Seehund burbled, in response to jd997uk:
I remember the "AmigaOne" and that press release very well. Eyetech will be selling Mai's hardware. And? What are you talking about? What's that got to do with this?
One might pose the same questions, with rather less lack of perception/bad faith, re your own remarks.
Remember that this is a limited-interest mobo for the moment, and IMO it is highly unlikely that any other dealer for Europe actually exists. So you'll still be buying from Eyetech.
Remember that the firmware, which basically enables the mobo to boot, and the Amiga ROM are
not the same thing, neither conceptually nor physically. I suspect that when they talk about not necessarily using the same firmware as the A1, they mean that there may be a few differences in the code, eg default OS may be Linux rather than AOS.
Incidentally, I'm pretty sure it's the debugging etc work on the A1 which now enables MAI to market their board in this way. This is good news, since it has spread the costs of A1 development and should also reduce the final cost of the boards to users
since more are expected to be sold.
And at "around $500", the Teron board is in the same price range as the AmigaOne anyway, based on the current GBP to USD exchange rate.
I do wish you'd think things through before kneejerking out this sort of emotive nonsense.
