Posted on 15-Sep-2000 18:52 GMT by Teemu I. Yliselä | 33 comments View flat View list |
Eyetech have a large update on the Predator expansion board, outlining amongst other things the technical merits of the product's chosen solutions. They say, "The Predator will be available in two different form factor designs, one for the A4000 desktop and one for the A1200. The A1200 form factor version will come with 3xPCI and 1 x AGP simultaneously usable slots and will fit in any tower capable of taking a Z4 busboard. The A4000 desktop form factor version will come with 2xPCI and one AGP slots plus one shared PCI and regular, Video Toaster-compatible A4000 video/Zorro3 slot (making 4 simultaneously usable slots altogether). Both form factor versions will also have provision for a G3/G4 PPC & SDRAM slot. Each form factor design will be available in two versions, the Predator-SE and the Predator-Plus. The Predator-SE will be a low cost version supporting PCI cards only, albeit over the high speed PPC local bus connector (see below). The Predator-Plus will be the fully featured version with AGP, G3/G4 and SDRAM slots activated. A trade-in/upgrade option will be available for purchasers of the Predator-SE who subsequently wish to add Predator-Plus facilities." The SE versions are planned to be released in November (A4000 version) and December (A1200 version) with the Plus versions following in early 2001.
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Posted by Very Confused on 16-Sep-2000 22:00 GMT | Something about this doesn't make sense. They state that there will be
two version one for the A1200 which uses the BlizzardPPC exclusively,
and a version for the A4000 and a CyberStormPPC.
Well the same CyberStormPPC for an A4000 is the very same CyberStormPPC
that fits in an A3000, an A3000T and an A4000T. So if they have a card
that hooks to a CyberStormPPC, again there is only one, not one for the
A4000 exclusively, the someone please tell me why the cards would not
work in an A3000T or an A4000T. Perhaps the A3000 might be too small
or something, but I see no reason whatsoever that would prevent these
cards from working with the A3000T and the A4000T,
Can someone PLEASE explain that to me. I wrote Eyetech and they just
repeated a model for the A1200 with a BlizzardPPC or an A4000 with
a CyberStormPPC. Again that same CyberStormPPC will also work in
the A3000, the A3000T and the A4000T. It just doesn't make sense
that it will not work with these other machines. :/ |
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