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BoXeR
BoXeR - The New Amiga Motherboard!
The BoXeR motherboard delivers a medium cost home/semi-professional Multi-Media computing
motherboard based on the Amiga Chip Set and Operating System. This will allow complete machines to be priced between
the A1200 and A4000, providing low purchase price and expansion options, while delivering a performance in excess of
the A4000.
The expected release date for the BoXeR motherboard is November 1998
The BoXeR will be sold in three ways :
- As the heart of the new Blittersoft range of "Black Box" Amiga
systems.
- As a single motherboard solution to the customer, to build their own unique system.
- Through OEM dealers who may customise the unit to their own particular markets.
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Technical Information List (May change without notice):
- 100% Amiga compatible.
- Baby-AT motherboard based on Amiga technology - fits in ANY standard PC Desktop/Tower case.
- Motorola 68040 or 68060 at 25-75MHz supported in a single processor socket.
- On board 2Mb CHIP RAM.
- 4 x 72 pin standard SIMM sockets allowing up to 2Gb FAST RAM.
- Dual IDE Hard disk interface, with standard pitch 40 pin header.
- Flash ROM 2Mb, 32 bit wide. Used to provide kickstart ROM's and resident modules.
- Floppy disk drive interface, operating as DF0:, including 0.5sec delay on RDY.
- CD-ROM audio input connector and mixer.
- Real Time Clock, using NiCad.
- Keyboard port is a standard DIN connector for PC keyboard or Amiga keyboard (Auto-detection).
- 2 x 16 bit Active ISA slots, in-line with 4 x Zorro 3 slots.
- Amiga Video slot
Connectors :
- Printer port, 26 pin header.
- AV slot - provides audio, composite and RGB signals.
- RGB video (on rear AV board).
- Serial port 10 pin header
- Joystick and mouse port, 10 pin headers.
- Audio header, 4x1.
- Power In - standard PC 12 pin connector
- IDE - 40 pin (Dual)
- Floppy drive DF0:/DF1: header.
Key Design Points :
- The all-new leading-edge design uses the AGA chip set for compatibility but has completely
redesigned logic to achieve the highest performance and most flexible design.
- Supports 68040 or 68060 from 25MHz - 75MHz.
- Designed to achieve low system cost.
- Supports 4x standard 72 pin SIMM's for total FAST memory of 2Gb.
- High-speed CHIP memory read/write technology which can boost access by up to 30%.
- Mounts in standard PC baby-AT case. (Huge selection of cases available from a wide range of suppliers at the lowest price points)
- Processor connector to support a low cost PowerPC upgrade (in development). This expansion allows the on-board 680x0 to
remain in place so that the upgrade is little more than a PowerPC on a card.
- MPEG/Genlock module with high quality output and broadcast quality genlocking is in development.
- Has live working 16-bit ISA slots to support low cost peripherals such as Modems, Ethernet and Sound cards.
- FlashROM allows software and hardware updates.
- CD-ROM File System in ROM allows booting from CD's.
Product Pricing
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