Ben Hermans - Hyperion Entertainment Interviewed

[Kay]

@mdma:

Dodged the question? He gave *three* good reasons why they aren't currently working on a Pegasos version:
*No license. Why should Hyperion strain their resources further just to make a version that can not, and may never, be legally used with the Pegasos?
*Small market. Does an *absolute maximum* of 600 sales (and this is a maximum they would be unlikely to reach) justify the extra development effort?
*No documentation. I somehow doubt that writing low-level stuff without a hardware documentation is as convenient as writing it with full documentation.

How could he have been more direct? (Seriously, please explain, I really don't see how)

Kay

[Kay]

> you act as though pegasos is 'done' ... as a board... sure the Peg1 is done...but Peg2 is
> comming out this year

I don't act as anything, I was merely elaborating on what Ben himself said. I am aware that there are plans for a Pegasos 2, as is he. For now it isn't available, though, so *currently* the market is limited to a total maximum 600, with no more boards being made.

> and will definitly be superior to the A1 in its current iteration... it would be wise to get OS4
> onto superior hardware.

Heh, we'll see when both of the boards you are comparing exists. :-)

Kay

[Kay]

> I was being sarcastic.

Oh. Sorry, I didn't see that. There are so many strange viewpoints these days, you can't really tell who are being serious anymore.

> But seriously, the A1 is not much different to the Pegasos, the main difference is about 200 dollars! ;-)

Ooooh. Touchè :-). Hopefully, in a month or two, I'll have a good comeback, like ("...and approximately 1000 units"). In the meantime, I'll settle for "...and 200MHz and an Altivec". :-D (and don't try telling me the G3 Pegasos is faster anyway)

Kay