D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station- Preorders for the Next Run

[c64man]

Hey guys,  Im taking Pre-orders for the next run of D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Stations.  Let me know your interest in this thread.   I will have 10 systems available this run.  I hated to increase the cost but the cost of hardware fluctuates,  and I am now including an upgraded version of AmigaForever the Plus Edition

The D-UAE is a dedicated emulation station,  It is based on WinXP  Embedded and WinUAE.  It boots into ClassicWB 3.1 in Picasso96 Mode.   It is loaded with a ton of Demos,  It has Ethernet and serial support on  the Amiga side.   The system is highly configurable. Can even run OS  3.9 if you have the license for it.   It is configured to run WB 1.3,  2.0 and 3.1,  All the Workbench ADFs and HDFs are included on the  internal 16GB Flash memory.  Which is easily removable to backup to your  own personal hard drive.
 This system will run any bit of Amiga software you throw at it.
 System Specs are as follows
 

• AMD Sempron 2200+ Processor
• 1GB RAM
• 1GB Internal Flash that holds XPe
• 16GB Internal Removable USB flash memory that holds UAE and all associated files.  Easily backed up to your own hard drive.
• Clonezilla Image of all files included will be available for download  
• 8GB USB Flash drive for easy file transfer to the D-UAE
• AmigaForever Plus License is included A 29.95 Value in the purchase price and comes on a USB flash drive  

Pricing is 135.00 Shipped in the USA
Anywhere in the world $200 shipped

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Still a great price, good luck with your sales!

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Does this perform well with the PPC emulation from the latest winuae betas? Is it at least as usable in that regard (performance-wise) as a csppc or bppc?

[Methanoid]

Sempron 2200+ - are they even available new now? Which motherboard are you pairing this with?

[som99]

@c64man - You did a typo, there ain't no Sempron 2200+ socket S1 you mean the 2100+ (1GHz) CPU

Does this perform well with the PPC emulation from the latest winuae betas? Is it at least as usable in that regard (performance-wise) as a csppc or bppc?

A low power 1GHz CPU do not perform to well for PPC emulation no.

Sempron 2200+ - are they even available new now? Which motherboard are you pairing this with?

So far he has been using HP t5735 Thin Clients, which are nice little machines, tho a 1GHz CPU is not the hottest on the market but enough for most normal Amiga emulation.

[c64man]

They work great for what they are.  Im waiting for the t5740s to come down in price,  then they will be intel atom based,  but those are still selling for 75 bucks a piece.    Ive not had any complaints,  and people love them.

[som99]

They work great for what they are.  Im waiting for the t5740s to come down in price,  then they will be intel atom based,  but those are still selling for 75 bucks a piece.    Ive not had any complaints,  and people love them.

In most cases the Sempron 2100+ is a lot faster then the Atom N280 (overall 26% faster), even tho the Atom is clocked at 1.66GHz and the Sempron at 1GHz the Atom is slower per clock since the Atom is meant to be more power efficient.
2.5W TDP vs 8W TDP.

So I would stay with the T573x series since they are faster.

The pros is that the T5740 can handle up to 4GB ram and has SATA, but for what it will be used for I would pick CPU power in this case.

[dhey59]

Sold
How do i get one from you

[c64man]

Sold
How do i get one from you

Pmed you with payment details

[TheMagicM]

you should create option #2..  no hardware, just the ISO image for people who can find the thin client on their own and do not wish to buy another.

[siyllad]

you should create option #2..  no hardware, just the ISO image for people who can find the thin client on their own and do not wish to buy another.

+1 I already have a t5735 not in use

[Duce]

I'd avoid any Atom boxes like the plague.  I've tried using them as emulation machines and they were beyond miserable.

[c64man]

you should create option #2..  no hardware, just the ISO image for people who can find the thin client on their own and do not wish to buy another.

Im working on that right now as we speak,  a 16GB Flash drive containing clonezilla images of the systems.  So you can get your own T5735 and just clonezilla it

[cgutjahr]

I'd like to point out what som99 just posted in the other, now closed thread about c64man allegedly claiming the CPU to be faster than it actually is:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=775475&postcount=2

Personally, I can't imagine a 1 Ghz CPU being all that useful for emulating an Amiga. You'll also note that the promotion video on the website never shows any Amiga games or applications running. Not to mention that the Workbench setup shown in this video doesn't look like too much time was spent fine-tuning things.

The business model in general strikes me as greedy. Buy old, practically useless thin clients somewhere, slap a new OS setup on the CF card, then sell for 135 USD?  That's some nice pocket money. And abusing a community site for aggressive spamm^h marketing (12 threads or something like that have been opened about the "AmiGO", "Amiga Mini", "D-UAE" so far) isn't my cup of tea either.

To those who want to buy the OS setup seperately: He can't do that, as it contains Windows XP. I doubt selling heavily modified versions on DVD is covered by the XP license.

[c64man]

This is not a heavily modified version of Windows XP,  its Windows XP Embedded,  which every T5730,5735 owner has legal rights to as it is freely available for download from HP's website.  

As far as speedwise it runs games just fine,  these are fine tuned systems fully tested before sale.  

The workbench pack that is included is ClassicWB 3.1 in Picasso96 mode.  I did not tweak that experience,  and ClassicWB 3.1 is available for anyone to download and set up on your own system.

I am not greedy,  You are paying for the hardware and the cost of an AmigaForever Plus license which is 30 dollars in itself.  The thin clients run me on average between 35-45 dollars each.  then the cost of a 16GB Flash drive which runs around 15 dollars in my neck of the woods,  same with the 8GB you get with it which contains AmigaForever.  So its $110 just in hardware.   I also include shipping which runs another 12 dollars plus the cost of packing material.  So im right on the ballpark with pricing.

I do this for fun,  not to make a ton of money.  This is an affordable way for someone who cant afford a real amiga to get the experience of having the amiga like experience.  

I'd like to point out what som99 just posted in the other, now closed thread about c64man allegedly claiming the CPU to be faster than it actually is:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=775475&postcount=2

Personally, I can't imagine a 1 Ghz CPU being all that useful for emulating an Amiga. You'll also note that the promotion video on the website never shows any Amiga games or applications running. Not to mention that the Workbench setup shown in this video doesn't look like too much time was spent fine-tuning things.

The business model in general strikes me as greedy. Buy old, practically useless thin clients somewhere, slap a new OS setup on the CF card, then sell for 135 USD?  That's some nice pocket money. And abusing a community site for aggressive spamm^h marketing (12 threads or something like that have been opened about the "AmiGO", "Amiga Mini", "D-UAE" so far) isn't my cup of tea either.

To those who want to buy the OS setup seperately: He can't do that, as it contains Windows XP. I doubt selling heavily modified versions on DVD is covered by the XP license.