Peg II, G4 situation, and QNX port

[gary_c]

A message from bbrv sent to the Phoenix Resellers group (and posted at the Phoenix site), as well as in the MorphOS Shows thread at MorphOS-News.de clarifies the Pegasos II and G4 situation, and also goes into ideas about marketing. It's also mentioned that there's a QNX port in progress for the Pegasos, which is the first time I've heard about that.

-- gary_c

[CodeSmith]

Interesting.  They say they have no working prototype yet (just "samples from Marvell"), but they claim to be able to deliver a working Pegasos II board by September.

Is it just me, or is anyone else thinking "Teron is to AmigaOne as is to Pegasos II"?

[JoannaK]

Have to say.. I was expecting a bit more by this time..  But they have time, but quite little room to manouver around delays/ potential problems..

And yes..  having to use those 'matched pairs' on Pegasos-1 G4 upgrades is an interesting info.. Could explain a lot
 ;-)

[DaveP]

Does this mean no G4 upgrades next week? Oh well, the usual cut and thrust of trying to deliver IT products!

[bbrv]

Here may be some helpful information:

1. 200 Euros is still the price for the upgrade you just need to exchange the mainboard too.  This way we make sure everything works.

2. We have development boards from Marvell.  This testing resolves the final layout issues on the Pegasos II.  Frankly, there is a new layout, but *everything* is not changing.  We will have the first samples next month.

Everything is consistent with what we have said with the exception of selling the G4 CPU alone as we cannot guarentee that it will work.  We are just trying to be responsible.

We will not sell what will not work as it should.  If something does not work we will replace the item directly.  We have demonstrated this through the whole Betatester situation and will in the future for the Pegasos II.

Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill  :-)

[Warface]

25,000 units/month

That is a HUGE amount. (Althought it's the maximum amount possibble) Did I read that right?

[Warface]

We will not sell what will not work as it should. If something does not work we will replace the item directly. We have demonstrated this through the whole Betatester situation and will in the future for the Pegasos II.

I can testify that. My friends board which got damaged during transit has been replaced without questions. This is what I call a service :-)

[takemehomegrandma]

That was a interesting thread indeed! :-)

[greenboy]

I checked into the thread because I saw QNX. I'm stoked about getting to see QNX on the Pegasos. I've talked to Dan Dodge a few times recently, introduced him to BBRV and Genesi, and talked about how to get this rolling.

QNX as a company and as an OS is phenomenal and I'm pleased that this is happening! This will certainly be good for QNX-based companies and OEMs because it opens up the selection of PPC-based boards to them - and for Genesi because some of those companies and developers and OEMs who use QNX for their enterprises and products are REALLY connected and involved in large and interesting work. Embedded, industrial, aerospace, medical, telephony, mobile tech, connectivity ... should be cool for developers too : }

Sorry I didn't remember to mention all that to you, Gary. Oops.

[takemehomegrandma]

@ BBRV

Frankly, there is a new layout, but *everything* is not changing.

(OK, /me trying to sneak some info agan :-D):

It will have DDR and a faster FSB, right? That would cover most of my wants&needs for the Peg2! :-)

[bloodline]

Stuff QNX.... AROS will soon be  the OS of choice on the Peggy :-)

[DeQuevedo]

QNX on the Peggy box? Yum Yum! Interesting!

[amigamad]

 QNX that is good its a nice os just not that many aplications progress is going well  nice to hear things are on scedule. :-)

nice to hear things are on scedule.

and rockin'? ;-)

Hope QNX does hit the Peggy.  I love it more than BeOS, but AmigaOS is still my first love in the OS world.

[dslcc]

I can testify that. My friends board which got damaged during transit has been replaced without questions. This is what I call a service  

And I can second that. My first Peg1 died a painful death in the first 18 hours. They replaced it promptly! I am very impressed with the quality of service I have received from Genesi.  :-D Awesome!  :-D