| From: | Nick Lamburn |
| Date: | 23 Aug 2000 at 12:27:40 |
| Subject: | Re: PCI BUS BOARD |
Hi Kevin
>> I myself am waiting for the BoXeR to arrive (ho yuss, Mick and Joe
>> are beavering away as we speak!) which will have PCI slots. And USB
>> ports. And all kinds of neat bits (like a 64bit processor connector
>> - whoop!!)
>
> I don't like to talk about the Boxer, it's the one project I've really
> wanted to see come to fruition, and I've almost given up hope.
I'm surprised you haven't given up already. Because it would seem, that
this Boxer project is the work of a perfectionist and as a consequence will
probably never see the light of day, until it really is too late. So long
as spare A1200, A3000 and A4000 motherboards are around, I'll be quite
happy. :) I think however one of the problems with the more popular models
such as the A1200 and A4000 is that they use SMT, and since replacing a SMT
chip is so expensive compared to a whole new motherboard - often a whole
A1200 or 4000 could be binned because an 8520 has blown or something.
> As replacement motherboards, or rather lack of them, is
> the main cause of Amigas finally dying and being unrevivable, the
> Boxer would solve that problem, and even enhance the hardware
> considerably.
There's no real reason why if you look after your Amiga though (which
admittedly i don't, for example, hammering Zorro cards etc. in with my fists
etc. - Well the Picasso IV is not exactly the easiest thing to fit! :)) that
it should die. If you keep coffee away from them (My A2500 knows all about
that one!), keep them nice and clean and check the insides once in a while -
then i can't see why it should die. The Amiga motherboard that is.
>> I don't care if it's 2 years late, as long as I get it eventually -
>> and that when I get it I can still do the stuff I want on it (the
>> PCI slots, the big processor, the fast memory, the USB ports which
>> I'd be happy to write tablet drivers for .. )
>
> I'd be over the moon to see it appear, notwithstanding the move to the
> new Amiga. There are plenty of us who would want one to enhance/repair
> our classic hardware, I'm sure. From all the info I've read, the Boxer
> would form the basis of a very nice classic Amiga system.
If the new Amiga systems over time prove to have a competent and better than
UAE standard of Amiga Classic emulation, I'd be happy, but I'd like to see
it something better than just UAE, frankly I'd get a x86 box, install Linux and
use UAE... ;) Mind you, after using proper 040, now 060 and PPC performing
Amigas - it'll be hard to readjust to 030 and slower processing power
speeds. On a slightly off note - I never quite realised how fast the 060 is
compared to an 040/40!!
>> The Mediator is already 2 months late, isn't it? Bets on it
>> happening this side of Christmas? :P
>
> I'm not a betting man, and I even have trouble being an optimist these
> days ;-)
The way i see things are, don't worry about them - if they arrive, they
arrive. If you expect tghese things to happen when they say they will then
you'll be very disappointed person! Esp. as far as the Amiga market goes!
Regards
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