Neko said:
But it is no lie that the Teron CX, PX, and Eyetech's AmigaOne lines are very very similar, perhaps barring some cost-efficiency changes, and a few extra minor features.
They are identical. Even Alan has quit pretending otherwise by now.
I don't see why Eyetech sees people stating this simple fact as "setting up traps" or whatever.
Why do some people apparently see this as "trolling"? The hardware is identical, and there's nothing "bad" about Eyetech "merely" (Alan's wording) being a reseller. It's a good thing of course. Does anyone really think that Mai would choose to sell older revisions, or revisions with less features, than a reseller like Eyetech? Mai still owns the design.
The division of markets is an artificial creation, it has nothing to do with imagined differences between hardware. That artificial division between an "AmigaOS hardware market" and the "hardware market for everybody else" is where the smaller volumes come from. That's where the higher price for Terons (or any future licensed hardware) when sold by Eyetech (or any future licensee) comes from. Et c.
Alan Redhouse said:
The k/b reset problem only occurs with out of spec keyboards in our experience.
The specification I believe is PS/2. Are people trying to use non-PS/2 keyboards, or is there an additional secret specification?
A second problem is that it is only practical to flash UBoot at the factory, so there is an inevitable several week lag between us submitting the boot code (which comes from us, not MAI) to the factory to build a batch of boards, and those boards reaching earlybird users such as yourself. This period can be typically 6-8 weeks. It is for that reason that that we have now asked the factory to remove software protection from the ROM so it can be reflashed by earlybird purchasers.
6-8 weeks? Maybe they should look into transferring the firmware images by FTP or e-mail, instead of shipping them saved on floppies by rowboat to Taiwan? FFS, doesn't he understand himself how ridiculous this sounds? It'd be quicker to solder a *PROM burner from an Aminet description and flash the chips inhouse at Eyetech before shipping each board!
Is he honestly suggesting that they have until now sold Terons with the firmware chips DELIBERATELY write protected? Part of that "added value", I presume...
There's a trait of paranoia to the whole text. Who set a "trap" to make people believe that Mai manufactures anything? Very confusing. Doesn't everyone know that Mai is not a manufacturer?
we have materially dictated the board design and specifications
That's cute. And so flexible to interpret. Does Eyetech's hardware design department share offices with AInc's legal department?
One word: "Zico"
