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NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« on: March 15, 2002, 04:08:40 AM »
I was checking out this computer company called AccessMicro.  You can go there by using www.accessmicro.com.  They have this notebook called a 1 GIGA-PRO A900 VIA C3 667MHz for $665.00!!!  Just add AmigaXL/AmiTHON and you have a new fast Amiga - cheap and portable!  Check it out! :-D

 

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Re: NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2002, 09:43:43 AM »
Yes, Amiga OS XL/AmiTHON does run on it pretty good!  The VIA c3 run more like a PIII cpu, but has both 3now! and MMX...and the graphic handling is pretty good!  I thought it was new worthy as those who can't wait until os 4.0, at least they can have some kind of Amiga to take around.  Come on people, it would help everyone if people bought the Amithon and use it!  Laters. :-D
 

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Re: NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2002, 03:19:16 PM »
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Not only is this not news...it is an advertisement! Yuck! People should know better then to post such junk, and it has nothing to do with the Amiga.
You (and people like you) need to lighten up.  If there is one thing I've learned over the last few days, if something can run AmigaXL/OS/DE/AA/juicer/carwasher/whatever, it is indeed related to the Amiga.

I furthermore suspect that after the recent announcements when we open our hardware section, the list of Amiga-compatible parts and materials has just grown exponentially.  

If you want to sit here and argue that "it's not related to your Antique 030 setup", fine.  Have fun, but just realize the world of Amiga is now much more broad than the world of Commodore.

If I find a story which tells an Amiga user how he can run AmigaOS/XL/etc on a faster piece of hardware.... That's most certainly Amiga related whether you like it or not.

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Re: NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2002, 07:44:36 PM »
I'm telling you folks.  I have one of these notebooks with the VIA C3 and Amiga OS XL/AmiTHON does run on it!  All the devices work on it, sound, video, cdrom, 10/100 network card and 56k modem.  However the udb obviously does not work with Amiga OS, (yet), but its fast, cheap and gives you a portable amiga screen.  Its a good value in my opinion.  The notebook is made by ECS, the Elite Group.  Laters. :-D
 

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Re: NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2002, 01:23:37 PM »
If anyone is interested, this laptop is also available in the UK from Novatech

http://www.novatech.co.uk

its called the "n-book".

havn't tried amithlon on it myself yet, but i'll let you know how i get on when i do.
 

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Re: NEW, Fast and Cheap Amiga using Amithon!
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2002, 09:15:26 AM »


For what its worth, this C3 is gonna run like the dog.  Search the net for reviews on it.  Even the lowly Celeron wastes it by about 50%.

If you want a really cool sytem, check this out:
http://theregister.co.uk/content/3/24362.html

If you want the low power (why) you can keep the new Via/Ezra(?) cpu.  It will probably perform at about 70% of comparable Celeron Mhz to Mhz.  Although its FPU is going to be a bit lower.

Or be smart and pop the VIA cpu, and get yourself a nice Celeron from pricewatch.com


Do NOT believe some of the outright almost-lies about the Via's being P-Anything like.....