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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2006, 11:53:55 PM »
I'm not saying Troika is a hoax but again, I'm not holding my breath for any new mobo until it is demo'd, with the bugs worked out and a due date that isnt 'when its done'.
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2006, 01:04:02 AM »
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unless I can hold a motherboard in my hands I don't believe it exists.


But even if it "exists", would that really help us unless it boots into OS4 and Troika managed to get a license from Amiga Inc.?
i'd only bother to even discuss that once there really IS a board.
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2006, 01:11:52 AM »
The rumor is they are supposedly getting ready to send some
boards out for betatesting.  Again, nothing concrete but the
ones supposedly "in the know" claim that stuff is happening.
As always, we will just have to wait and see.

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2006, 01:40:36 AM »
@billchase

In that case, perhaps post #39 might interest you:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3284&start=20

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2006, 08:40:56 AM »
@billchase

"Betatesting" of Amy'05 was already proclaimed in Autumn 2005 and they made a big fuss about it (as always).
Of course, they still haven't anything ready to send.
But "getting ready to send some" sounds as if they are arriving at a first milestone.
However, it's still a joke that large parts of the community (esp. at AW) still believe that the boards will be on sale in three months.
If everything works well (fixing existing hardware faults, porting, drivers, license), the Summer of 2007 sounds much more realistic to me.
I hope that some other project (ACK or some Italians) surfaces before. I wasn't to keen on buying anything from Troika from the start (partly had to do with their way of handling things and this whole anynomity-thing behind them).
It's also clear that a certain person involved in the project is a former dubious spammer from Moobunny who used the site for posting personal rants against bbrv.
It's a pity that a community member like Ian needs to deal with those kind of shady people.
 

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2006, 09:22:09 AM »
Just wait until the Minimig II runs OS4 :)
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2006, 12:08:55 PM »
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As always, we will just have to wait and see.

and hasnt that always been good (but often unheeded) advice ? even as far as projects like Win'95 are concerned, but especially projects from small groups. I bet Troika is no more than 10 people. give em a break! these things are hard when you're HP...
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2006, 12:39:53 PM »
Rogue said a couple of times on AW.net that Troika isn't a hoax. Is there any reason not to believe him?
 

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2006, 01:32:47 PM »
I have atleast seen no real proof of it existing. I wont believe it until i see a real demo of some kind.
 

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2006, 03:06:25 PM »
@Agafaster

Guess what Troika means ...

1 is hiding behind a rock (or to be precise, a bunch of rocks forming a bridge)

1 is responsible for their fantastic PR (and man, that must be a full time job)

1 is claiming to have allready invested 600 hours into the project, but with rather little result.


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Given the "predictions" from him and/or his company over the past 10 years, is there a reason to believe him ?
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: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2006, 06:16:28 PM »
I'm happy with my 1200. It would be nice if new hardware came out and i hope the shark ppc or a simlar card is released, but I'm not going to waste much time thinking about it as I've only been disapointed in the past.
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2006, 02:34:13 PM »
@all

Info from Troika Amy developer Ian Stedman the night before last regarding Amy & BB4 in post #39:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3284&start=20

New information posted today on Amy concerning specs:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3293

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2006, 04:08:41 PM »
Troika have let down the people coming to BB4 to see their prototype yet another time. They did not show anything, except for some print-outs.

Read here.

Does anybody remember their explanation from BB3? Some parts didn't arrive on time and the developer got ill?
I suppose for BB5 it will be something like "my dog ate the mainboard one our before I was planning to drive to BB5".
 

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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
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Re: Is Troika AMY 05 a hoax?
« Reply #29 from previous page: September 17, 2006, 04:32:32 PM »
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Troika Amy'05 stand

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Nah, we have to admit, it's quite a progress compared to last year (BB3) where they didn't even have a booth.  :lol: