- We have therefore decided to design and produce custom boards based on
- Motorola/IBM technology. For the Tsunami, we are planning the following
- features:{p}
- Motorola PowerPC 7400 (G4) at 500MHz or faster (fastest available at production time).{p}
- Dual processor slots if possible.{p}
- Up to 1.5GB+ RAM.{p}
- PS/2, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (Firewire, internal and external).{p}
- SCSI-3 and IDE/ATA{p}
- Other features will have to be determined.{p}
- 3> We know that the design of the MISEL site is sub-standard. please
- be aware that it is in "beta" form as of now. We have hired a new web specialist
- to take care of the MISEL site. The future MISEL site will feature a Flash
- intro, improved navigation, and a very much needed interface improvement.{p}
- 4> The logos for the systems are still undergoing small revisions. Much
- better logos will be online in a week or so.{p}
- 5> Conceptual sketches and composite drawings will be online shortly
- as well. We know you are all waiting for this...{p}
- 6> Please stop the "this is a hoax" threads. Such threads could be considered
- slanderous and are not true. What do we have to gain by hoaxing the Amiga
- community? Merlancia Industries has spent enough time dealing with vapour
- companies. We are not planning on joining them. The only think hoaxing
- would do is create tension between Merlancia Industries and the Amiga community,
- thus creating loss of sales and business. We are not planning to do that,
- by any means.{p}
- 7> You may e-mail with questions concerning the systems, and suggestions
- are always appreciated. All we ask, however, is that you do not send an
- e-mail saying: "When will the TORRO xxx system be available and how much
- will it cost?".{p}
- We will be posting costs when we know the "exact" production cost of
- the unit. We have no intention of having to change our list price because
- of an error.{p}
- Release dates will be posted in due time, and some have *already* been
- posted.{p}
- 8> Merlancia Industries is not a "one man company". Quite the contrary.
- We have three engineers working on the TORRO series altogether right now,
- two web designers (merlancia.com and MISEL sites), a new PR handler, and
- two sales reps. We also have two more in shipping/receiving, thought that
- is really not anyone's immediate concern or care, if I guess right.
- Actually, we are currently looking for Amigans with hardware/software
- development skills, as we are planning a port of FinalSuite over to AmigaDE
- as well as an update of FinalSuite for OS3.5/3.9 (No, I have no idea what
- 3.9 is going to have...sorry...wish I did...).{p}
- 9> Finally, these systems are not "AmigaOne" systems. They are Merlancia
- MMC TORRO systems, running the AmigaDE. If Amiga, inc. decides to license
- us to brand them "Amiga-Anything", then that would be great. We are producing
- other Amiga merchandising items currently, however.
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- In closing, we would like to take one more moment of your time to assure
- you that this is for real. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been
- spent in the past month on this product series. (We have bank records to
- prove this...) We are not pumping all this money into a dead end product.
- At least, i hope we aren't.
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- Again, thank you for your support to the Amiga platform and community.
- I am an Amiga user too. I felt the pain and sorrow when CBM died, and Escom
- Died, and Gateway gave up with all the rest of you. Finally, after all
- these long six years, it seems that we have a new Amiga system on the horizon.
- I would like to welcome those that are interested to join the band wagon
- for the AmigaDE, and those that will stop at 3.3/3.5/3.9, i would like
- to say that I hope you will change your minds when you actually see what
- the AmigaDE is all about with your own eyes. We have other products on
- the drawing board currently that we are not going to announce anytime soon,
- for fear of another over-reaction like this. Just rest assured, they will
- rock your world.
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- Cheers,{p}
- Ryan E. A. Czerwinski{p}
- Merlancia@merlancia.com{p}
- Merlancia,{p}
- MISEL, MMC, TORRO, Tsunami, Hurricane, eClipS, ApocolipS, and Seth are
- Trademarks of Merlancia Industries.{p}
- "The Power to do what you want", and "The Power to do what you need." are Trademarks of Merlancia
- Industries.{p}
- Motorola®, PowerPC® and ColdFire® are Registered Trademarks of Motorola, Inc..{p}
- Amiga® is a Registered Trademark of Amiga, Inc. AmigaDE is a Trademark of Amiga, Inc.{p}
- ©2000 Merlancia Industries.{p}
- All Rights Reserved.
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