[News] Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 | ANN.lu |
Posted on 18-Jul-2004 12:20 GMT by Jens Schönfeld | 469 comments View flat View list |
During the first months of this year, we were totally surprised by the overwhelming demand for Catweasel MK3. All stock has been sold, and even our retail partners do not have anything left in stock. The demand was so high that one controller even went for more than 150,- EUR on eBay!
Unfortunately, it turned out that a new production run of the existing MK3-design cannot be done for reasonable prices, so a re-design became necessary. The new controller is now in the first stage before mass production, so we're confident to be able to show the first controllers at the Amiwest show on july 24th and 25th in Sacramento, Califoria.
Many improvements have been made compared to the Catweasel MK3 that can be summarized under the headline "bigger, better, faster".
The changes in detail
The most obvious change is the size of the card: With only 2.5 inch (63.5mm) height, it complies with the low-profile PCI standard that not only fits into any normal computer case, but also in flat models that are so famous among so-called "case-modders". The Flipper-interface will not be continued. Those who need a Catweasel for their classic Amiga can use the Catweasel Z-II S-Class, which is still availble.
Improvements on the floppy controller
Kylwalda built in
While the old Catweasel models always had their own floppy drives that were installed in addition to the existing controller and drives, the MK4 has the option of using the existing diskdrives. After the machine has started, th drives can be used just like before, and after the drivers have been loaded, the Catweasel can take control of these drives when necessary. This is especially useful for smaller cases with fewer drive bays.
We already addressed this problem earlier with an additional product called 'Kylwalda'.
Suppot for auto-eject drives
These drives without eject-button are well-known from Macintosh computers, and they're now fully supported by the Catweasel. You can also mix floppy types, one with an eject-button, and another from the Macintosh world on the same cable.
Hard-sectored disks supported
This kind of 5.25 and 8 inch disks were already readable with the previous Catweasel models, but writing was only possible with a high software effort, and it required a realtime operating system. This effort is not necessary any more with the new controller, because new options allow complete support of these disk types in hardware.
dual-ported memory
Contrary to it's predecessors, the new Catweasel MK4 can pass the data that it is currently reading from a disk to the computer while the read access is running. This allows realtime emulation, and errorfree function of copy-protected software on emulators.
more flexible read- and write operations
In addition to working on whole tracks, which made all previous Catweasel models so flexible, tracks can now also be accesed in part very precisely. Should this become necessary for compatibility or speed reasons, the Catweasel MK4 is perfectly prepared.
extensive timer-functions
Although most operating systems already offer timer-functions in software, you cannot always rely on them. The most recent example are the timing-problems that occur with Hyperthreading-processors and Windows operating systems. Since all timers are running independantly in the hardware of the Catweasel MK4, nothing can go wrong in this regard.
all events can trigger an interrupt (IRQ)
Together with the hardware-timer functions, this is the best solution for multitasking operating systems. The driver software does not have to check regularly if the controller needs attention, which reduces the processor load.
Improvements on the keyboard interface
In addition to Amiga-keyboards, PS/2 devices can now also be connected. Not only keyboards, but also PS/2 mice are supported. The keyboard controller can now trigger IRQs, and for those customers who want to continue using their favourite combination of PS/2 mouse and keyboard on USB-only computers, the Catweasel MK4 has two connectors of this kind.
Improvements on the joystick ports
Amiga mice supported in hardware
Amiga mice only have minimal electronics that always pass the movements of the device to the computer in realtime. Classic Amiga computers have hardware-support for interpretation of these signals in the chipset, and this support has now been added to the Catweasel. Theoretically, using Amiga mice was already possible with the Catweasel MK3, but this required a software effort that was not justifiable. With the new hardware, the software effort is reduced to a minimum.
every signal can be programmed as output
The digital joystick ports of the 8-bit computers of the 80s were mostly usable in two directions, they were not only inputs, but also programmable as data outputs. We're following this tradition, and also present this possibility for the Catweasel MK4.
compatible with CD32 pads
The game controllers of the Amiga CD32 can now also be used on the Catweasel. A special capability of the classic Amigas (and therefore also of the CD32) made these pads exclusive for this computer, if connected to other computers, not all buttons of the pad could be used. Technically speaking: Even the potentiometer-pins of the digital joystick ports can be programmed as outputs on the Catweasel MK4.
