RUSH #02 30 ноября 1999

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AMIGA-news - What will happen to the Amiga?

           What will happen to the Amiga?

Has for more than five years
years from the date of bankruptcy Commodore,
Amiga community with hope and despair
oversees manufacturers of
hardware platform for the Amiga.
Indeed, what just
producers of iron did not just promise of this
period! Back in 1994, when it was
clear that the Commodore was in a deep
ass, Western electronic journals
amused himself and the people of rumors that
AAA-machine will be released. For certain
iszvestno, even when Commodore project
AAA chipset was nearly completed, was
built several Amiga-machines
were based on it. Edition
has documentation in English on
AAA draft, and I must say, many
its features are cool and now
day! The only zakovyrka,
lies in the fact that the AAA could not work
in the AGA-modes, and emulated only OCS / ECS
chipsets. Thus, probably
AGA-Amiga had to play the role of cheap
machines, the transition from the ECS to the powerful and
AAA-expensive models. But, unfortunately,
collapse Commodore entailed and
dismissal of a large team of developers
Amigo, who subsequently invited to
SGI, SUN and other 'non-Amiga' company.

Then we waited for something revolutionary from
subsequent owners of the Amiga - funds
media actively wrote about
Project Amiga Walker from Escom, edakii
'Black box multimediyny' based on the Amiga
1240. We were assured that production is already
put on a conveyor line, the machines
go on sale soon ...

Phase5 shocked the progressive part
stage announcement of the new revolutionary
Amiga-clone - A / BOX. However, the release dates
Machines are constantly delayed, and in
Later, it was announced that 'the continuation of
Work on the project, it navorachivanii
parameters' and TP. However, personally I do not
special trust Phase5. Case that
despite a good reputation in the world
Amiga, Phase5 is very small
company computer standards. S
simply impossible to draw such a serious
project, this firm is not the scale.

Unfortunately, lately I've been
Several isolated from the Internet, so do not
keep up the appearance BOXer'a - another
dolgoozhidavshegosya Amiga-clone with AGA +
chipset. According to rumors Boxer still
came out, and now sold in small lots
by snappish prices. (I still do something
figured out as soon as a tiny
loophole in the INet, now available
seem to be four different versions
new car for a tidy sum - more than
1100 dollars. Comes comp
based on 68060/66Mhz and
PPC604/200mhz, modem and three gigabyte
screw. Even for a fee required
buy memory and a monitor. The very same firm
anticipating questions like 'Why me
Buy this Amiga, if for $ 300
I will buy a 300 mhz PentiumII and can it
Start the emulator from the CD 'Amiga
Forever '?' responds that 'Bid
Windows-machine equivalent to what you
throw money at the landfill '... Even more
latest news from the web suggest
for Boxer, there is one problem -
The fact that the build-PPC-processor
there must follow the path of sticking
special processor cards that
will be cheaper than a car welling
accelerators from the same or Phase5
Met @ BOX, but the cards themselves to the mind
has not yet been brought and sold only available
M68k machine ... In any case, Boxer -
this is still the most attractive
modern version of the Amiga. ) Let me remind you that
BoXer based on a new chipset
announced earlier as a AA +. chipset
built around a new 32-bit
functional core emulation
16-bit registers of the classical
AGA-chipset.

 Using a completely new method
memory management, the new chipset achieves
20-fold superiority in speed
working memory, compared with the usual
for AGA Chip-RAM. In the AA + will be applied
fast SDRAM.

 If you go into the technical details,
Such speed is achieved
using UMA (Unified Memory
Access), ie hardware device
memory, which has no separation of video and
other (recall that all previous chipsets
Amiga built in DMA). UMA-architecture
Accelerator
working video controller, without any
serious conflicts with the processor
operations. While working blittera,
16-bit command in tansliruyutsya
32-bit, using the burst - the regime that
20 times increases the speed of blittera.

 UMA provides another advantage: the size of
chip-memory is now no limit on
size!

