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Offline Zac67

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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« on: April 10, 2011, 05:30:04 PM »
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(holding my breath for what's bound to come up)
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2011, 09:51:38 PM »
Wow - the Nyx prototype is on. Wonder what's it'll climb up to... :nervous:
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2011, 09:21:48 PM »
I don't think the fate of the other two Nyx boards and the few working chips is known. One system (this one?) got fried when the ROM socket shorted on 12V.

I don't think they had a working / somewhat complete ROM this early in the development phase, probably only some evaluation & testing code (AAA would have required completely functional RTG for the OS to run). The Walker was further in development and barely working.
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 06:31:27 PM »
I'm pretty sure the Nyx will go for more than 3k. After all, it's pretty much one-of-a-kind (well, very close to) and the Amiga hardware legend.

Re Natami: it'll surely need YUV and hardware overlay support (for DVD & HD video) - maybe not in the first version but soon after.
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 05:31:35 PM »
Moderators, please ban that troll. Thank you.
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2011, 10:12:22 PM »
Well, there the Nyx goes for just over $2500 - really thought it'd fetch more...
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Re: Haynie's Garage Sale
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2011, 10:00:26 AM »
Actually, that's pretty easy to answer: the 3000 came out (mid '90) before the Toaster (end '90) and before CDROMs began to become popular (Yellow Book is from '89). 5.25" drives & bays looked pretty obsolete at the time it was designed.

And isn't the 3k so much prettier than the 4k just as it is? ;)
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