Improvements on the SID audio part
DC-DC converter eliminates noise
On the Catweasel MK3, it was possible that noises from 3D-graphics cards or high-speed harddrives were coupled into the 12V-power supply of the SID audio part. This cannot happen any more on the Catweasel MK4, because a DC-DC converter is an insuperable obstacle for such noises.
cycle-exact control
In addition to the known programming that's compatible with the Catweasel MK3, the MK4 has a sophisticated script-language for SID control. This lets the programmer define the exact time for data that's being written into the SID chips. To make sample playback sound exactly like on a real C64, the data rate to the SID chip must be kept at a constant rate. This is accomplished with Fifo memory that's big enough to maintain the datarate even under high processor load conditions.
Digiboost for new SID versions
As opposed to the 'classic SID' 6581, the newer SID-chips 8580 and 6582 cannot playback samples any more. This option, which is also called 'the fourth voice', is replaced by two sigma-delta converters on the Catweasel MK4, so the fourth channel is also audible with the newer SID versions. Since the filter properties and the sound of mixed waveforms of all SID versions have their supporters, this should make the decision for the right chip a little easier.
Filter capacitors selectable
Commodore has defined three different capacitor values for the filters of the SIDs during the years that this chip has been produced. The result was that the same chip sounded differently if used in different computers. To bring the sound as close as possible to what you are used to, the filter capacitors can be chosen with a few jumpers.
precise clocking
The Catweasel MK3 used the commodore-chip 8701 to recreate the exact same clock. Since our stock of this chip is empty with the Catweasel MK3 being sold out, we have cloned it on the main logic chip of the Catweasel MK4: The exact base frequency is generated with crystals that have been made especially for us. By division and multiplication according to the specifications of the C64 schematics from 1982, we managed to replace the 8701, which is not made any more. Even the slight difference between PAL and NTSC computers is software-selectable!
two SIDs for stereo sound
You'll have twice the SID pleaseure after installing a second SID chip. Every SID has it's own selection of filter capacitors, and SIDs of all versions can be mixed.
Technology improvements
compatible with 3.3V and 5V PCI slots
Even though PC boards with 3.3V PCI slots are not yet widely available, the Catweasel is prepared for it. The roadmap of the PCI special interst group plans to abandon 5V PCI slots within forseeable time, and the Catweasel is perfectly suited for that date. Local generation of the 3.3V power also ensures proper function on early PCI motherboards that do not comply with the ATX standard.
two DMA interfaces
In addition to processor-based data transfer, the Catweasel MK4 can excahnge data with the main system through two low-speed DMA channels: The first goes throught he PCI slot, and it has a capacity of about 8K per second and direction. The second uses the direct connection to the onboard-floppy controller, and the speed is up to 100K per second.
low power consumption
The Catweasel MK4 makes use of the latest FPGA technology with 2.5V core voltage. This reduces the power consumption of the new controller to a fraction of what the Catweasel MK3 used. This also reduces heat generation a lot.
re-configurable logic
The FPGA on the Catweasel MK4 is completely re-configurable by the drivers. This means that a hardware update can be done through the internet! Should we find a disk format that cannot be handled with the current hardware, the core of the Catweasel can be 're-wired' to address the problem. The controller doesn't even have to be taken out of the computer for ths update!
drivers for many operating systems
The Catweasel MK4 is delivered with drivers for Windows 98(se)/ME/XP/2000, Amiga OS4, and for Mac OS X at a later date. MorphOS drivers are available for a surcharge.
The Catweasel MK4 will be available starting october 2004.
The target retail price is 99,- EUR.
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:45 GMT | In reply to Comment 240 (Adam Waldenberg): I think you're mistaking people here, charging extra money for drivers isn't stealing, and not offering support on a no longer supported platform isn't stealing neighter. |
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Posted by Paul Gadd on 20-Jul-2004 09:47 GMT | In reply to Comment 185 (Jens Schönfeld): > However, that invoice is only for 36 square meters, so they *do* owe me money
What a shame, my heart bleeds for you.
Good work Bill. |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:47 GMT | In reply to Comment 251 (Amon_Re): And it seems you didnt read my other posts either... That's not what it's about. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:48 GMT | In reply to Comment 244 (Adam Waldenberg): The board works, but not on your hardware, tough luck, replace your pegasos board with a machine that's compatable with the catweazel.
Geez, Nokia must've stolen my money too when they delivered me a datacable that wasn't compatable with my USB host controller, i shouldn't have bought that new USB2 controller, i should have been whining like an idiot on a public forum!
