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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: MarkTime on June 02, 2003, 09:04:42 PM

Title: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: MarkTime on June 02, 2003, 09:04:42 PM

OK, I'm so serious about my porting work on the Mozilla project, I actually bought a real amiga

Towerized A1200, Mediator*, Ethernet...

heck I'll probably use it for two days then sell it,
but I bought it, may God have mercy on my soul.

*(theoretical SharkPPC platform too)

I noticed on Elbox's website they continue to
suggest the SharkPPC will be produced
after OS4 is released for AmigaONE.

Can anyone confirm this?  Hyperion says no, they
say yes?  

Will Elbox rep. please verify?  The prototypes are
complete, just ready to go to manufacturing?
Hyperion has a prototype in hand?

Cheers

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: seer on June 02, 2003, 09:35:19 PM

I noticed on Elbox's website they continue to
suggest the SharkPPC will be produced
after OS4 is released for AmigaONE.

What have Hyperion to do with the release of the SharkPPC ? Or did you mean an OS4 version for the Shark ?

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: MarkTime on June 02, 2003, 09:58:02 PM

It was on Elboxes website that they said that
SharkPPC will go to manufacturing after
OS 4 for AmigaONE is released.

So Elbox made the link.   But then again,
I wouldn't want a Shark unless it ran OS4, so I
hope they have talked to Hyperion, or Amiga, Inc.
or To Whom It May Concern!

But then again, they already promised a Blizzard
version so this is definately OS 4 upgradable in theory

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: Lando on June 02, 2003, 10:19:52 PM

Nobody knows for sure.  Elbox say that it (OS4) will "just work" due to high compatibility between SharkPPC and A1.  Hyperion say it won't work, and they can't make it work because Elbox havent supplied them a SharkPPC.

It's a tough call who to believe since Elbox certainly know their stuff and make some pretty #### hot hardware but then again they could just be using the OS4 compatibility line to sell more Mediators as people like to think they're future-proofed.

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: Mike_Amiga on June 02, 2003, 10:48:52 PM

Well done that man!

Let the good times roll (almost as much as my avatars eyes). :-D

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: DaveP on June 03, 2003, 04:55:52 AM

@MarkTime

Congrats!

Dave.

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: legion on June 03, 2003, 06:42:07 AM

Hey Dave, are you going to offer up the code you ported to the AmiMoz project?  :-?

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: DaveP on June 03, 2003, 06:46:35 AM

@legion

Can you take it to pmail please. :-)

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: Damion on June 03, 2003, 11:21:11 AM

@MarkTime

Have fun with your new machine.

In some video benchmarks I ran a while back with
P96 Speed, I came to the conclusion that the
Voodoo 3 should add a HUGE speed boost as
opposed to AGA (even in the "wildest"
comparisions I could come up with, giving AGA
every advantage possible, it still looses by
a great margin).

So...theoretically, the Mediator should make
a solid difference according to the tests.
I never bought one, but I would be
very interested to hear from you about the
performance when you get it all going. :)

 

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: DaveP on June 03, 2003, 11:25:28 AM

The bottleneck just shifts back to data transfer and ultimately the speed of the CPU.

Title: Re: I own an Amiga again!
Post by: Damion on June 03, 2003, 12:41:15 PM

There will probably always be "bottlenecks"...
especially with this old hobby equipment.
MarkTime (at least I'm pretty sure it was him)
mentioned at one time how AGA can really put
a damper on proc speed...and I agree...hence
my post about the mediator/voodoo in comparision
to AGA.