bhoggett wrote:
KennyR wrote:
Not true. A1 is basically only sold for OS4.
Again wrong. The A1 was built to satisfy Eyetech's need for a custom system their industrial customers could not purchase from anywhere else, therefore allowing for high profit margins per unit to be maintained. They previously used old Amiga systems for this, but understandably were going to have problems as the supply slowly dwindled.
The OS4 tie-in is so that those systems can be sold to the consumer market too, with Eyetech looking for the same exclusive angle they have with their industrial niche.
Mini-ITX in the industrial market :lol:
That´s a very small marketshare. PC104 is the formfactor that rules that market even if smaller boards and those a little bit bigger like the size of a 3,5"diskdrive have taken a big share of the market.
Secondly where is Linux(or BSD) going on the A1? Nowhere.
A1 on the other hand is badly priced for these markets and has problems just running Linux. No-one wants to adapt their kernel to run on an expensive PPC board when they can do it for half the price with no workarounds on a Peg.
Both Peg and A1 are overpriced and overhyped. One rates as distinctly mediocre hardware, while the other borders on being downright poor. In both cases the operating systems are raw and unfinished.
There are other boards for running PPCLinux and not only that you are also competing against x86 compatibles as Transmetas and Vias processors and against the ARM family.
The industrial market isn´t a safe little playground for overpriced crap anymore, that was 15 years ago.