I already agreed that the situation could have been handled better, but judging from your posts your original mail probably wasn't very friendly neighter |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:50 GMT | In reply to Comment 251 (Amon_Re): And yes.. If you say a specific hardware will be supported and then dont support it anymore and it doesn't work that's basically stealing. I bought his damn card to use it in my pegasos... Nothing else... |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:51 GMT | In reply to Comment 249 (Adam Waldenberg): If that's stealing then i'm the pope |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:54 GMT | In reply to Comment 255 (Adam Waldenberg): Read comment 254.
The board does work on the pegasos, albeit the ArticiaS variety without April (if i remember correctly, someone mentioned it earlier on) and it works on MOS on that version of the pegasos, if it doesn't work anymore on the pegasos 2, that's out of his hands, and he owns you nothing. It's as simple as that, live with it. |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:54 GMT | In reply to Comment 256 (Amon_Re): Well after all.. MorphOS/Pegasos was supposed to be supported properly... I wouldn't have bought it otherwhise ... |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:54 GMT | In reply to Comment 252 (Paul Gadd): What's your problem? |
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Posted by Ketzer on 20-Jul-2004 09:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 249 (Adam Waldenberg): You ordered and received a product. You received drivers and support after buying it (you said). You dont even know if it was advertised for your platform in the first place. And then you claim its stealing because the support has been discontinued, or because support wont cover a different hardware and/or newer release of your os? And you say *I* need a reality check??? |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:57 GMT | In reply to Comment 257 (Amon_Re): And read one of my other comments... It has nothing to do with the pegasos2 ... As long as he supports morphos it will work ... I think there might be a firmware problem on the pegasos2 ... Or that there is a bug in openpci.library... I really hate repeating myself. That's not the only thing being the problem here... It's also the kind of support I got when I actually emailed Jens... Has to be the worst I have ever seen, i'm sorry to say. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:57 GMT | In reply to Comment 258 (Adam Waldenberg): Read comment 254, it describes exactly what happened to you, with other hardware, guess what, it's been over a year, and their current drivers still don't work with my usb host controller, and oh my god, the only requirement according to Nokia WAS an USB port!
Shit happens, you bought a card for pegasos, you received a card, too bad, the card doesn't work on the pegasos 2, oh well, better sell it to someone who can use it |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 260 (Ketzer): It was.. Jens said so ;) ... And thats not the only issue here either. |
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Posted by gary_c on 20-Jul-2004 09:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 104 (JKD): P.S. This is where Phoenix step in with a loaner board :-D (Which is a nice idea, but it seems production runs of Peg2 are too small for this kind of activity right now...Dave?)
I can't speak for Dave (I guess you mean greenboy ;-) ), but I understand supply-and-demand and cost concerns are making it hard to offer Phreeboards right now. Of course this is the kind of situation that the Phreeboard program was intended to address, so maybe something could happen down the road, if the bridges aren't already burned. I hope whatever decision Jens makes about supporting the Pegasos will be made with the whole userbase in mind and not just in reaction to the statements of a few outspoken people here. I imagine most Pegasos users understand the need to pay for drivers, if the cost is real and not "punitive".
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 09:59 GMT | In reply to Comment 261 (Adam Waldenberg): Problem with the firmware? OpenPCi.lib problem? Well, go bark to those guys then! He didn't design the pegasos, nor did he write that library.
As for your support, i already agreed that it could have been handled better/differently |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 09:59 GMT | In reply to Comment 262 (Amon_Re): Maybe your USB host controller is fucked up? ... It's not nokias fault... Pegasos2 works well.. And I can assure you that if you call Nokia they will try to help you. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:01 GMT | In reply to Comment 263 (Adam Waldenberg): Hey, MOS was supported, you just had bad luck that the combination MOS/PEG2/Catweasel don't work, for what could very well be reasons beyond his control, so yes, you are barking at the wrong tree |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:01 GMT | In reply to Comment 265 (Amon_Re): Well.. If he would have helped me analyze it properly I wouldn't have had a problem at all ... Because then there would still have been support .. Wouldn't it? That's what the whole thing comes down to. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:03 GMT | In reply to Comment 266 (Adam Waldenberg): I did call Nokia, their awnser was "we don't know", and the same host controller on another motherboard brand had the same problem, while an intel based controller worked fine, so no, the problem wasn't a bad controller, but an imcompability, these things happen, i went out & bought compatable hardware, it cost me 30 bucks or something in those days, but did i whine? Nope, i sucked it up & went on with my life. |
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Posted by Paul Gadd on 20-Jul-2004 10:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 259 (Amon_Re): I have no problem, Schönfeld got what he truly deserved and i for one thank Bill Buck for doing so.
