Pictures of AmigaOne motherboard and statements from Alan Redhouse

[Rogue]

The ROM is actually the BIOS. These boards don't need any "April", "March" or whatever fix. They have the new sillicon revision of the Articia S chipset.

[Rogue]

volmer write:
Now, where's AOS4?

Like I said before, no more info on forums or mailing lists from me. Not because there isn't anything to report (quite the contrary) but because information I have given in the past is willfully distorted or quoted out of context, or simply misinterpreted.

spending $$$ on a Linux platform inferior to any x86 setup

Any x86 setup? I've benchmarked my G4/800 against a Duron 1200 with one of our linux games (SiN), and the G4 was almost twice as fast (typically about 50% faster).

That was a 7451 without L3 cache... Now you might argue about the Duron 1200, but it just shows that "any x86 setup" is a bit far-fetched.

[Rogue]

Did you use dual cpu's for that? Just curious. I'm sure OS4 will do as well or better.

No, that was a single Motorola PowerPC 7451 at 800 MHz. The dual module I have only has two 7410 (yeah, "only" two :-) )

[Rogue]

I wonder where the 3COM network controller has moved to on the motherboard?

The network port is now above the USB sockets, and the 3Com has moved behind this. Since both views of the board are from behind, it is hidden behind the USB sockets, but on the first picture you can see it sticking out at the side between network and parallel port.