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[News] ELBOX authorised by IBMANN.lu
Posted on 24-Nov-2000 05:51 GMT by Christian Kemp19 comments
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Mariusz Wloczysiak writes: We are proud to announce that Elbox Computer was authorised by IBM Corporation, New York, USA, to use the PowerPC Logo Trademark for the newest Elbox product for Amiga computers. SharkPPC G3/G4 PowerPC card for MEDIATOR PCI 1200/3000/4000. International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation is the sole owner of the PowerPC logo trademark world-wide.

The products marked with the PowerPC logo must meet the applicable PowerPC criteria established by IBM.

The PowerPC logo designating the product means it is of the highest quality and professional integrity and guarantees that it meets or exceeds the applicable industry standards.

Quality standards imposed by IBM include inspection of finished products marked with the PowerPC logo, production processes and manufacturing facilities to ensure the highest standards are coherently maintained.

Here are the specifications of the SharkPPC cards marked with the IBM-licensed PowerPC logo:

SharkPPC G3/G4 750@550MHz

  • PowerPC750@550MHz
  • 256KB@550MHz L2 Cache
  • 22.4 SPECint95
  • 13.3 SPECfp95
  • 1276 DMIPS
  • PCI interface 66 MHz
  • Two sockets for up to 1 GB SDRAM memory
SharkPPC G3/G4 750@400MHz
  • PowerPC750@400MHz
  • 256KB@400MHz L2 Cache
  • 17.4 SPECint95
  • 11.7 SPECfp95
  • 928 DMIPS
  • PCI interface 66 MHz
  • Two sockets for up to 1 GB SDRAM memory
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 1 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by db on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
hurrah!!. Finally a amiga comapny recognized by a multi- millionaire company.
p.s Still waiting.(hope its a good as its says it is?)
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 2 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by m0ns00n on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
This sounds interesting. If the final price is nice to my wallet, I'll reach out for one! ;)
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 3 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Henrik Mikael Kristensen on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
This is very nice, but it will be worthless to me, if I can't use it as an AmigaOne expansion.
I guess, I'll have to wait and see until the Eyetech expansion hits the market...
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 4 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Frank on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Henrik Mikael Kristensen):
As long as they don't announce what software it will be running, this is nothing but propaganda to sell Mediator PCI boards.
It's quite easy to get a logo license, just look at http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/powerpc/trademark.html and you will find that you simply need to build a product based on PowerPC. Even the AmiJoe board or this old Escena cards could get a license probably ....
This is a good marketing move but says nothing about the quality of the product.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 5 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Ade on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
This is fascinating, great news i'm sure, but could they please sort
out the p96 mess first! It is perhaps a tad more important as you
can't buy the damn PPC cards yet.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 6 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Chris on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Frank):
Frank, you are working for DCE now.
Please write why DCE does not have such a licence if it is as easy as you said.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 7 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Ben Yoris on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
I don't care even if they put an Intel Inside sticker on it!
I just want to know :
- which software solution it uses
- the price/availability
- if I'll be able to get rid of my BlizzardPPC or not
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 8 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Olivier Fabre on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Ade):
Yep, what I'm waiting for is a press release saying "we signed a deal with the P96 team" and another "we signed a deal with H&P for WarpOS to run on the SharkPPC". An IBM agreement is nice, but I don't really care about it...
Because without real P96 (or CGX) drivers or without WarpOS, there won't be any (commercial) game working on SharkPPC. Nor many apps..
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 9 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by CCRider on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
Oh, very cute and stuff but... BAH!
Better if they first put an end in P96 "soap-opera".
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 10 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Ville Sarell on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (CCRider):
I agree. Really don't know why they won't settle the P96 issue properly. The fancy IBM etc licenses won't make us forget the real problem here.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 11 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Richard Brooklyn on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Ben Yoris):
>I just want to know :
>- which software solution it uses
