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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: jj on November 06, 2009, 03:06:15 PM
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Feeling a bit bored.
AOS4 been out for ages now. Where is the SkarkPPC ????
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What about dragonfire while we're at it?
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@JJ
You have a better chance of getting Amiga Anywhere or a port of he AA Snowman to OS4 than you have of getting a SharkPPC.
Still, I don't understand why those moron's promoted it so heavily when they never had any beta (or alpha, for that matter) hardware.
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@Methuselas
To boost sales of their Mediator products by any chance?
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Buy the PCI Mac Crescendo upgrade card and print up your own picture of a shark sticker to cover the original logo.
Voila! A genuine,well,as genuine as theirs, Shark PPC!
Actually,I am disappointed it never came to market.
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I'm disappointed at Elbox :(
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I'm disappointed at Elbox :(
Not at all surprised though...
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Well speaking about hardware that never made it past the prototype stages for one reason or another:
SharkPPC by Elbox
ColdFire by Elbox
PowerVixxen by Ack Controls
A5000 by Power Computing
ABOX by Phase 5
A630 by Individual Computers
Clone-A by Individual Computers
NatAmi by the NatAmi Team
Amiga Walker by Amiga technologies Gmbh
BoXer by (I cant remember)
Moana Project by Amiga Inc & Hyperion
and the list could go on forever...
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I dont think Clone-A and NatAmi are dead project though. But the rest, defenitely.
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Well speaking about hardware that never made it past the prototype stages for one reason or another:
SharkPPC by Elbox
ColdFire by Elbox
PowerVixxen by Ack Controls
A5000 by Power Computing
ABOX by Phase 5
A630 by Individual Computers
Clone-A by Individual Computers
NatAmi by the NatAmi Team
Amiga Walker by Amiga technologies Gmbh
BoXer by (I cant remember)
Moana Project by Amiga Inc & Hyperion
and the list could go on forever...
BoXer ---> Mick Tinker
Concerning SharkPPC...i have good info, just afraid to expose it (it comes from very very good sources, but, again, i dont want to begin a battle on this matter....)
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What what ???? :-o
BoXer ---> Mick Tinker
Concerning SharkPPC...i have good info, just afraid to expose it (it comes from very very good sources, but, again, i dont want to begin a battle on this matter....)
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What about dragonfire while we're at it?
What about:
A/box
a3400
A1000+
A2200 (Computer Answers)
A5000 MK1
A5000 MK2 (Power Computing)
A6000 (Power Computing)
AA3000 (Commodore)
ACA 630 (Individual Computers)
AHT STB
Amiga 1400 (Commodore)
Amiga 3000+ (Commodore)
Amiga 4030L Portable (Quickpak)
Amiga 4060L Portable (Quickpak)
Amiga 4040L (Quickpak)
Amiga 4060L (Quickpak)
Amiga 5050T (Quickpak)
Amiga 1630LD (Quickpak)
Amiga ED (Viscorp)
Amiga MCC (Gateway - Amiga Inc)
Amiga MCC 1000
Amiga MCC 1200
Amiga Nyx
AmigaOne 1200
AmigaOne 4000
AmigaONE 1GHz CPU module (ACK)
AmigaONE 1.7GHz CPU module (ACK)
AmigaONE Dual 7410 Cpu Module (eyetech)
AmigaOS 4 Concept Developer System (Gateway - Amiga inc)
AmiJoe
AmiRage K2
Amy05
Apollo ViperPPC
Blizzard2604
BlizzardG3
BlizzardG4
BoXeR
Brainstormer
BSC MemoryMaster 1230
BSC TurboMaster 3050
BuddhaFlash A500
C5300 workstation
C5400 workstation
CD1200 (Commodore Amiga)
CD32 Game System 030 accelerator (Commodore)
CDTV Arcnet controller
CDTV CR
CDTV CR Mpeg card
CDTV2
Coldfire4000 (1)
Commodore 2631
CV3D Mpeg card
CyberstormG3
CyberstormG4
daVinci Gfx card
Delfina Flipper - original Zorro/PCI "flipper" board
DKB Talon - Zorro gfx
DKB Inferno - gfx addon for Wildfire
Dragon1200
Dragon4000
eClips
eflash1200
Elbox EM8400 MPEG-2 hardware decoder
Elbox ISDN PCI card
Eureka Afterburner
G-MCC
Gigatron Amiga laptop
GVP A4098
Harms TurboJet 4000
Harms TurboJet 5000
HiQ "Alpha Project"
Hombre
Hurricane
I-MCC
Impulse Multiprocessing system
Inside Out
iPhantom
Kickflash (Individual Computers)
Lepord
M-Box
Martina Sound Card
M.A.S.T Infinity Machine - expansion box for A500 with 030
Melody CDTV soundcard
MicroA1 XC
MicroA1-I
O'Connell 68K™ "classic" Amiga® compatible notebook computer
Panda
ParaGlide
Pegasos I G4 cpu boards
Pegasos I Dual cpu boards
Pegasos II Dual cpu boards
PIOS One
PowerAmiga (Escom)
PowerVixxenLT
PowerVixxenTL
Pre/box
SharkPPC
Siamese PCI
Silicon Studio - Zorro III sound
Sunrize DD-524 - optical I/O for AD-516
TeronPX (AmigaOne)
TransAM
Tsunami
UltraBus USB Zorro Card (Creative Development)
Unnamed A1200 accelerator (ACK 2004)
Unnamed A1200 modular busboard & Accelerator combo (ACK 2004)
Unnamed A500 PPC accelerator + AGA (DCE)
Unnamed Amiga compatible laptop (BoXer developers)
Unnamed Amiga PPC computer (H&P)
Unnamed Supra 040 accelerator for A3000
Unnamed Z-III AGA upgrade card
Unity Zorro PCMCIA slot
Universal Internet Television Interface - UITI (Viscorp)
Unnamed PPC405 based PDA (Amiga Inc)
VideoToaster - PAL version
Wonder TV A6000
Walker
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29050&highlight=list+vaporware
:roflmao:
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Wonder TV A6000 and 6060 exists
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=49
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I kinda want to make something up and announce it so I can get on that grand list of shame!! :) There is a whole lot of Ack stuff on there!
