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Title: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Post by: Elwood on May 21, 2022, 07:12:49 PM

Dear customers,

It was the year 2007 when we introduced our first “baby”, the Sam440ep. Fifteen years ago. We designed and produced the Sam440ep, a lovely mini-itx motherboard that many enjoyed running AmigaOS 4, AROS and Linux.

At that time we, a bunch of mad amigans, resolved to do our best to bring this hardware to life for all the Amiga Community because it was in dire need of a new computer platform to run AmigaOS.

Without the Sam440ep, the future of AmigaOS would have been very difficult.

After all these years, just as the latest batch of Sam460LE is being produced, we choose to release the electrical schematics of the Sam440ep to the community.

We hope many of you will be happy to see one of the first image of our first project.

The ACube Systems team

Sam440ep schematics (https://www.acube-systems.biz/common/file/SAM440EP_revC2.pdf)

Title: Re: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Post by: utri007 on May 22, 2022, 11:01:44 AM

NIce, would this make easier to build new systems based to this?

Title: Sam440ep's electrical schematics released - but why?
Post by: First Ninja on May 22, 2022, 01:02:56 PM

Quote from: Elwood on May 21, 2022, 07:12:49 PM

After all these years, just as the latest batch of Sam460LE is being produced, we choose to release the electrical schematics of the Sam440ep to the community.

While what you're saying does sound generous and useful, I think a lot of people could use some context here. Just what are you hoping that the community will do with the schematics?

Title: Re: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Post by: TribbleSmasher on May 22, 2022, 03:54:59 PM

maybe just a nice gesture, "Right to repair" for instance?

Title: Re: Sam440ep's electrical schematics released - but why?
Post by: Elwood on May 22, 2022, 06:46:19 PM

Quote from: First Ninja on May 22, 2022, 01:02:56 PM

Just what are you hoping that the community will do with the schematics?

I don't hope anything. If someone finds it usefull, then it's already nice enough for me.
I'm not even sure schematics of any big Amiga motherboard like this was released before...

Title: Re: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Post by: AmigaOldskooler on May 22, 2022, 08:50:11 PM

Nice! :-) My Sam440 Flex says hi!  ;D

Title: Re: Sam440ep's electrical schematics released - but why?
Post by: First Ninja on May 22, 2022, 09:53:07 PM

Quote from: Elwood on May 22, 2022, 06:46:19 PM

I don't hope anything. If someone finds it usefull, then it's already nice enough for me.

Thank you for your reply, but again, some context would be nice to better comprehend why you've released the schematics. Useful for what, exactly?

Title: Re: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Post by: Minuous on May 26, 2022, 04:45:43 PM

They would be useful for repair, emulation or reproduction of these machines, for example.