>- the price/availability
>- if I'll be able to get rid of my BlizzardPPC or not
You don't want to get rid of your Blizzard just yet. According to
Elbox, you can use your current processor upgrade along-side the
Shark.
The lack of any software soultion at this stage is a bit of a worry
though.
Richard.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 12 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Frank on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Chris):
>Frank, you are working for DCE now.
>Please write why DCE does not have such a licence if it is as easy as you said.
I'm just doing contract work. Everything I say here is my personal opinion and does not reflect any company opinion.
I don't know if DCE has or phase5 had such a license but if they ever had, this wouldn't/hadn't change(d) or improve(d) the product ....
At least they have a CE logo and I know that CE tests are more expensive than sending a letter to IBM :)
It's ok if Elbox wants to celebrate in public that they got a piece of paper that allows them to put a logo on something but I would be more impressed by a working hardware running Amiga software. Let's wait and see if they can show something at the WoA show in Cologne.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 13 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Ben Yoris on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Richard Brooklyn):
But I want to get rid of my Blizzard !
I don't want to have 2 PPC in my machine : it's nonsense !
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 14 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Ralph on 23-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (Ben Yoris):
You already have two Motorola CPUs working in your Amiga (68k and 603e). Why not
add a third one? As long as the software makes use of such a combination... ;-)
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 15 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Dee on 24-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Frank):
ohh really....
now why would I go out and purchase a G-Rex board if DCE dont even support the products they produce. Fact is I rather support Elbox products as they support the customer.
I would never ever purchase a DCE hardware product again, that is why I sold my CS PPC, because if it did break, DCE can't guarantee they would fix it. As per all the posts in comp.sys.amiga.misc and everyone complaining about them.
Do you think anyone in there right mind would purchase a product from DCE?, they have a bad reputation. DCE has to get there act together first before releasing products they can't support and guarantee to fix.
DCE shouldn't even have CE, with all there product's frying, maybe I should right a letter to them and ask why DCE should have CE for many products that have fried?
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 16 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by victor # on 24-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
"SharkPPC G3/G4 750@550MHz"... Well, the 750 is a G3, not a G4, is it?
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 17 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
Elbox is proud to announce the release of its first software only application "Rippit"tm. "It is an all in one solution!" Mariusz Wloczysiak of Elbox said, "It helps you to design revolutionary hardware projects".
But that is not all. "Rippit"tm is THE solution to the socalled driver issue: It searches the whole internet for driver software from authors who definitely won't be able to afford suing your own company, reverse-engineers their code, and guides you through the complicated process of adapting your own driver.
"But it doesn't stop there!" Mariusz Wloczysiak hastens to add, "The most useful thing (and our personal favourite here at Elbox!) is the innovative "hype"tm feature (patent pending)" Hype is your personal assistant and can automatically issue press releases that a) attack competitors b) blame the fault and the intellectual fraud on the original authors (very wicked) and c) describe the process of filling out a webpage at IBM as a massive marketing agreement! "It is a real life saver, we use it all the time!" Mariusz Wloczysiak explains.
"Rippit"tm will be available via mail order directly from Elbox at about 80US$.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 18 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Amifan on 24-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Anonymous):
But DCE strikes back, they just signed up an "EXLUSIVE DEAL WITH AMIGA INC". Read the pressrelease below:
DCE gets exclusive rights to publish AmigaOS software/drivers
Today, Amiga Inc and DCE Computer Service signed an exclusive contract about the use of current "AmigaOS software".
This contract guarantees the immediate availability and the best support a user can get for the current range of powerful amiga software in conjunction with all currently available ppc accelerators of the Blizzard- and CyberStorm series.
Only DCE software/drivers are allowed to be executed on AmigaOS3.x (including the latest release of AmigaOS3.9)!!
<snip>
As a final note, the just released Rippit(tm) versions that are probably develivered with the Mediator hardware are in no way authorized or licensed by AmigaInc, and may therefore not be used or distributed.
ELBOX authorised by IBM : Comment 19 of 19ANN.lu
Posted by Kolbjørn Barmen on 24-Nov-2000 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Ralph):
Dont forget the 020! :)
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