If Schönfeld wants to keep playing games then so be it. if he gets butned along the way then tough shit, he asks for it. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 268 (Adam Waldenberg): How could he have helped you analize it? He doesn't own the hardware |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:05 GMT | In reply to Comment 270 (Paul Gadd): You need to get your head examined, Bill Buck is screwing people over left right & in the center and you cheer for that guy? Hello? Is there a sence of decency or morals in that brain of yours? |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:06 GMT | In reply to Comment 267 (Amon_Re): Anyway .. Unlike you I don't have any time to troll around and flame on public forums ... My point is Jens has handled the matter TOTALLY wrong. Users that liked and wanted his hardware had to pay for his "fight" with Bill Buck. Thats totally unethical and crooked. I hope people don't support him. Period.
I have bought several products from Jens in the past, and he has always been supportive... But after the fight with Bill he just brushed me of like a fly when I tried to get help from him. Naturally im frustrated and regret ever buying the damn card. You would have been too.
Over and out. |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:07 GMT | In reply to Comment 272 (Amon_Re): Jens isn't any different. Atleast Bill Buck didn't do anything to me. |
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Posted by Jens Schönfeld on 20-Jul-2004 10:08 GMT | In reply to Comment 244 (Adam Waldenberg): That's not correct. As I already pointed out yesterday, I have not advertised the card as MorphOS compatible lately. You said yourself that you just recently bought the card.
I can totally relate to feelings like "I should have waited, that would have given me the new model", but your points are null. You bought the card for something that it isn't, and if you would have asked, I would have told you that MorphOS support for the MK3 will not be continued.
If your reseller gave you the wrong information, it's not my problem. I'm sure he'll be happy to refund your money. JUST QUIT claiming I stole something from you. It was *you* who made the mistake. If you buy a sports car and try to go off-road, it's not the dealer's fault.
Jens Schönfeld |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:12 GMT | In reply to Comment 273 (Adam Waldenberg): It still doesn't equal too stealing, disapointing perhaps (i don't know the full background) but nothing illegal |
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Posted by Anonymous on 20-Jul-2004 10:13 GMT | In reply to Comment 250 (Amon_Re): So if you are able to read german... here it is.
And here a quick and dirty translation of the relevant part, there was some talk about the Aachen Issue before.
"It looks like they still refuse to pay and as a Countermove, i have to make all Morph OS Drivers costly to keep my losses in Balance. I think, that everyone would like to pay 15,- Eur extra for Delfina Drivers or Catweasel MK3 Drivers, right?"
Interesting as a sidenote, Thomas Knäbel posted also to this Thread to clarify some things.
And Jens was never this nice guy everyone is saying now. As a fact, he stole a competitors web domain to back up his demand, there was also a time where is said that the Pegasos April 2 Fix is the only way to make the Articia working, Peg is the better Hardware and so on.. Now he is on the oposite.. Well thats fine, but at least he does more and more to bring troubles up again and again.
He did know what will happen when he is going to demand money for the MOS drivers, because everyone knows the real reason behind it. He behaves like a child and really, i am glad to be no longer a customer of such a person. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:14 GMT | In reply to Comment 274 (Adam Waldenberg): You bought a card, you were delivered a card.
End of discussion, Jens did not cheat you out of any money, you keep on hammering on the support & drivers etc, but the drivers were available, so he did deliver everything he legally had too.
You can't compare this situation with things BBRV pulled off (or Ainc for that matter) |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:16 GMT | In reply to Comment 275 (Jens Schönfeld): As other people have said; You seem to have excuses for everything, don't you? In my eyes it quite obvious.
Anyway; You released a half working driver right at about the same time I bought my board. But it's still bugged... Doesn't work at all on pegasos2 and only so-so on pegasos1. You dropped the support some time after that .. And here I am with a half-working/non-working card. So NO ... At the time you WERE supporting MorphOS. So you would have said yes... Just as you advertized ;). |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:19 GMT | In reply to Comment 276 (Amon_Re): It's illegal. It's false marketing. Atleast in Sweden. |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:20 GMT | In reply to Comment 277 (Anonymous): Your translation is a little off, he basicly said that the Aachen event will be leaving him with financial losses if some big exibitioner doesn't pay up.
