New AmigaOne X1000 Batch & New RadeonHD Driver

[TrevorDick]

Cardiff, 2nd April 2013

New batch of AmigaOne X1000 approved for production

A-EON  Technology is pleased to announce that, due to overwhelming customer  demand, we have commissioned another manufacturing run of AmigaOne X1000  systems with our suppliers. We expect to receive new boards from  Varisys within 8 to 10 weeks.

Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit,  our official distributor commented, "On-going delivery of the AmigaOne  X1000 to customers is progressing. We also have a large backlog of  customers who have already registered their interest and they will be  serviced first from the new manufacturing batch." If you have already  registered your interest you need take no further action as you are  already in the order queue and will be contacted by AmigaKit to confirm  your system specifications as they work through the backorder list. If  you no longer wish to reserve your place please contact AmigaKit to  remove yourself from the list. If you still wish to register your  interest and have not yet done so, please visit the following web link: www.amigakit.com/x1000

 Radeon HD version 1.0 RC1 available for download

A-EON  Technology is pleased to announce that the first Release Candidate of  the RadeonHD driver (Version 1.0 RC1 (0.55) is now available for  download by registered AmigaONE X1000 owners from the A-EON Technology  website.

Registered customers: www.a-eon.com/?page=download&os=amigaos
New customers: www.a-eon.com/radeonhd


The new version fixes a number of minor issues and bugs including:

*  Fixed a bug that could cause minor graphics corruption that occurred on  a few graphics cards when switching between GPU and CPU based rendering  (e.g., the arrow buttons in Directory Opus 4).

* Forces the OS  to wait for the GPU to be idle before a soft reboot so that some Radeon  HD 5xxx cards don't lock up if the soft-reboot occurs while they're  still busy (requiring a hard reset).

* Re-enabled using timer  device for longish delays when switching Screenmodes (no busy waiting  means more CPU time for other tasks). Added a workaround so that this  doesn't prevent soft reboots

* In addition, there have also been minor miscellaneous fixes.

Registered  owners of new AmigaOne 500 and selected Sam460 systems purchased  directly from ACube can also download the driver. If you own multiple  AmigaOS systems you can also purchase additional licences through the  same website.

About the Radeon HD driver: The driver  supports 2D and Compositing under AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 with a wide range  of Radeon HD PCI graphics cards including: the X1300-X1950 series,  HD4000 series, "Evergreen" HD5000 series, "Northern Islands" HD6000  series and now the "Southern Island" HD7000 series. Version 0.54 is  fully ready for 3D support to be added by Hyperion Entertainment. Please  visit AmigaKit's website to obtain compatible graphics cards.

Link: www.amigakit.com

About the developer:  Hans de Ruiter is an electrical & electronic engineer and leading  AmigaOS developer and Amiga enthusiast. His website - HDRLab - details  various projects, many of which are AmigaOS related. The biggest of  these is the RadeonHD driver for AmigaOS, an ambitious project that aims  to deliver modern graphics capabilities for the AmigaOS platform.                                                         

[jj]

Glad to see things are still ongoing with this.  And always good to see my home city of Cardiff on the worldwide map.

[commodorejohn]

It pleases me greatly that the X1000 of all things has outlived (and probably outsold) CommodoreUSA...

[Methuselas]

Glad to see things are still ongoing with this.  And always good to see my home city of Cardiff on the worldwide map.

Pssh. Cardiff isn't a real place. It's make believe. Just like Ohio.

[jj]

I think there is a Cardiff on the sea somewhere in the usa

[amigakit]

I remember passing the road sign for it when I was on my way to San Diego.

[dammy]

Cardiff, 2nd April 2013

New batch of AmigaOne X1000 approved for production

A-EON  Technology is pleased to announce that, due to overwhelming customer  demand, we have commissioned another manufacturing run of AmigaOne X1000  systems with our suppliers. We expect to receive new boards from  Varisys within 8 to 10 weeks.

Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit,  our official distributor commented, "On-going delivery of the AmigaOne  X1000 to customers is progressing. We also have a large backlog of  customers who have already registered their interest and they will be  serviced first from the new manufacturing batch." If you have already  registered your interest you need take no further action as you are  already in the order queue and will be contacted by AmigaKit to confirm  your system specifications as they work through the backorder list. If  you no longer wish to reserve your place please contact AmigaKit to  remove yourself from the list. If you still wish to register your  interest and have not yet done so, please visit the following web link: www.amigakit.com/x1000

What's the price?

[mikeymike]

Pssh. Cardiff isn't a real place. It's make believe. Just like Ohio.

That's not true!  I saw it once in a Doctor Who episode.

[psxphill]

What's the price?

amigakit prices start at £1800 (+20% VAT if you live in the EU, otherwise you'll need to pay the import duty and taxes for importing it).

[danbeaver]

Amigakit quoted me a US price of $2,900 if that helps

[danbeaver]

Wait!!!  Cardiff not real?? I guess that is why they used it in the Torchwood series. Maybe Wales isn't real either. There is no mention of it in the bible, nor Gilligan's Island.

[spirantho]

I'm in Wales, and (*looks out of window*) it seems to exist. It's you lot that are all figments of my warped imagination. Beyond the mountains to the east of here lies void, I'm sure.

[vidarh]

Pssh. Cardiff isn't a real place. It's make believe. Just like Ohio.

And Belgium is a myth too: http://zapatopi.net/belgium/

[vidarh]

Beyond the mountains to the east of here lies void

Sounds like a starting room description for an interesting adventure game.

[Iggy]

Good to see Trevor's still at it.
I wonder if these are being produced from the original PA6T processors that Varisys sourced, or did they actually have to buy more?
That would be expensive.

Since production is ongoing, A-eon should be able to provide systems until the rumored successor appears.