Merlancia Industries Announces the MCC 1000 and the MCC 1200

[Kees]

In a press-release, Merlancia has announced two new Merlancia Amiga computers.

The Amiga MCC 1000, wich will be available in September, and the Amiga MCC 1200, wich will be availble on October.  Both computers based on the  Pentagram 'MCC' Designs.  

At this point it is unclear if an OS will be delivered with these new computers.

[alx]

Don't be fooled by our competitors' products.

I'm very confused - I guess that they are referring to the A1 and the Peg, but the MCC doesn't appear to run any of the Amigoid OSes (OS4 isn't ported and wouldn't run on the x86 anyway, Genesi say they don't have a deal and MOS isn't ported, and I haven't heard anything from the AROS team).  To me, it sounds like a standard x86 or slightly custom PPC board in a nice case  - not aimed at the same market (ie Amigans) at all :-?

[redrumloa]

Oh boy this is getting weird. Care to clarify RC?

[amigamad]

I would not buy one to me it will always be the empty case that gateway fobbed us off with. :-?

maybe its a case for an a1200 .

[JoannaK]

I have found that in anything Amiga related it's a good idea to look
and test system yourself before even considering purchasing it.

Of this Merlancias new PPC system there as a thread about a week a ago
speculating on possibility it woudl be upcoming Pegasos 2 motherbaord
in ab box. But I don't think that's giong to be likely.

[Waccoon]

One has an Athlon, the other has a PPC?  Now this is truly weird.

On second glance, though, I have to say I wouldn't want one of these things on my desktop.  Then again, I'm a dedicated tower use with a 21" monitor.  For compact, non-tower systems, I can't imagine using anything but an iMac-like case.

[lempkee]

that ppc one....heh..what os will it use?

the price is quite nice though its merlancia ...

yet another hoax?

[amigamad]

To me its to little mile to late i cant see there being a market for it with the amigaone and pegasos already available . :-)

[takemehomegrandma]

To me its to little mile to late i cant see there being a market for it with the amigaone and pegasos already available .

The Pegasos and A1 are motherboards. These are systems. And it's not any everyday PC tower either, it is a custom design that both has an interesting history and some personality.

[Marky_D_Sahd]

It calls itself "Merlancia AMIGA MCC," so it should be Amiga.  It has an Amiga floppy drive.  But what runs on X86?  UAE?  Amiga Forever?  Bernie's newest creation???

[bhoggett]

@Marky_D_Sahd

After his experience with H&P, do you honestly think Bernie would get remotely involved with the likes of Merlancia?

What you are seeing here is a sad attempt at getting some attention. There is no product.

(I love the bit about purchasing all the IP associated with the MMC. It sounds like special carpentry skills were used when they made that pathetic mock-up model)

[weirdami]

@bhoggett

How about we wait until September is here and gone before we make such a snap judgement. September's only a few days away, after all.

I've never seen the point in automatically saying that everything Merlancia is either bad or a hoax. I hope Ryan sells a million of these things, especially if there's real Amiga stuff inside.

[Kees]

Ryan answerd a few questions about the OS that will be used on www.amigaworld.org

we do plan on including both AmigaOS  and Amiga-alike OSes with our products.

I'll believe it, when i see it ...

[AmiDelf]

I asked some questions to Merlancia at my website, and one of the interesting things:

"We do have plans on an Amiga styled keyboard layout in the future  (TouchSmart model) and we do plan on including both AmigaOS  and Amiga-alike OSes with our products."

You can read more on: www.amigaworld.org

Regards,
Michal

[downix]

As a side-note, the dropping of this site-fued is turning out great, as scoops on one site are picked up on the others.

Thanks one and all for this.