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Offline motorollin

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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« on: January 02, 2010, 01:29:46 PM »
There's a scaled-down picture on the page, which looks like this when you view it separately:



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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 07:09:18 AM »
Is the little piece of motherboard they put on the site an existing piece of hardware? If not then it seems quite clear that this is hardware-related. Or it's a red herring. Can anyone tell if it looks real or a Photoshopped mock-up?



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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2010, 09:31:57 AM »
Quote from: Rogue;535909
I can, if you believe me.


I have no reason not to believe you.

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Source code of 4.js, included in 4.html:

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var nyd=0;
var ald=0;
function done()
{
alert("We're not making this easy, are we?");
var t=setTimeout("window.document.location.href='5.html'",5000);
}

function almost()
{
ald=1;
var al=prompt("What do you think is hidden here?","A CPU");
al=al.toLowerCase();
var i=al.length-1;
if (al.charAt(i)!=".")
{
al=al+".";
}
var pattern1=/(freescale|motorola|ibm|amcc|pasemi|p.a. semi|xilinx)/i;
var check1=pattern1.test(al);
var pattern2=/(cell|kilocore|xenon|gekko|broadway|blue gene)/i;
var check2=pattern2.test(al);
var pattern3=/(titan|e600|8641D|8640D|QorIQ|P2020|p4080|pa6t|970mp|83290|pwrficient)/i;
var check3=pattern3.test(al);

if (al=="a cpu.")
{
alert("We already told you that!");
}
else if (check1)
{
alert("It's a PowerPC CPU, if that's what you're driving at.");
}
else if (check2)
{
alert("Does that seem likely?");
}
else if (check3){
alert("Ooooh you're so smart you'll cut yourself. But we still ain't telling. Sorry, we'd love to. Can't. It's quite a story, actually...");
}
else
{
alert("For all I know, you're spot on. Unfortunately, being a weak and feeble piece of Javascript, I didn't understand. Sorry.");
}

if (nyd>0 && ald>0)
{
done();
}
}

function notyet()
{
nyd=1;
var ny=prompt("What do you think is hidden here?","X");
ny=ny.toLowerCase();
var i=ny.length-1;
if (ny.charAt(i)!=".")
{
ny=ny+".";
}

switch (ny)
{
case "x.":
alert("Yes. We were hoping for more though.");
break;
case "xena.":
alert("You know way too much...");
break;
case "a chip.":
alert("Duh");
break;
default:
alert("Interesting guess. Come back tomorrow and we'll talk about custom chips...");
}

if (nyd>0 && ald>0) {
done();
}
}

"What do you think is hidden here?"
"It's a PowerPC CPU, if that's what you're driving at."
"Interesting guess. Come back tomorrow and we'll talk about custom chips..."

So my guess is a PPC mobo for OS4 with a Minimig on a card for classic compatibility.

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« Last Edit: January 03, 2010, 12:23:05 PM by motorollin »
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Quote from: Zac67;535926
... called Xena. ;)


Looks like it. Just beautified the code in my post above, and entering "xena" as the CPU results in the message "You know way too much...".

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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2010, 01:12:44 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;535942
:roflmao::roflmao:

Thanks mate, now I have to clean the monitor...


Blimey, that was quick. You need to work on your stamina.

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Quote from: Karlos;535944
Is that a Xilinx FPGA near the slots? Probably glue logic, but perhaps it's for something else?


Custom chip emulation I bet.

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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2010, 01:23:04 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;535949
Damnit, STFU, I just cleaned the last mouthful of tea off it :roflmao:


Oh, "tea" was it? :roflmao:

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The build-up to this was exciting until now. Now I'm getting impatient and just want to know what it is, and how much it will cost. If the information is available, I think they should just tell us. We've waited long enough for it :rolleyes:

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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2010, 01:51:23 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;535951
I'm sticking to it...

Blimey, that must have been a lot of "tea"!

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Re: New Timberwolf screenshots!
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2010, 02:11:31 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;535959
Damn, where's bloodline? This exchange feels incomplete...


He emailed me the other day and he was stuck in the middle of nowhere when no Internet connection and barely a mobile signal. He's probably dead by now :(

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Quote from: Darrin;535974
If it allows for a full "Minimig" core to run on the FPGA then it might also explain the CF Card slot which could be used to hold the core, Kickstart, Hard File and ADF images.  Now that would be sweet!


Couldn't they just go on the hard disk?

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Quote from: Karlos;535987
Anyway, as a cautionary note, let's not "over" speculate what this hardware is or it will inevitably end in disappointment


Too late. I'm spoilt now ;)
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Quote from: Karlos;535989
Spoilt or soiled?


Both!

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Quote from: Karlos;536022
Why not? It's one of the coolest letters in the alphabet :lol:


Actually I hate X. I also hate Q. They do not represent any speech sounds in English which cannot more accurately be represented with other letters.

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