Update from Eyetech (after my review)

[Elwood]

After my review about the AmigaOne you have probably already read (available here, Alan Redhouse sent to me a reply that should be interesting for everyone.

From Alan Redhouse, Eyetech:

"UBoot is under constant development and refinement by Hyperion, But documentation has been difficult to obtain and I, particularly, have been pushing Hyperion to press on with OS4 rather than continuously tinker with and polish UBoot - there are only 2 Friedens! The k/b reset problem only occurs with out of spec keyboards in our experience. Typing 'reset' at the UBoot prompt always works with a Radeon 7000 card in our experience.
There may be some problems with a Voodo card - I don't know - we do not have one!

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.

Finally please do not fall into the trap so frequently set up by some people - that this is really a MAI designed and produced product and that we merely resell what we are given.

MAI contracted out the original design, and jointly we have drawn up specifications for the current (and future) board versions to ensure that they are cost effective and saleable. This spec has then been given to a third party specialist to design into a manufacturable board. Our supply contract is directly with the factory, not with MAI. Although we have a close working relationship with MAI, we have materially dictated the board design and specifications, and have placed and funded the build.

Cheers

Alan"

[Elwood]

@Neko:
>Drawing up specifications is a lofty task indeed!

I don't see how this comment is related to Eyetech work. It's not a post about AInc.

@Seehund:
>Are people trying to use non-PS/2 keyboards

I don't think "specification" is precise enough to think it describes the PS2 interface specification.
Anyway, this Uboot problem is far from being a pain. It's just annoying and it will be corrected in the future.

>6-8 weeks? Maybe they should look into transferring the firmware images by email

It's not only transfering the bios file. Alan said it is the time needed to produce the complete board + shipping them. Please read again.

Bye

[Elwood]

@ itix:
I don't remember any mention of "onboard audio" myself ! I talked about the sound driver for Debian not yet done.

@Rogue:
Thanks for the information.

Have a nice day everyone....