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Posted on 24-Jul-2002 22:17 GMT by Douglas McLaughlin | 106 comments View flat View list |
On the AmigaOne mailing list, Alan Redhouse from Eyetech posted the following update:
Many dev board purchasers were clearly motivated by the 10% discount
rather than their ability to contribute to the developer process. The
initial boards were therefore shipped to those who could make a real
contribution to developing drivers etc, and porting Linux/UAE
distributions. Their progress has been astounding IMO with no less
than 5 different linux distributions (SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, Yellow
Dog and TurboLinux) being ported within a couple of weeks. More...
Many dev board purchasers were clearly motivated by the 10% discount
rather than their ability to contribute to the developer process. The
initial boards were therefore shipped to those who could make a real
contribution to developing drivers etc, and porting Linux/UAE
distributions. Their progress has been astounding IMO with no less
than 5 different linux distributions (SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, Yellow
Dog and TurboLinux) being ported within a couple of weeks.
However the Softex open firmware we had originally shipped with the
dev boards (incidently as seen on the Pegasos video) has several
shortcomings (although this has been used to boot the 5 linux
distributions and the OS4 kernel) and we are currently
developing/extending the alternative PPCBoot open firmware for use on
the production AmigaOne boards. This will allow us to build in Amiga-
specific boot etc options, a well as a more comprehensive multi-boot
environment.
We are not shipping the remainder of the dev boards (or any of the
user boards) until this code is complete because of the expense of
shipping update ROMs and chip changing tools. This is anticipated to
be towards the end of August.
This revision to the boot ROM is being undertaken by Hyperion as part
of the work necessary for booting OS4 on the A1.
Meanwhile the Amiga Inc club membership/coupon program results
(coupled with our own market extrapolation processes) means that the
future of the AmigaOne is in no doubt.
Finally several people have asked us why we are not delivering the A1
board to Linux users in advance of the release of OS4. Well there are
two main reasons:
1 - This is a product we are producing for the Amiga market and IMO
it is proper that the Amiga community get their hands on it first.
2 - I still cannot see why there would be a significant market for
Linux on the A1 given that the main focus of Linux is the x86
platform, which - because of sheer sales volumes - will always be an
order of magnitude cheaper than a ppc-based product.
Hope this helps
Alan
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Posted by muffin on 25-Jul-2002 21:09 GMT | In reply to Comment 61 (Anonymous): >>Before claiming that someone else is wrong you should check your facts
not wrong, only quite wrong :)
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/_amiga/news_000304.html
"confident we can complete the Amiga and Linux versions by the end of Q2 2000"
hmm yes but this is the following announcement...
"29-April-2000:
The first SiN progress update by Peter Annuss, including Amiga screenshots!"
And...
"27-August-2000: SiN development approaching final phase.
Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that closed beta-testing of the Linux port of Ritual's acclaimed 3D techno-thriller "SiN" is about to start with the full game expected to go gold end of September 2000.
Binaries will be available for both x86 and PPC based Linux systems.
Meanwhile the Amiga version has entered the Alpha stage with release anticipated early Q4/2000."
from "http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/_amiga/index.html"
you can not exclude that...can you?
>>http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/_amiga/news_000507.html
>>"Release is expected during Q3 of 2000."
ok i missed that one but still "expected"
>>It's not productive to believe in fairy tales. Your cynical stance on release >>dates is very sensible.
am i???
"I allways expect delays...better safe than sorry :)"
why not do as i.. don't expect anything to be on schedule :) |
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