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Re: SharkPPC PCI card in an x86 box?
« on: July 09, 2003, 12:46:41 AM »
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Seeing as the SharkPPC will be a PCI card, would it be possible to have AOS4 running on it using an x86 CPU and motherboard?


Have you been drinking again? :-D

AOS4 can't use the x86 CPU, that's why you'd be sticking the PPC in there :-)

Sorry I couldn't resist.

I would suggest that it might be possible with the correct drivers... but does the Shark function like a normal PCI card? or does it expect certain privilages? since it should be the Booting card...

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Re: SharkPPC PCI card in an x86 box?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2003, 12:57:46 AM »
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Anyone fancy trying it in their x86 sometime? If so, can u post results here? Thanks


Sure send me one... I'll even try and get it to work.

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Re: SharkPPC PCI card in an x86 box?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2003, 01:06:54 AM »
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Smoking God's natural pain-killer this time! :-D


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Re: SharkPPC PCI card in an x86 box?
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2003, 03:18:58 PM »
I guess Gateway gets the Amiga Forever licence money, assuming it wasn't one large upfront licence.

Since Gateway actually own the Amiga IP, and Amiga Only licence (albeit free, AFAIK) it themselves.