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Yeah I wish that just take this vapourware off their site already!
BTW CloneA is already out (at least in part!).
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What what ???? :-o
Actually, during my trip to Europe, i had the chance of visiting some places (Poland was among one of the countries i visited for quite a few days)
I stayed in some cities. I even stayed a couple of days in the same city where Elbox is located (Krakow)
Had the chance to talk with many (more than 10/15) heavy Amiga users (former Amiga users, active Amiga users, etc) about SharkPPC and some other stories.
They gave me a lot, and i mean a lot of info, which i considered very good, with very good resources and actually very strong to believe.
I should ask for permission, without saying their names of course, to try to describe the best possible, all what they told me about the "Truth & Myth about Elbox, SharkPPC, Dragon and some other tale stories"
:roflmao:
From my humble point of view, its a pity that they didnt came up with actual hardware, since many of us were eager to get them. Instead, they rushed to make announcements of vapourware, trying to get hold of the last Amiga users willing to buy almost anything in order to keep their machine up to date (At least, im talking for myself here, but if somebody feels like me, then you can tell it here, without being ashamed of).
And they proved to be "good" at producing some good hardware (like Mediator or the Elbox Tower, or the Power Flyer), despite all the Chris Hodges-Spider USB affair.
I had many dreams, and reading trough back issues of all the Amiga british mags, i can recall even a portable A1200 (P.A.W.S 1200 was its name).
I even was ready to buy it from Software Hut, during my short trip/visit to USA when i went there after Argentina´s collapse in 2001.
I ended up only buying a mini-trackball from P.A.W.S, which is very very cool indeed, and i still use it whenever i can.
Not that i have anything against Elbox, but, in some ways, they disappointed me. A lot. And i still have to send them thousands of mails every time i request a single update software , either for a Mediator, a Power Flyer or a Eide device. I know, i know, they have veeeery strong antiSPAM policies, but sometimes you end up feelikn kind of frustrated, right?
Anyway, i insist. I dont want to be considered a troll here, or star a "war", but i consider that all truth shall arise, and be said once for good, so we can put an end on all the speculation about actual hardware/vapourware etc etc produced/not produced by Elbox.
Just that
Sebastian
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Well speaking about hardware that never made it past the prototype stages for one reason or another:
NatAmi by the NatAmi Team
and the list could go on forever...
But the natami is still being worked on, progress is still regularly posted on the official website with photographic evidence? That's not vapourware.
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Don`t forget the A1200XL from Commodore.
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@Hell labs
My goal is not to hurt your feelings and kill your hopes, but like i said, none of those projects has left the prototype stages and unluckily are bound to stay that way. In other words for how long has the manufacturers/designers of those stuff been promising that the sale will start?
Lets be reasonable, work has been done in most of these projects, but reality shows us, they never left the prototype stage, i dont deny how cool could that be.
@gavilan
I dont see your problems with Elbox, if you properly send them the registration code they ask for, they dont even take a day to send the drivers thru email. Another thing is that they are not an ethically correct company, fact which i agree. I still find it disturbing that they added malicious code on their spider driver and i find it disgusting the fact that you have to pay them to get drivers for the hardware you bought from them (yes, no more free upgrades for mediator users, you need to buy the MMCD)
@All
But that is the way we Amiga users are now: some of us holding on wishfull hardware projects, others trapped by companies we dont like, just because they are our only alternative.
I hope some day we end this vicious circle!
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you need to buy the MMCD)
I love torrents!
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I love torrents too! But i still dont find most of the stuff i need :)
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Shark PPC is here. (http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_7200.html)
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Aaahahhh: VideoToaster - PAL version !!!!
Perhaps that if Newtek had successful stunned take out this model in Europe, AMIGA would have been the worldwide leader in front of Micro$oft. I'm dreaming I know ! :-)
What about:
VideoToaster - PAL version
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29050&highlight=list+vaporware
:roflmao: