ETA for Elbox Dragon?

[Piru]

SharkPPC has been ready for years.

Also, I wonder how much support there will be in OS 3.9 for the shark?

None.

Will it work just like the current PPC boards out there?

No.

Is it just for running OS 4.0?

Only Elbox claims it will run OS4. Hyperion deny it.

Will Elbox ever release it?

Cresendo released this card years ago. See above.


Dragon? Well it has only been delayed for couple years so far. Considering the faith people have in Shark, give it 3-4 years more.

[Piru]

I REALLY would like to get my hands on a g4 or g5 shark and stick it in my A4000 with the mediator 4000Di. I'm kinda surprised elbox hasn't released that option yet.

Which part of the "SharkPPC is rebadged crescendo card" didn't you get?

Compare Elbox SharkPPC and Crescendo 7200.

No, there is no G4 model.

[Piru]

Define "work"?

[Piru]

No.

PowerUP: no support
WarpUP: no support
MorphOS: no support
OS4: no support

Yet Elbox claims that OS4 would run on this card unaltered.

Go figure...

[Piru]

So what is the point of saying that the Shark is a re-badged Crescendo card?

Because it is.

SharkPPC has never been seen run anything "Amiga". There is a reason for this: It is the Crescendo card with modified heatsink (which says SharkPPC & elbox).

Sure, if it would actually be possible to buy the Crescendo card and use it in a Mediator 4000 then I could see your point.

Ah you mean as possible as to buy regular NEC USB 2.0 card and use it instead of SpiderUSB 2.0 card?

But we still have to wait for the Shark package to use the card with an Amiga.

SharkPPC is this Crescendo card. But I am sure Elbox would do anything in their power to stop people from bying the card from Crescendo or Ebay (probably the same tricks as used with SpiderUSB).

(That assuming this Shark thing would be real in the first place)

[Piru]

elbox claims that most of the unmodified 68k software runs at speed between 040 and 060

Dragon, lack of performance