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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: evi73 on February 19, 2007, 02:24:24 PM

Title: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: evi73 on February 19, 2007, 02:24:24 PM
hello,

i search the working G-Rex 4000T board and the g-rex a4000D board .


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Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: stopthegop on February 19, 2007, 06:48:50 PM
You, me and about everyone else on this site.  :)
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Lemonty on February 19, 2007, 07:24:10 PM
I would like someone to give me a G-Rex and one million euros please.
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: midway on June 01, 2015, 09:48:56 PM
send me ur email :)
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on June 01, 2015, 10:03:22 PM
While you're at it, how about wishing for a new car? ;)

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Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: midway on June 01, 2015, 10:13:06 PM
and a new heli so you are not stuck in traffic  :rofl:
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: tonyvdb on June 01, 2015, 10:47:35 PM
Or you could just say you were the one who dropped off this Apple I (one of only 200 made and possibly one of only a handful still around) and claim your $100,000

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/100000-check-awaits-mystery-recycler-of-rare-apple-1-computer/article24719430/
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: danbeaver on June 01, 2015, 11:15:50 PM
While I had to Google the G-Rex A4000T that I had never heard of before, I'm gonna say one thing: "But being this is a G-Rex A4000D, the most powerful Amiga PCI board in the world  and would blow you head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one  question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"

What ya willin' to spend?
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: AAACHIPSET on June 02, 2015, 12:11:22 PM
i have the grex card  perfect  working  order ..for a1200  been used  when my ppc worked  been sitting in a box  for a while  now.....didnt think a4000  needed  a grex ..
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: QuikSanz on June 02, 2015, 06:29:36 PM
The website for them is still up and has a 2015 date at the bottom. Where is he and why sit on it?
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on June 02, 2015, 06:56:30 PM
I don't know what you people are even smoking.  Although in a slightly unrelated note, it's "nice" to see the Elbox website still has pages announcing such bogus products as the SharkPPC, Dragon Coldfire, and TurboFlyer 530.  I just do not understand why a legitimate hardware company, that makes some great products like the Mediator and FastATA, could completely flub such other things and then keep the announcements up, almost as if it's a joke, for years later.  :angry:

Oh well, as they say, only Amiga! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cml_YsTznRU)  ;)
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: QuikSanz on June 02, 2015, 07:26:12 PM
looks like the site I found is a support site, not DCE.
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: danbeaver on June 02, 2015, 09:19:34 PM
Yes, there is a support site that has the relevant install files for getting a G-Rex PCI board fully operational: http://grex.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=39

I quote from that site:

"From the serial numbers we got we can estimate the following production volumes:

G-Rex 1200                                                              198 cards
G-Rex 4000D                                                              87 cards
G-Rex 4000T                                                                0 cards"
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Lurch on June 02, 2015, 09:43:56 PM
Wow those are not huge numbers! Better off just getting a Mediator and move on.

Although if the hardware design is out there could make for a good crowd sourcing project.

Still hanging on by a thread for Elbox to release those cards, does seem strange as they have released other substantial hardware. Come on Elbox :)
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on June 02, 2015, 09:57:48 PM
Quote from: Lurch;790466
Although if the hardware design is out there could make for a good crowd sourcing project.

Apparently that was tried already.

Post #16 in this thread:  http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60692

Disappointing.  Always was my understanding that the G-Rex was the crème de la crème of Amiga busboards.  Would be nice to have some new hardware, either way.  :(
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: danbeaver on June 02, 2015, 10:41:05 PM
The G-Rex bypasses the limitation of the Zorro 3 bus speed (actually the Buster 11 speed) of around 13 MB/s.  This Z3 slow access is why OS4.1 Classic will not use RAM boards on the Z3 bus (too slow) but will only use RAM on the Cyberstorm board.  A true PCI (version 1) bus supports 133 MB/s transfer speed and while the G-Rex only achieves 50 MB/s, this is quite a bit more than the Mediator utilizing the Zorro 3 bus.

Thus the G-Rex is more akin to the .44 Magnum hand gun than a .22 short round Midnight Special from Elbox :lol:; the former will blow your head "clean off," while the other is good for snakes and varmints...
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on June 02, 2015, 11:00:16 PM
Well then!

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Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Lurch on June 03, 2015, 01:01:56 AM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;790469
Apparently that was tried already.

Post #16 in this thread:  http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60692

Disappointing.  Always was my understanding that the G-Rex was the crème de la crème of Amiga busboards.  Would be nice to have some new hardware, either way.  :(


Thats a shame, as most projects would get a good boost using something like Kickstarter but a lot of developers don't like the idea of Kickstarter.
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Lurch on June 03, 2015, 01:35:17 AM
Quote from: danbeaver;790472
Thus the G-Rex is more akin to the .44 Magnum hand gun than a .22 short round Midnight Special from Elbox :lol:; the former will blow your head "clean off," while the other is good for snakes and varmints...

Can't buy a G-Rex = .00, still able to buy a mediator .22, plus you need a  CyberStorm PPC or Blizzard PPC that are a certain version. Double wammy ;-)
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: danbeaver on June 03, 2015, 06:53:08 AM
Quote from: Lurch;790486
Can't buy a G-Rex = .00, still able to buy a mediator .22, plus you need a  CyberStorm PPC or Blizzard PPC that are a certain version. Double wammy ;-)


"If you built it, he will come" or ...
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: Rotzloeffel on June 03, 2015, 09:44:08 AM
Quote from: danbeaver;790472
 This Z3 slow access is why OS4.1 Classic will not use RAM boards on the Z3 bus (too slow) but will only use RAM on the Cyberstorm board.

:roflmao: If you talk to the right guys, you will find out, that this is not the reason for blocking Z3 RAM in OS4.1...... the reason is to avoid emulation, to force people to buy NG-Hardware.... because they finance hyperion and are not interested in giving other Users the chance to use 4.x without buying the Harware....

I know that it is working! And fast enough for classic Hardware.... And for example NetBSD can use it as normal ram... I tried it.....
Title: Re: WANTED G-Rex a4000T and a4000D
Post by: danbeaver on June 03, 2015, 10:05:28 AM
No, I have run the numbers (see Hyperion classic forum) and Z3 ram along with PCI video ram, is three (3) times slower than CSPPC ram.

You can have all the conspiracy theories you want, but that doesn't make them true.