New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[arnljot]

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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moto

LOL, I feel bad for laughing at that. But I know how you feel dead when you're not online. And I can see how you seem dead to your online friends.

I'm just waiting for a buy it now button to pop up next to the new motherboard.

[arnljot]

It seems 2010 will be an exciting year. Now if only MorphOS could be ported to the A-EON (I know it's early to go on about it already now! :-))

Now, what to put in the Xorro slot?

[arnljot]

I must admit that I'd written OS4 off completely, but this brings some energy into the competition between morphos and os4 again. In a good way mind you, not borish flame.

But real neck to neck running again.

Rouge on OS for the A-EON:
"Guess".

So my guess is OS4.x

It says on the board:
"AmigaOne Powe..."

I bet it finishes of as "red", making it "AmigaOne Powered"

The AmigaOne brand is AmigaOS4 PPC compatible.

So in my opinion it leaves the following questions:
-What flavour PPC CPU?
-What is Xena?
-What can we use Xorro for?

And less importantly I'm ashamed to say:
-What does it cost?

[arnljot]

Karlos wants the thread to grow as long as over at aw.net ;-)

No objections btw.

OS4 on A-eon with Timberwolf... I'm excited :-P

[arnljot]

Sure, I made a bit of a tabloid statement. But really, £500 is a lot, but not painfull. Every £50 over £500 gets harder and harder...

[arnljot]

@Zac67

Has it been confirmed, or is it your bet? Just want to know, I'm hungry for A-EON news :-)

@Tension
Thats a problem for new Amiga A-EON users. Most of us have gear we can pillage and build a new system from old parts and a new motherboard.

[arnljot]

@Zac67

Indeed, "AmigaOne Power X"

They really plug that X, don't they :-)

[arnljot]

Off topic: X isn't the coolest, but it's way cooler than Q which Q of Star Trek ruined.

Z however, it even survied Antonio Banderas.

Now, it's interesting that Hyperion and A-EON choose X for branding (OSx x86 X windows etc). I wonder how related the Amiga X is to other X'es.

[arnljot]

Comments in the html:

 Amiga, AmigaOS, AmigaOne and the BoingBall image are property of Amiga inc., used under license by Hyperion Entertainment CVBA.

 Site content (c)2010  by Electric Voodoo for Hyperion Entertainment / A-Eon


 Hey there! Remember when we said way back at the start that there were no hidden messages?
 Guess what? We lied.
 After all, where would the fun be in that?
 "Remember when computing was fun?"
 We do hope you're all having as much fun with this as we are.
 Isn't this a lot more fun than boring, dry press releases?
 Anyway, back to the yellow and black...

 To start, just look at the very first page,
 To follow, begin where Nemo entered into a rage.
 Then add to that what the Phoenicians used to see,
 The end was found, fricatively wound, in the branches of the very first tree.
 My whole was born in a place where a Celtic river was by Saxons, crossed,
 A new incarnation of a parallel, once thought lost.


 Nyaaah. Ain't I a stinker?

[arnljot]

More hidden text.
 

Alive without breath,
 As cold as death.
 Never thirsty, ever drinking,
 All in mail, never clinking.

                       ...                            

 What? Oh... well yeah. Ok, so I couldn't think of anything.
 There was going to be a nice picture here called "hidden.png" but it got put up a day too soon and some clever clogs found it.

                       ...                            

 Nope, that's it. You've had your lot. It's not my fault someone already found it.

                       ...                            

 No, really. You can stop reading the source code now, we're done for today.

 Don't you people have homes to go to?

                       ...                            

 Seriously. We're done, see you tomorrow. Go out and have fun. Watch a movie!

 Mmmm, popcorn.

                       ...                            





 Hmm? Still here?

 Oh well, as we're talking about movies, have you seen Avatar yet? I haven't. Been looking forward to it a while, but things keep getting in the way.

 You know, things like this web site. It's not easy thinking up puzzles to keep you lot amused, you know!

 I was going to go yesterday. Had it all planned, trip to the cinema with my girlfriend. Unfortunately she wasn't feeling too well, so we had to cancel.

 I should give her a call, see how she's doing.

                       ...                            

 Ah, she's feeling much better. Looks like we're on for the cinema tomorrow. That's good.

                       ...                            











 Woah! You're still here? I went and got lunch, I thought you'd be gone by the time I got back.

 I have to admit I admire your persistence, but we really are done. No more puzzles. Come back tomorrow, I'll have something really meaty for you then, I promise.

                       ...                            

 Oooooh Okay, you've twisted my arm. I'll think up something quick for you to puzzle over.

                       ...                            

 Ok, here it comes. It's a good 'un...

 Psych! Ha ha! I was kidding.

                       ...                            

 Actually I was kidding about kidding. Here it is.

 An age from the page of the Book of Law,
 Shall come to know an Olympian foe;
 Greek strife (formerly) once in, now outside,
 A Lazarus snatched, to join the ride.

 Too vague? Too cryptic? Well it was off the cuff, you know. I've got to be careful what I reveal.

                       ...                            

 Okay, okay. You want something more solid? Hrm. I can't really say much here. So let me just address a few rumours. No, you haven't seen this motherboard before. Yes, it's a desktop. No, the A-EON partners didn't design the Nemo board in their garages, and no it's not an evaluation board! Goodness. It was designed by a highly experienced design team to A-EON's specifications. Yes, it's high-end hardware. No, it doesn't have the number of cores you are thinking of. Whatever number you are thinking of. At least, not necessarily. No, we don't have a release date. Yes, it will be fairly soon. Yes, the software team does have functioning boards to work on already. Yes, it is the most powerful AmigaOS hardware ever. By a big margin. I did say high-end. Yes, it will come with a case. It's a computer we're making, not just a motherboard. Yes, Nemo IS just the start.

                       ...                            

 What? What now? Not obscure enough?

 Sigh...

 Well people have been asking for some solid info. A joke can only go so far, and we will be revealing all we can currently reveal tomorrow.

 Anyway, what about that thing with the number of cores? Come on! That was pretty obscure.

 Look, just go back a page, look at the source there. Far more fun. Solve that charade riddle and you'll know a lot more about Xena.

 And with that, I am gone. Good luck, have fun!

[arnljot]

From the text I get that the last update is tomo, and that what they can reveal will be revealed.

So lets see if any bright heads can beat them to it :-)

[arnljot]

This is getting exciting now!

For my part, it's been exciting for quite a while :-)

[arnljot]

I deserve a treat

Me too, and all the time! :-) :lol:

Well, I've wanted a NG amiga system for a long time, and I still want MorphOS, I'll get my fix through my efika. This is something I'll splosh my $$$ on.

[arnljot]

Seems like it's gonna be a dual core PPC motherboard with modern ports and slots. Wonder if it'll be DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

I also wonder what the X chipset is. Nothing I've heard so far seems likely, but I do find the transmuter theories interesting.

[arnljot]

Back in the period 95 to 00, people laughed at the price of prelude sound cards, picasso iv, cyberstorms, a1200s and a4000s. They were never cheap. It was the software and OS which made it worth it.