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Offline Gavilan

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Re: SharkPPC
« on: November 06, 2009, 07:35:54 PM »
Quote from: Gulliver;528600
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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Re: SharkPPC
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 12:27:38 AM »
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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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