| From: | Marion E. Wyatt |
| Date: | 12 Apr 00 at 05:52:54 |
| Subject: | Re: Survey on OS for M@tabox Boards |
On 11-Apr-00 at 14:21:48, Andreas Hippauf wrote these words of wisdom:
> Hello Marion
>
>
>> According to my flyer I got from the show...
>>> - for which end-price?
>
>> $1895 (US) which includes:
>> - 50mhz 68060 (PPC addon card available 2-3 months after initial Boxer
>> systems ship)
>
> So the phase5 and DCE-PPC-Cards won't work? Whats with the "old"
> graphics-card and other ZORRO-Extensions from my old amigas?
I'm not sure about other accelerators. As for video it is full AGA emulation
but is fully 24bit so you really don't need a graphics card. For Zorro card
there is a header(?) to plugin in a Zorro backplane to put Zorro cards into,
but I think that is inline with the video slot (I think a Toaster can go
there).
>> - 10GB HD
>> - 32Mb RAM
>> - 40X CD-ROM
>> - "internet ready"
>> - case available in 4 translucnt colors (blue, green, orange, purple)
>> - 100% Amiga compatible
>
> hard- and software or software only?
Both.
> The Price seems a bit high, when you think about the memory being to low
> and what you get in PC-market. But it might be acceptable when one of my
> old miggys breaks down completly.
You get a lot of bang for your buck though. full 24bit video and 16bit sound
(i think the sound is 16bit).
> Thanks for your quick answer anyway! :-)
Also the RAM goes into 2 x 64-bit DIMM sockets. I think most of the ports
are DMA also for faster access. There is also a CD-ROM audio input connector
and mixer. Chip RAM is not limited to 2MB either. The onboard IDE interface
supports UDMA. There are 4 PCI slots, and there is a 2MB 32-bit flash ROM to
boot the OS and resident modules from. Also a dual USB interface is on the
motherboard.
I got all this from the spec sheet at the show.