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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: a-pex on May 03, 2007, 10:53:43 PM
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http://os4.exec.pl/IRC/IRC-amigaworld-ACK_org.txt
blablablabla... I do not believe it...
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Well, they met this Monday's goal of announcing specs, maybe Monday will yield more news...
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Interesting read, but it doesn't change the "wait and see" mode. Looking forward to Monday's specs, but it's all "pie in the sky" until you can click that "Buy it now" button.
(I hope I used enough quoted platitudes :-) )
Plaz
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:popcorn:
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Having followed this whole new-Amiga thing for a long long time, I'm hoping this sees the light of day. I'd buy one. (I prefer to be positive)
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Hmmm, ACK guy has polish roots .... hmmm ... he might be an Elbox spy ! hmmm ... maybe the new AInc boards are actually something like the shark or dragon ? :lol:
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what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
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Well, just the fact that ACK Controls is in Fonthill, Ontario disturbed me a bit. It's hardly the "Computer Capital of Canada" (Toronto-Markham area). In fact, it's not even close. I used to go to Fonthill regularly when I worked for the Ministry of Agriculture. It's a very small town far from big cities, known for its orchards, vineyards, animal feed stores and antique shops.
I guess it's not really necessary to build computers in a big high-tech area, but an isolated farm-location company in partnership with a devious underhanded pseudo-company (Amiga Inc.) doesn't really fill me with confidence.
We'll see. I hope I'm wrong. I hope it's a kick-ass computer and runs AmigaOS 5.0. ;-)
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weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
As silly as it does in English.
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odin wrote:
weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
As silly as it does in English.[/quote]
Pretty much. Actually, I was a bit suckered in by the thing at first, after all... an A1200 expansion with PPC, onboard GFX, etc, does sound nice. The possibility of MorphOS on a desktop A1200 was a pretty cool thought to me.
In retrospect, the whole idea seems silly, especially considering somewhat less ambitious designs (like AmiJoe), with seasoned engineers, never made it. The best way to run MorphOS on an A1200 would probably be to hack an Efika into an A1200 case. (Hmmm... done nicely, that might be a seriously cool project.)
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I think I'd rather hack it into an A1000 case, but that's just me. :)
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Mr. Kowalczyk is very good at writing hardware specifications and making promises. Unfortunately he is also very good at lame excuses and not standing to his promises. He has definitely lost my trust. I'll believe in this if I see it working, no earlier.
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They stated the high end board is ~1250 MIPS
please see: http://www.architosh.com/news/2002-04/2002c1-0429-rf-g5server.phtml
"A note about performance. The PowerPC 8540 has a MIPs rating of 2315 @ 1 GHz. The PowerPC 7455 (the current G4 chip) has a MIPs rating of 2310 @ 1 GHz. While this is a limited metric in terms of what it means to us end (Mac) users, it is worth noting."
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EDanaII wrote:
I think I'd rather hack it into an A1000 case, but that's just me. :)
That would be equally cool. It would definitely be an easier fit, that's for sure.
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weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
A German hearing it would think it means "Powerw*nking".
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@gdanko
They stated the high end board is ~1250 MIPS
Um, no. This is what Adam said: "The MPC8349 is rated at 1250 MIPS and has faster memory access than the A1."
If you look at the press release for the low end board, you'll see that the MPC8349E is the CPU it uses. So what Adam stated was that the low end board is ~1250 MIPS.
Please, let's keep the FUD to a minimum. When you find anything real to gripe about, knock yourself out. Just don't make #### up.
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gdanko wrote:
They stated the high end board is ~1250 MIPS
please see: http://www.architosh.com/news/2002-04/2002c1-0429-rf-g5server.phtml
"A note about performance. The PowerPC 8540 has a MIPs rating of 2315 @ 1 GHz. The PowerPC 7455 (the current G4 chip) has a MIPs rating of 2310 @ 1 GHz. While this is a limited metric in terms of what it means to us end (Mac) users, it is worth noting."
No, that was for the previously announced low end board.
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8349E
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weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Powervixxen = Powermasturbating :lol:
What a dirty machine :lol:
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When I see photos of the motherboards, I ought to believe it, and even then nothing is for sure.
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weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
Some kind of a very powerfull masturbation. :-D :crazy:
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TheMud wrote:
Powervixxen = Powermasturbating :lol:
I guess it's like the VIC-20, which was released in Germany as the VC20, since Vic is (or sounds like) a rude word in German :-)
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...and thus the tone descends ! :-P
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I still find it great that in America {bleep} does not appear to mean anything. The sound enginner on Day after tomorrow is Tom W4nker
And I have seen an old epsiode of Mork and Mindy, where the was a character called mr w4nker
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A car without an engine is more reliable than Kowalczyk. Only the usuals will lap up this guys vomit.
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@ wayne
Can we have a new Yawn smiley, for me to use everytime glittering posts please
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Seconded !
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Yeah i agree too
[Edited by Argo: Personal Attack]
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Glittering wrote:
Please stop trolling. Please say something useful, constructive, or enlightening, and please provide links to your sources, or reasoned argument from first principles.
Please.
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@ mr A500
In fact this is the Wikipedia page about Fonthill, Ontario. I guess this is the same little town
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonthill,_Ontario
That part caught my attention
Trivia
Fonthill is the mailing address for many purchase rebates given by computer companies. Rebates received at this PO box are processed at an office a short drive away in Welland.
So, after all, aparently Fonthill is somehow related to computers, in some kind of a weird way
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So, after all, aparently Fonthill is somehow related to computers, in some kind of a weird way
I wouldn't put much trust in that "trivia" quote. It doesn't say which computer companies or give an example, then makes it sound like these companies all use the same PO box and they all use the same processing office in Welland. Weird is right.
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@meega
ACK has delivered nothing and tells porkies, just stating a known fact but as it is an Amiga company all the facts are immediately dismissed.
2005-12-29
[22:22:53] The PowerVixxen LT has gone to production, docs are being polished up.
[22:25:03] Fransexy: I expect by the time everything is in place, some time towards the end of January.
[22:25:20] Amy and PowerVixxen passed in the night.
[22:35:25] magnetic: He'll be able to give you pics in a week or so.
[22:41:35] quadpol: $299.00 USD MSRP (excludes taxes)
[22:44:09] Bandis: It was the hardest part to get
[22:46:02] End of january give or take.
[22:47:09] Yes, OS4 will be bundled with the Power Vixxen LT.
Taken from eXec (http://exec.pl/comments.jsp?nid=2598).
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ACK has delivered nothing and tells porkies, just stating a known fact but as it is an Amiga company all the facts are immediately dismissed.
Well, at least now ACK is hoaxing Amiga Inc. instead of the OS4 community directly. That's kind of positive, or at least less negative.
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dirigent wrote:
weirdami wrote:
what does "powervixxen" sound like in german?
A German hearing it would think it means "Powerw*nking".
:lol: :lol:
"Honda Fitta" is another classic, this time in the scandinavian countries:
http://jalsbo.com/bus/hondafitta.html (http://jalsbo.com/bus/hondafitta.html)
:-D