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Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« on: July 20, 2004, 07:43:08 PM »
Anachronism Industries is pleased to announce an agreement has been reached with Individual Computers to provide Prometheus drivers for the upcoming Catweasel MK4! Drivers will be free to Prometheus owners.



The Prometheus is available now for the unbelievably low price of $139, worldwide shipping is available! The Catweasel MK4 has a ETA of Q4, 2004 and will also be available in volume from Anachronism Industries.
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2004, 07:53:31 PM »
And a very well done to both Anachronism Industries and Individual Computers. :-)
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2004, 09:41:32 PM »
Some people asked for Amithlon drivers: It seems that these are OpenPCI drivers that should (according to Jens) also work under Amithlon.

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2004, 10:42:10 PM »
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Well done. :-D   I hope this works out well for the Prometheus owners.  :pint:

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2004, 12:01:03 AM »
That is very good news.:banana: :elvis: :afro: :pint:

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2004, 02:27:23 AM »
Good to see, but Jim, you're following the Elbox model! What's up with that? I'm assuming the driver will be closed source. . . .
 

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2004, 02:36:21 AM »
@Trev

I don't know what you mean? The driver will be available free of charge to Prometheus users. Open source? Probably not, but that's Individual Computer's IP, not mine. Not my call to make.
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2004, 02:41:42 AM »
Hmmm. OK. I'll give you a pass for not charging for the driver. ;-) If the driver is being written to the native Prometheus SDK, then it makes sense for Jens to keep it closed source. But. . . . Why not just write it to OpenPCI and satisfy everyone at the same time? And I should be making these comments via email and not on a board. D'oh! :-)

Edit: I do see how having Prometheus support enhances the market for both products, but in its current state, the Amiga market isn't exactly general purpose. Hobbyists like to tinker. . . .
 

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2004, 04:36:39 AM »
@redrumloa

Are paying them to do the drivers? Or are you doing the drivers yourself?
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2004, 12:28:12 PM »
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Individual Computers is doing the driver, we are not doing it inhouse.
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2004, 04:11:06 PM »
I agree... good move Red and jens!


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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2004, 04:34:11 PM »
Great to see guys!
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2004, 11:20:19 PM »
@redrumloa

So, you're paying them to do it (for your customers), or did you just convince them to do it, with your cult of personality? :-)

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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2004, 12:08:59 AM »
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I played the Beatles White album backwards and chanted a satanic spell of compliance;-)
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Re: Announcement: Prometheus - Catweasel MK4 drivers
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2004, 01:16:20 PM »
Is the Mk IV going to be another Flipper design? I.e. Z3 and PCI combined?