X1000 Nemo Rev. 2 Motherboard in Production

[the_leander]

Trevor already admitted this was a run for the 5 sample boards. Yet he still seems to refer to it as a "production run".

Now, unlike the automobile industry I know of no official measurement to qualify a computer board as a "production run" so lying would also be subjective. However the fact is the news item doesn't state that there are only five boards, and we don't even need to get into the whole history of false announcements A-eon has made in the past. So it's buyer beware.

In the computer industry this would likely qualify as "sampling" rather than production, which implies that the board has reached the end point in it's development.

So yes, I'd go with misleading, at least as far as the headline goes.

[the_leander]

Mothballed? No the PA6T was discontinued before it had a chance to find much of a market.

So yeah, mothballed:

—Idiom
4.
in mothballs, a.
in disuse or in storage, especially with reference to standby equipment.
b.
(of ideas) dismissed as unworthy of further deliberation.

Either way, the fact that they're using a discontinued chip rather than one currently in production kinda makes a joke re claims of this taking the Amiga forward in any way, it's the computing equivalent of neanderthal man or betamax.

Sure, a G4 of some description might not have had the appeal of some new supah seekrit uber chip, but it'd have got the job done, not to mention offered a fairly reasonable price/performance margin. But that's a whole other discusion.

Don't get me wrong, in terms of the ultimate in rare equipment bragging rights the X1000 will certainly go way up the ranks. But I can't help but wonder where that will leave the community as a whole. The Sam 460 seems to have been completely ignored in this and that machine, despite it's inherent limitations at least offered a semi sane price tag.

[the_leander]

Apple purchased PA-Semi in order to use their design expertise. They had no use for a PPC processor (even one that probably had been designed with Apple in mind). After all, Apple has switched to X86 processors.

We're all well aware of the PA-Semi purchase, thanks.

Mothballed, infers stored for future use. The PA6T was discontinued with a limited supply set aside for existing customers.

Again, not helping your case here, no matter how you try to define the term.

As to "dismissed as unworthy of further deliberation", apparently it is about to be used for one final product. And I like it (and would buy one if I could).

It has been dismissed by the people responsible for it's production. That a handful have been bought up from some warehouse some place and put to use in something Apple have no interest in is irrelevant. Even if you personally find it interesting.

[the_leander]

If you feel he's trolling, report it.

[the_leander]

I wonder if A-eon could achieve better economies of scale to sell both MOS and AOS4 systems. I guess as long as ben hermans is involved that is out of the question probably.

Bang on on both counts, unfortunately.