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Title: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: amiwalker on November 07, 2005, 01:31:50 AM
Is EyeTech dead, or is the A1 Micro forthcoming??
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: c64_d0c on November 07, 2005, 02:23:02 AM
there is no a1 we are now waiting on the amy05...
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Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: coldfish on November 07, 2005, 04:45:42 AM
Is it just me or does the Amy05 concept scream for integrated video to be included?

meh!
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Tigger on November 07, 2005, 04:32:07 PM
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...I think many people in the PC world could learn a thing or two from Eyetech's hardware engineers.


Congrats!!!  Your tagline won funniest post on Amiga.org for the week, and its only Monday.
    -Tig
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: SamuraiCrow on November 07, 2005, 04:32:26 PM
@coldfish

Nah.  It's cheaper to buy a graphics card separately.
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Tomas on November 07, 2005, 05:12:15 PM
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SamuraiCrow wrote:
@coldfish

Nah.  It's cheaper to buy a graphics card separately.

But it kinda lacks pci slots...
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Doobrey on November 07, 2005, 05:38:48 PM
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But it kinda lacks pci slots...


But from what Stedy said on AmigaWorld.net about the Troika design, adding onboard gfx would mean you'd lose a PCI slot anyway.
 Sure, you could add the option to disable it and use a PCI card, but then that's all adding to the complexity and the end cost.
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Tomas on November 07, 2005, 06:01:05 PM
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But from what Stedy said on AmigaWorld.net about the Troika design, adding onboard gfx would mean you'd lose a PCI slot anyway.

If that is infact true, then i agree...
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Savan on November 07, 2005, 07:08:23 PM
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...I think many people in the PC world could learn a thing or two from Eyetech's hardware engineers.


Love the sarcasm :lol:

Alan Redhouse is about as useful as a condom with a hole in the front.
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: c64_d0c on November 07, 2005, 07:09:27 PM
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Tigger wrote:
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...I think many people in the PC world could learn a thing or two from Eyetech's hardware engineers.


Congrats!!!  Your tagline won funniest post on Amiga.org for the week, and its only Monday.
    -Tig


thanks.... :-D
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Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Seehund on November 07, 2005, 07:26:31 PM
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Tomas wrote:
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But from what Stedy said on AmigaWorld.net about the Troika design, adding onboard gfx would mean you'd lose a PCI slot anyway.

If that is infact true, then i agree...


It sounds weird to me, but I'm not a hardware engineer.
What kind of PCI bus can only handle two devices (1 PCI card + onboard gfx)? When commenting on onboard gfx, are they talking about some sort of "almost-AGP" thingy, where they would need to reserve bandwidth?

(Personally, I'd take a full ATX mobo any day. If I'd ever want a tiny HTPC, where I won't see much of the OS anyway but need support for e.g. lots of codecs, then I'll buy a cheap x86 mobo.)
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: cecilia on November 07, 2005, 07:31:14 PM
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Savan wrote:
Alan Redhouse is about as useful as a condom with a hole in the front.
that's not a condom!
it's a fashion statement! :-P
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: Doobrey on November 07, 2005, 07:41:59 PM
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Seehund wrote:
What kind of PCI bus can only handle two devices (1 PCI card + onboard gfx)?


Don't forget that there's also onboard sound, ethernet, USB and ATA(Sil0680) too, so that plus 2 PCI slots makes it 6 devices.
Title: Re: EyeTech Dead???
Post by: coldfish on November 08, 2005, 02:12:03 AM
c64_d0c, who was it that said that in seriousness in a post on these boards recently?

I found it hilarious then, and its still a good chortle now!

Using as a tag is just being mean.  :-D