Lets talk about A1222 - Tabor

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I'm reading Vultures and Vampires.   What a depressing book!  It is good but very depressing.  It seems this is all par for the course.   Make huge promises, delay, delay, delay and kick the can down the road.

The Covid lockdowns should have been a good thing toward the development of the A1222.  What better thing to do than test, prep and make changes.  Now the lockdowns are over, you could implement all the changes you were unable to do.  I understand that there are chip shortages but what is unacceptable is ZERO communication since 2020.  "Early Adopter Programme (Latest Update: 7 December 2020)" per a1222plus.com.

I am an Early Adopter but I just preordered an Acube SAM460LE.  Lets hope they deliver in June or at least by end of summer 2022.

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Have they said how they are going to release a new board when the NXP who makes the 1022CPU has discontinued it?   Did Trevor buy a stock of them?   I see now why the X5000 is no longer

https://www.generationamiga.com/2020/07/06/nxp-to-discontinue-support-for-p1022-in-2021/

However, I do see them recommending the T1023 as a replacement going EOL in 2029.  Hopefully, they will have the board released by then.

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This might be off topic but what happened to the X5000?  It was a little pricey but it was a beast!

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I contacted Amiga On the Lake and they said Amigakit has decided to stop selling them.

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I contacted Alinea Computer Shop and they said they are only X5000 distributor for Germany.  Since I amin US, no go. 

I have contacted Amigakit at the same time and no response but that would the first time that they havent responded to me. 

I should have purchased an x5000 but got caught up in being an early adopter of Tabor. I have also asked Amigakit on what to do besides register the AAA serial number and again, no response.   It is so nice to treat a customer who paid you $200 to get on the list.  Not happy at all!

AmigaOldSkooler,   I like your site! 

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BozzerBigD

What nonsense are you spewing???   An attempt at humor perhaps??  Remember the saying, "Open your mouth and remove all doubt!"


I have been in contact with Amedia Computer.   They have x5000 5040 systems and motherboards in stock and I am ordering one.    It wont be delivered by Trevor or a unicorn but one of the mail carriers.   

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What is your point?

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This is from a1222plus.com. "To ensure there are no hardware surprises at least five motherboards are being manufactured to prove the updated A1222 Plus design changes. A-EON has partnered with ACube Systems s.r.l to handle this process.

Following the successful proof of design, the Early Adopter batch will be manufactured and it is currently estimated that delivery will commence in the second quarter of 2021."

If Acube is testing but now releasing a new updated SAM460LE, what does that mean?   Filling in for the delay or design/discontinued parts?   Acube has filled in the gaps before in NG boards.

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Once I get my x5000 5040 i will be glad to be a beta tester.  Just contact me.  I also have a4T, a4kDs a2000 that I can do a lot of legacy testing if needed as well.

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I asked and got a response from Amigakit.

I am an Amiga 1222plus early adopter. How does that work? Will you notify me when the boards become available or do I have to prepay now? I have registered my serial number.

Thanks,

Charles

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Their Response:

The A1222 Plus is run by A-EON and not us.   No money has been taken for the motherboard yet for prepayments.

Thank you.

Also Dealing with Amedia Computer, they said "A-Eon has been completely overwhelmed on last week."  I was hoping to look here and see good news on the A1222.

Here is my thoughts:

Acube is starting production on the SAM460LE which should be done sometime this summer, hopefully.  In the past, they filled in when the AmigaOneXEs stopped production.  So I am thinking they are filling in once again until whatever is going on with the X5000 and A1222 gets corrected.  I would think we might see something after the Acube has ran its course.

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I just received and email today from Chronopost France.   Amedia Computers just shipped my new X5040 mother board.  How exciting is that?

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My P5040 has arrived this morning. 

Here is a better question.  Why did my x5040 have to be shipped from UK to Amedia computers in France and then to me in the States.   Why isn't Amigakit selling them???   Is there logic if they release the X5040 it will kill demand for Tabor?   It defies logic.

It looks to me like A-EON doesnt want to sell Amigas and just sit on old obsolete hardware and components. 

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I disagree with the "Stock pile of x5000s @ Amedia".   They told me that only P5040 MB were available and I had to wait for A-EON UK to ship them out.  That was for mother boards or complete machines.  They had no X5000s in stock.

Thats what is weird.  A-EON is selling them to Amedia but not to Amigakit. 

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Just wanted to give a shout out to Amedia Computers in France.  Built my x5040 over the past couple days.  Amedia's Laurent and Franck are awesome guys.  They did exactly what they said they would do and were really helpful getting my X5040 up and working.