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[News] Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversyANN.lu
Posted on 23-Jun-2000 08:12 GMT by Christian Kemp10 comments
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Three different people emailed Metabox and received three different answers as to an estimated time of arrival for the AmiJoe. In the unmoderated section, the following three dates have been posted in this order: At the end of the year, by end of Q3 2000, late 2000 or early 2001.
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 1 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 22-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
Now these f*ckers said that there'll be NO A4000/A3000 version!!!!
What the hell!
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 6 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by BM on 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
Why don't they let the PCI bridge out ?
If they ever will release an AmiJoe, the graphics card that plugs on it will come another 2 years later...
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 4 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by XDelusion on 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
Well I hope when or if they decide to release it, that they drop to price or something to compensate for all these Amiga like delays. :O/
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 5 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by jaeson koszarsky on 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
They should rename their project to AmiJoke.
If you want PPC, go buy one from DCE. The P5
boards are the only ones you're going to get.
Jaeson K.
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 3 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by neil on 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
If any one can't read german go to this site
http://translator.go.com/
then type the address in the space and I use this to see the me@box site
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 2 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Ralph on 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
Under http://212.96.44.74/de/amiga/news.htm there is an official statement in form
of a mini-interview (but only in German). The bug in the Memory/PCI-Bridge is mentioned as
main reason for the delay(s) along with the low priority the AmiJoe project has at Met@box.
and as scheduled release date the end of the year is mentioned as earliest date possible,
more probable is 1st Q/2001.
The big box cards are not finally abandoned, but very improbable. Anyone offering an adapter
for A1200 CPU cards in Big Box Amigas? ;-\ Would also be a possibility for A2000 users to finally
get PPC and a decent (fast) graphic card into their machines...
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 8 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by George on 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
I agree with all the other posts...
This sucks big time. I too have the $$$ set aside for an accelerator...Can't
Haage or Heperion influence one of the remaining hardware manufacturers (DCE
or another company) to release some quicker/updated PPC cards???
Hell, I'd even settle for another 'clunky' Phase 5 DUAL CPU type solution if the
PPC processor was upgraded to at least a G3.
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 9 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by Tony Gore on 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
I gotta admit, I was looking forward to being able to throw a G3 CPU + new PCI daughter board into my A3k desktop for running the new Amiga OS. Now it looks like I'm back to using this PC hardware (which I'd gladly get rid of if I could get the above items!)
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 10 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by jaeson koszarsky on 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (NeRP):
The lowend machines were good & bad for amiga. They established
the largest userbase (compared to the big boxes). Those were
the machines that sold. Unfortunately, this affected the software
side in a bad way. Everything was tied to the lowest model amiga.
On the PC side, software drove people to buy new hardware. But
the amiga side didn't experience that same push.
Economically, I understand why a vendor would release an A1200
accelerator first. that's where the most money is. But guyz like
metabox are just making promise after promise but no one has
anything but vaporware.
Amiga shouldn't be selling any model without an 060 or PPC in it.
Metabox AmiJoe ETA controversy : Comment 7 of 10ANN.lu
Posted by NeRP on 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT
I am PISSED off. I've got money in a seperate bank account for an AMIJOE for my A3000T. People bought A3000T/D's and A4000T/D's because they had money with nothin better to spend it on but their Amigas. The economy machines were the A500/A1200's..... and now us 'big' spenders are getting shafted. SUX!!!
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