MicroA1 and 3D?

[Johan Samuelsson]

Hello boys!

Hmm.. I some questions about the MicroA1, there won't be an AGP slot right? And the onboard graphics is something like a Radeon 7000, with very poor 3D support, right? So, there is no way to add a GFX card with decent 3D support? If this is the case, then, I really see much less chanses for the MicroA1 to be the successor of the A1200 in modern times. No one wants an A1 without 3D abilities if he wants to make demos or something. Someone please tell me I am all wrong here!

[Johan Samuelsson]

Hmm.. noone of you really had any aswers to my original question. Drivers and stuff is not what I asked about. The MicroA1 will come with an onboard ATI chip right? These small graphics cards are stripped versions of big cards. To be able to get it that small, you have to strip out some feats. Often 3D. What is bothering me is, as eyetech seems to be marketing these babies towards the embedded market, they might not add possibilities to add another real gfxcard? As the onboard gfxcard wont do in the long run...

And yes, I know that there wont be drivers and a 3D API that will blow us away with the release of 4.0, but I am thinking ahead here...

[Johan Samuelsson]

Oh.. and then it's this STUPID STUPID name!
MicroA1!?!?!? Are Eyetech ashamed of the Amiga name, as they are aiming at customers outside the Amiga comunity? Why not keep the original name then? It is a teron board anyway...

This is like apple calling their new Mac, M1, and that is something they would NEVER do, as the brand is worth a lot.

MicroA1? Please... it sounds so unapealing, geeky, boring... baah... yuck! yuck! yuck!

And it demands an explanation everytime you mention it..


-MicroA1?

-Yea! It is the littlesister to the new AmigaOne!

-Oh... Weird name, silly me, I didn't know it was an Amiga or a computer even.