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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: kreciu on April 22, 2008, 07:19:28 PM
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Just look here...
http://www.elbox.com/ma/m_4000t_folder/m4000t_qig.html
Last two pictures ;).
Maybe they really have ONE...
:-D
Btw. This config look GOOD unfortunately on picture!!!
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Putting it in a PCI slot doesn't prove it works.
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moto
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looks very promiseing tho?.. fingers crossed eh!
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ahhhh! i feel like i did when i was about to win the grand national! my mothers horse kicked mine over and won. hope it's no omen. :-) :-) :-)
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motorollin wrote:
Putting it in a PCI slot doesn't prove it works.
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moto
I know, they always to this for us ;), BUT maybe...
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kreciu wrote:
Maybe they really have ONE...
Sure they have one, it's a Sonnet Crescendo after all, you can get them on ebay... Still nothing an Amiga can use though.
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We must have won the lottery! Died and gone to heaven. Or something. (http://www.amiga.org/images/subject/icon15.gif)
Wonder when this was added.
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$ echo -e "HEAD /ma/m_4000t_folder/A4000T_11-hr.jpg HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: www.elbox.com\r\n\r" | nc www.elbox.com http | grep Last-Modified
Last-Modified: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:25:15 GMT
While the internet archive says it's even older:
Jun 04, 2004 (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.elbox.com/ma/m_4000t_folder/m4000t_qig.html)
There are pics of this card from 2001 already.
There is no question that such Crescendo 7200 card with custom heatsink exists (http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/pics/sharkppc_crescendo7200.jpg). No-one has ever seen it work, however.
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The picture is older, but they updated the text at some point in 2005 http://web.archive.org/web/20060315165743/http://www.elbox.com/ma/m_4000t_folder/m4000t_qig.html
I guess we can cancel the celebration and return to our normal depressed state of mind
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@Piru
Well it does need an OS ported to it first and if it was originally their intention to use the Sonnet Crescendo they will no doubt have to change their plan at this stage and design a new card.
According to their reply to user at amigaworld they are doing just that. link (http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=25556&forum=25&start=20&viewmode=flat&order=0#438463)
I think I read some months ago that another user pressing them for information was told that they were/would be working Hyperion to get OS4 ported. Rogue used to be pretty quick to deny that Hyperion had received a SharkPPC* from Elbox so who knows, though of course he may just have missed it.
It might also make the Dragon a worthwile upgrade too as that has AGP and from what I can see on board IDE.
Anyhow as always in the Amiga game it's a case of wait and see, or perhaps beter forget and be pleasantly surprised
if it does appear.
*Elbox never claimed to have sent a SharkPPC to Hyperion, Rogue was just replying to speculation on the forums.
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Rob wrote:
It might also make the Dragon a worthwile upgrade too as that has AGP and from what I can see on board IDE.
Hm. A passive backplane supporting a CPU card with its own local memory, onboard IDE, video etc. Son, what you've got there is a motherboard that plugs in to an A1200, not a busboard for the 1200. :-D
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Hm. A passive backplane supporting a CPU card with its own local memory, onboard IDE, video etc. Son, what you've got there is a motherboard that plugs in to an A1200, not a busboard for the 1200. :-D
Heh, basically, but atleast it will still boot any other m68k os/app/game/whatever.
Maybe even run it in a window?
And perhaps osx?
And lots of linux
Hm, so the party is still on? (http://www.amiga.org/images/subject/icon19.gif)
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mike- wrote:
We must have won the lottery! Died and gone to heaven. Or something. (http://www.amiga.org/images/subject/icon15.gif)
Wonder when this was added.
I understand that this is OLD picture, but HOW long can you keep something on website... ehh... this promises...
;)
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@B00tDisk
Hm. A passive backplane supporting a CPU card with its own local memory, onboard IDE, video etc. Son, what you've got there is a motherboard that plugs in to an A1200, not a busboard for the 1200.
It's even ATX compliant.
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ME! Me first! :horse:
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BTW: The Crescendo/7200 G3-500 are only $39.95 at Sonnet's shop - grab one, put it on your Mediator or Prometheus with a 'Shark' sticker and your friends will envy you for life! *SCNR*