So, where was "X" at AmiWest?

[jorkany]

Talking about Xena, Xorro, and SMP demonstrations on the X1000. Any video footage, pictures or write-ups on demonstrations of "The Power of X"? Did any scientific users take note?

[jorkany]

None at all?

Wow, over a year and a half even I would have expected something, even if it was just a board plugged into the Xorro slot with blinking LEDs. I guess everyone is too busy chasing the new carrot to care.

[jorkany]

You clearly haven't been taking your XMOS pills. Let me get you a fix here:
http://www.amigans.net/modules/xforum/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4914&forum=4

Ah, the old carrot tied to a new stick! Now that's innovation!

[jorkany]

there wasn't any discussion of xena/xorro in the presentations, no. however a few of us talked with trevor and steve at the hyperion table about it. i also was able to review the documentation supplied the beta testers which gave me the mechanical spec i needed for xorro and the pin mappings of the connections between pins on the XMOS chip and the GPIO pins on the PA6T. we also discussed application ideas as well.

multi-core support in OS4 was mentioned, although there was no OS4.2 build to try. steve and trevor confirmed the 'first contact' edition shipping later this year will only support core0. OS4.2 should follow soon thereafter supporting the second core.

once RobertB and others are able to post video, you can review them for more ammo, er, info.

-- eliyahu

Thanks for the info!

By the way, you mentioned at one time that a couple of your comrades were interested in buying the X1000 because of the PA6T. Are they getting the Special Editions or waiting?

[jorkany]

This isn't looking so good. Something wrong with the onboard XMOS?

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=34475&forum=33&start=20&viewmode=flat&order=0#634850

Xmos, not much talk of this, still in development? Accessible in Os4 or Linux? - Still in the works. Varisys on optional low cost Xorro card. Details to be provided.

[jorkany]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skateman1972 View Post
For those who might not have seen this video, AmiWest2011 walkthrough :-) and X will be showed as well.

http://www.skateman.nl/2011/12/01/am...-developments/
X1000 photo at the Amiwest Show 2011 --

http://www.dickestel.com/images/expo1022.jpg

Are you both being deliberately obtuse or did you just not understand the topic of the thread?

"X" is not the X1000 - it's the "Power of X", the answer to the question A-eon hyped on their website "What is X"? It refers to the components on the X1000 motherboard that are supposed to distinguish it from other OS4 supported hardware. The XMOS processor "Xena", the proprietary Xorro bus, and to a certain extent the multiple cores of the PA6T. None of these are supported by OS4 and have never been demonstrated.

It's funny how the OS4 community having found that these components are not supported by OS4 and will not be supported anytime soon are now trying to downplay "X", which was the primary selling point of the X1000 and the only thing which distinguishes it from your typical SAM or Eyetech A1. Basically the people who got hyped into this thing are paying $3000+ for a somewhat faster single CPU system - and that's it. For that kind of money the unique distinguishing features of the X1000 should be supported, nevermind the standard onboard components which are also not supported by OS4.