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10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« on: May 23, 2003, 02:34:52 AM »
Since the '10 questions' thing is in style lately, how about we ask MAI, the developers of AmigaOne/LinuxOne/Teron motherboards, 10 questions? :-D

Anyone have ideas for questions to ask MAI?




 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2003, 02:35:42 AM »
I'd like to ask them what they think of the original Amigas like the A1200. :-D

 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2003, 03:59:39 AM »
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I'd like to ask them what they think of the original Amigas like the A1200. :-D



Yer :)

What CPUs does the Terron PX support.

Do they have any plans to support the PPC970 from IBM?

Also so imformation on their chips for the terroinPX would be interesting. Liike the south bridge and/or the north bridge chips (i have no idea what im talking about here except i know  these chiips are important). And how they differ from the TerroCX chips?

O yer, timeline for the TerronPX!! Like when it'll be released :)
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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2003, 04:03:17 AM »
what do you the 'designers' of the AmigaOne have to say about the bugs reported in the articia by other buyers??? ...
 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2003, 09:02:40 AM »
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O yer, timeline for the TerronPX!! Like when it'll be released :)

Errrmmm... like the AmigaOne XE I'm typing this on or do you want to buy a Teron PX direct from MAI?  I don't recall the release date, but it was some time ago now!

Also, I'm very glad it's an "AmigaOne XE" rather a "Teron PX".  If it were a Teron PX, I'd be SERIOUSLY in debt right now (go on, take a look at MAI's website and see what they're charging for one)

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2003, 09:09:29 AM »
@Mips

Putting "designers" in quotes suggests you are being sarcastic, like the A1 did not get designed.

If you cannot keep stuff like that out, or be aware of the effect it has on asking a question, don't be surprised if you either (a) dont get selected or (b) get a sarcastic answer.
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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2003, 05:50:25 PM »
@meerschaum

What would you ask MAI?

 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2003, 06:05:45 PM »
@DaveP

What would you ask MAI?

 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2003, 06:10:19 PM »
@YttriumOx

What would you ask MAI?

(how about: "Why not call your board the AmigaOneXE instead of TeronPX? ) :-D
 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2003, 06:16:40 PM »
@YttriumOx

Oh no not another one you can't understand the
difference between a evaluation board with full
dev-support and a consumer board.

Ever wondered why the price drops by 1560$
with the 2nd ordered board, or why they don't
give prices for more than 5 boards ?

Hint, everybody who wants to buy a larger quantity
off those boards, can do it under the same terms
as Eyetechs buys them, and can most probraly resell
them somewhat cheaper (no fee for the A1-licence).

But to answer Rodneys question:
The PX uses the same south and northbrigde as the CX,
and therefore has the same limitations, like
only SDR. Slapping a 970 on such a board would
most likely be quite dissapointing
performance-wise, and quite hard to achieve due
to different bus-protocolls.

This would need an ArticiaP with fitting mobo,
but since the P is allready delayed by over
6 months, and there is (logically) no sign of an
enduser-ready mobo for it, I wouldn't hold my
breath for it ...
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2003, 06:24:36 PM »
I would ask them for their side of the story with respect to the now infamous Bill Buck posting on Moobunny and Seehunds commentary on Terrasofts motives for dropping TeronCX from its online store.
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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2003, 06:28:01 PM »
@Rodney

Why ask, what you can read?

http://www.mai.com/products/teron%20px.htm

Northbridge: MAI Articia S

Southbridge: VIA VT82C686B (Could need some better info about it) ;-)
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Henning Nielsen Lund [Denmark]...
 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2003, 06:36:01 PM »
@Henning

What would you ask MAI?

 

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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2003, 06:39:52 PM »
[quote@Henning

What would you ask MAI?[/quote]
If it's ok, then I am going to wait until tomorrow ... I am having an examination tomorrow! :-o
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Re: 10 Questions for MAI, developers of AmigaOne/Teron.
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2003, 06:42:28 PM »
"I would ask them for their side of the story with respect to the now infamous Bill Buck posting on Moobunny..."

I second that.
Are there any bugs in the Articia?

I also second the question about support for the PPC 970
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