@ Crumb
I'd like to know if the new Peggy 2 will be able to use a 166Mhz bus I think that the chiset should allow it...
The Marvel Discocery II front side bus is @183 MHz (DDR 366).
BTW, the AGP implementation will be 8x or what? I guess that 4x at least to maintain compatibility, but as bPlan has to do it from scratch it would be very nice to have AGP 8x... and what about USB2? what southbridge have you planned to use? thank you
The main purpose with the second Pegasos is to replace the northbridge to get rid of the problems associated to the Articia.
The features, other than the new northbridge? Well, not much is known so I am just speculating here:
In a "worst case scenario", not much has changed other than that. They are doing the necessary modifications to the Peg1 motherboard and they use as many of the components as possible that they allready had in stock for the Pegasos1. That means pretty much the same specs as for Pegasos1 other than faster bandwidth. However they first announced 3x Gigabit Ethernet (later changed to 2 when they decided which Discovery model to use, AFAIK) besides the DDR memory support. I am no hardware expert by I am guessing that this will require more of a redesign work than connecting the new memory and attaching the Peg1 components to the NB. If so, this might speak in favour of a "better case" ...
In a "best case scenario" they take this opportunity to make a complete redesign of the motherboard, and uses whatever components it takes to reach a "modern" level of specifications. They want to show off their engineering skills even more. This is what everybody is hoping for. How long does this take? When did they really start? When they announced the Peg2? Earlier?
When it comes to size of the motherboard I guess we can expect pretty much the same as the Peg1, micro ATX.
I desperately want some more information regarding the PegasosTwo. I believe that this silence has caused a lot of people to hope for more than they will get in the end. I only have to look at myself to realize that. I am hoping for USB2.0, Firewire 800, Serial ATA, AGP8x, several gigabit network connections, etc, but I really don't think they will match *all* my expectations ... :-?