The rest sounds about right, is it ethical or moral of him? I don't know, i can understand the need to charge extra for the drivers (wether it be AOS or MOS, that's not even the issue to me), wether or not it is motivated by ulterior motives, i don't know.
The other points you raised are new to me |
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Posted by Paul Gadd on 20-Jul-2004 10:20 GMT | In reply to Comment 272 (Amon_Re): So? My comment is about Bill Buck screwing a person who deserved it (Jens), i do not care about his other dodgy activites. |
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Posted by Graham_NLI on 20-Jul-2004 10:20 GMT | In reply to Comment 240 (Adam Waldenberg): if he stole your money, contact the police.
Or stop using the incorrect word. You could have sent the card back to where you got it from, most EU countries have laws allowing you to do that.
It was your fault for not researching the card before buying it. |
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Posted by Jens Schönfeld on 20-Jul-2004 10:20 GMT | In reply to Comment 273 (Adam Waldenberg): To Adam Waldberg:
I have checked my records. You have bought the card in april 2003.
1. You wrote an eMail to me because you could not find the drivers on my website.
2. I wrote back with the direct links
3. You wrote back with "thanks", and reported that it works. Asked a few detail questions that do not belong here.
14 MONTHS LATER:
You're writing that you have problems with the Catweasel MK3 on a new mainboard (Peg2) with a new OS (MorphOS 1.4).
Clearly, you bought the board for something that I advertised, and you wrote back to me that it works fine. YOU EVEN CONFIRMED THAT READING WORKS ON YOUR PEG2!
Man, you need some serious help. Go to some other company and tell them that their Win98 product does not work on Win2000 (like my Mustec scanner) and call them thiefs. Seriously, you're lucky that you're not in Germany, because what you're doing is a crime: Telling lies with the aim of harming someone's business is called "Geschäftsschädigung" and can be fined on top of the financial damage you're causing.
My records of your own eMails show that we did a perfectly good and legal deal. If you feel that the incompatibility to a product that did not exist at the time of your purchase is my fault, you should go back to school and learn about logic.
Jens Schönfeld |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:22 GMT | In reply to Comment 278 (Amon_Re): Why do you keep pulling Bill Buck into this? He never did me anything... What did he do to you? |
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Posted by Amon_Re on 20-Jul-2004 10:22 GMT | In reply to Comment 280 (Adam Waldenberg): Maybe i should sue Nokia then...
Were there, or were there not drivers for your platform?
Yes there were.
Do these drivers work on MOS, according to earlier posts, yes
There, he did what was legally expected of him |
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Posted by Terry on 20-Jul-2004 10:24 GMT | In reply to Comment 284 (Jens Schönfeld): Been killing any Jews lately? |
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Posted by Graham_NLI on 20-Jul-2004 10:27 GMT | In reply to Comment 261 (Adam Waldenberg): "I think there might be a firmware problem on the pegasos2 ... Or that there is a bug in openpci.library..."
And you are bitching at Jens for a problem with your Pegasos 2 or MorphOS.
Sheesh. Get a grip. |
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Posted by Graham_NLI on 20-Jul-2004 10:30 GMT | In reply to Comment 270 (Paul Gadd): You really are scum. Saying theft is acceptable from someone that tried to be accommodating to Bill Buck and then got burnt because of it and making a decision to leave that company and marketplace out of his life to avoid getting burnt again. |
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Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:34 GMT | In reply to Comment 284 (Jens Schönfeld): Oh please. It's quite fucking obvious.. And no . the drivers didn't work properly even on MorphOS 1.4+ with Pegasos1... Units would get stuck without the ability to dismount them etc, forcing a reboot if you even wanted to insert another floppy disk, and so on. Anyway .. My girlfriend is a lawyer, and what you have done is illegal. You brushed me off and told me to sell the card on ebay... Is that what a serious company would do? ;) ... Sorry, but this can't be right.
You are the one that started talking about fraud and the likes. |
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Posted by Anonymous on 20-Jul-2004 10:34 GMT | In reply to Comment 281 (Amon_Re): Perhaps I should have posted the whole thread link, than it would have been quite clear who the big exhibitioner was. Once again, my point was and is, he is using his status for making troubles against the MorphOS Users, because he had Troubles with BBRV. (Which is btw not really solved, he admited that he was payed, but not that what he expected.)
