Blizzard PPC604e upgrade discussion

[Karlos]

...along with the SharkPPC, which has also never materalised.  I was disappointed about that.  The impression I had from Elbox's website was that the design was pretty much finished, and that all they were waiting for was OS4.0 to be completed.

Such a shame when things like this happen.  I still hold hope that Elbox can release the Shark, but I feel it's doubtful that we'll ever see it.

Apple Hammer

The impression I got was that it was complete, but never intended to run OS4. As far as I could see, it was a Sonnet Crescendo card with a different heat sink.

[Jose]

http://www.nutts.demon.co.uk/cyberg3.html
Take a read

[Karlos]

http://www.nutts.demon.co.uk/cyberg3.html
Take a read

Reading that made me sad. I would have loved to have seen that come to fruition.

[stachu100]

 
Maybe in the near future :cool:
 

Reading that made me sad. I would have loved to have seen that come to fruition.

[pampers]

 
Maybe in the near future :cool:

Can I make my preorder then? :laugh1:

[ElPolloDiabl]

Is that the card where people preordered, but ended up losing their money because phase 5 went bankrupt?

[stachu100]

Can I make my preorder then? :laugh1:

You are third in line

[stachu100]

Is that the card where people preordered, but ended up losing their money because phase 5 went bankrupt?

No

[pampers]

You are third in line

But honestly, would that be ever possible?

[stachu100]

But honestly, would that be ever possible?

Specification says: "yes, but..."
What will be in reality: well, there is only one way to know the answer.
I would like to know this answer and I'm planning this since few months already.
Can be the same story as 604e on Blizzard PPC...

[Jose]

"Reading that made me sad. I would have loved to have seen that come to fruition. "

Me too, history would have been different. Today it's probably better to focus energy on future machines, would still love to have one in my A4000 though:)

[pampers]

Specification says: "yes, but..."
What will be in reality: well, there is only one way to know the answer.
I would like to know this answer and I'm planning this since few months already.
Can be the same story as 604e on Blizzard PPC...

Are you talking about the upgrading existing card or make a brand new one?

[stachu100]

Are you talking about the upgrading existing card or make a brand new one?

I can do upgrade only. New board development is a HUGE taks and requires a lot of resources and $$$$$$$$$$$$$
I don't have them.

[delshay]

I think 350MHz was the fastest available processor.  If you google you'll find reference to a 400MHz unit but from what I can tell this was just two 200MHz 604e processors.
 
So it looks to me like 350MHz is the fastest 604e processor you could get hold of.  Still, a significant increase over 233MHz! And perhaps it could be overclocked slightly ;-)
 
Apple Hammer

are you sure thats the fastest.

i bet you i can make you edit your posting by uploading a photo.

i have two of them here in my hand awaiting a Cyberstorm PPC and i guarantee it to work.

[som99]

are you sure thats the fastest.

i bet you i can make you edit your posting by uploading a photo.

i have two of them here in my hand awaiting a Cyberstorm PPC and i guarantee it to work.

Show me a photo and ill belive

[mfilos]

From Wikipedia:

The PowerPC 604ev, 604r or "Mach 5" was introduced in August 1997 and was essentially a 604e fabricated by IBM and Motorola with a newer process, reaching higher speeds with a lower energy consumption. The die was 47 mm2 small manufactured on a 0.25 µm CMOS process with five levels of interconnect, and drew 6W at 250 MHz. It operated at speeds between 250 and 400 MHz and supported a memory bus up to 100 MHz.