The story which is "new" to you was the disaster with VMC. They had troubles and Jens decided he cna just steal VMC`s Domain to backing up his demand. Also his claims about the Peg beeing a superior Hardware could be found on A-News. Funny enough, after Aachen he stated the oposite... Also nice where his atacks against unemployed people. Really some nice lecture on A-news, and it paints a pretty clear, not so nice picture of Jens Schönfeld. |
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Posted by Mark on 20-Jul-2004 10:35 GMT | In reply to Comment 289 (Graham_NLI): Jens is not the innocent victim you are making him out to be. |
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Posted by Ketzer on 20-Jul-2004 10:43 GMT | In reply to Comment 290 (Adam Waldenberg): Sue him or get lost :-P |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 294 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Graham_NLI on 20-Jul-2004 10:46 GMT | In reply to Comment 290 (Adam Waldenberg): Yeah, and your e-mail stating that it worked fine would go into court and it would be hard evidence against your word.
The drivers were for the Pegasos hardware that Jens had at the time. A Pegasos with presumably an older version of MorphOS. They were written to run on top of the MorphOS OpenPCI.library ... which has clearly changed when the hardware changed and stopped the product from working. I'm sure that the MorphOS OpenPCI library wasn't changed to stop the product working after BBRV failed to pay in full what he owed Jens, and they fell out. That would just be petty, right?
You should have just returned the card to your dealer (you paid the dealer, not Jens, how can that be 'stealing'?) and got a refund.
Fact is, hardware like this is done more as a hobby in the current Amiga market than as a real business. That means that if someone decides that they don't want to support a hardware variant for whatever reason, they can. In this case, it is because of certain people involved with the Pegasos that caused Jens to get rid of his Pegasos hardware and hence he can't write drivers for the board. Maybe if someone hadn't come out and started accusing him of being a racist thief in this thread, he would have been willing to give the hardware specs under NDA to someone to write drivers for the Pegasos ... but all it has done is make him realise how correct his decision to drop that entire product line was. |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 295 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 294 (Graham_NLI): Nothing changes for openPCI afaik ... The adresses are mapped by the OF. And when I replied to jens that it worked.. It was MOUNTING the units. .. As it was clearly what we discussed if looking on the emails.
I always had some problems with the driver from day one.. And I waited eagerly for an update that never came..... |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 296 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by priest on 20-Jul-2004 10:49 GMT | In reply to Comment 277 (Anonymous): Someone from the blue camp need to shut your kind of idiots for good before further damage is done. |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 297 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Jens Schönfeld on 20-Jul-2004 10:50 GMT | In reply to Comment 290 (Adam Waldenberg): Dare to explain why you never reported the problems?
There's a 14-month gap in our eMail communication. Ever since you reported that it works on april 15th, 2003, there's no eMail from you.
I must assume that you're inventing these problems to backup your lies. I can only repeat what others said here: If I have stolen something from you, go to the policce. I'll be at next year's AmiGBG, that means you don't even have to go international for any legal actions against me. Just approach me with a policeman who is willing to arrest me for not predicting the future.
Jens Schönfeld |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 298 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Adam Waldenberg on 20-Jul-2004 10:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 297 (Jens Schönfeld): Don't be silly... Wasn't it a common problem? .. I know everyone else I talked to had basically the very same troubles... So I pressume you allready knew about it?
In any case, if you didn't you do now. Time to update it and make the working driver you said was going to be available. |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 299 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Anonymous on 20-Jul-2004 10:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 296 (priest): if you are able to read german, do so. Otherwise, simply shut up!
It is all there, you have just to find and read it. |
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Announcement: Technical data of the new Catweasel MK4 : Comment 300 of 469 | ANN.lu |
Posted by priest on 20-Jul-2004 11:11 GMT | In reply to Comment 299 (Anonymous): Jens got screwd, not BBRV. So Jens is the bad guy by trying to save his business (without punishing AOS users), right.
Polyhead summarized this @ moobunny:
"In the end what does the guy have to offer genesi? Nothing, not a damn thing. You know he keeps saying he'll shut up if they just give him the money.. so what jens.. really.. nobody really gives a shit what some amiga dork has to say. In the end genesi aren't handing money over because he isn't much of a threat... so he drives away some amiga users from the platform.. that can only be a good thing, as amiga users is the last people they want buying pegasos anyway."
Genesi seem to have got from our community what they needed (load of users/betatesters and developers).
Ok, next: Is it possible to get ANN back to a Amiga users & the community. |
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