 Official specifications:

 1. Supported Processor: 68020,
68030, 68040, ColdFire-5102 or PowerPC.

 2. Used DRAM controller
SIMM / DIMM-type memory.

 3. PCI-bus controller.

 4. AGA-compatibility.

 5. Supported by additional
chunky-display mode, while maintaining backwards
Compatibility WB_3.1 (chunky-display
running CyberGraphics or
Picasso'96).

 6. Screen resolution increased to
1280x768x16-bit.

 7. Fully 16-bit sound.

 8. UMA access to the lower address
memory.

 9. More than 20-fold accelerated
blitter.

 10. Compatible with any type of
high-density floppy disk.

 11. Total DMA-architecture.

 12. Added SuperIO chip to work with
parallel, serial, UDMA and USB.

 13. Integrated PCI-chip
device support Firewire, modem and
network cards.

 14. Address decoding ROM, RAM,
real-time clock, etc. ..

 Setting aside the technical
details and go to the dry language of numbers, then
You can do a little comparison
performance chipsets.

 Thus, AA + vs AGA ...

 Under the most optimal conditions, 16-bit
blitter standard AGA-chipset draws
something around 20 million piskseley / sec. Or
approximately 160 thousand polygons per second. This
figures are not from the ceiling - is the number of
obtained as a result of numerous
tests and can vary in the range
2 million pixels / sec.
 It is easy to calculate that AA + is capable of
to draw about 400 million
pixels / sec. that is about 5
million polygons per second. The "cheese" form,
such performance can provide a cool
3D-chip, like the TNT2. The only pity is that the AA +
could not immediately outline the textures
polygon (mapping), but the use of AA +
together with any 3D-axel
able to give a great result
speed of hardware 3D-data reduction!
Accordingly, work with a maximum
only chipset resolution (1280x768x16)
should not make up for AA + special
straining: multiplied the number of points in
resolution, and stripped them 400 million .. This
will be "raw" performance in the AA +
planar mode. Course work
planar AA + in 3D-mode will be less
productive, but, nevertheless, quite
high, remembering that we are dealing with
32-bit architecture, so even UMA
in addition ...
 Total, I have it appears that their honest
25 fps in the resolution 1280x768x16, AA +
issues even with some coarsening
(Increase) the divisor! I remind you that
pisyavye "Quake", "unrialy" and other
"Blood" work authorizations 800x600x16,
which raises the productivity of AA + More
almost double! I am confident that BoXeR'e,
3D-action in the resolution is 640x512x16
still look cooler pisyavogo
800x600x16 ...
 Coherent application of AA + with a good
modern 3D-videoprotsem (at least so
same TNT2), capable of giving a cumulative
effect on the rate 2D/3D-obscheta - in
dozens of times!

In early 1999 I learned about the reshuffle
Amiga Inc. The new boss has stated that
'It's time to use the last
chance that if we miss this opportunity
release of a new Amiga-compatible machines,
this opportunity will be lost to us forever. "
From then on Reversal of Amiga Inc. go
Permanent dvumyslennye statements, draft
their new Amiga shrouded in a web of rumors. AND
In the spring these gentlemen powdered us brains
in one week by saying that
The new Amiga will be based on
Inetl-ovsky processors, but on the other, which
they can not yet say to someone that
caused a rapid amizhnikov indignation, then
by mid-summer, they published
Features new car. Lead them
here is senseless, mk this nonsense crammed
all publications. We only afford
comment on the announcement of Amiga NG mouth
Hidden Riot'a:

 Arriving home after 5 days of family
Rest in Alushta and connected to
Internet in the evening, 12 July this year I was
damn puzzled by the news about
changes and additions that have occurred in
New Amiga world. First of all, it
changes in the OSes. Maybe you already
known that the Amiga, Inc. has thrown
QNX_Neutrino mikrokernal and now his
named favorite Linux-kernal. I want to
immediately be noted: the use of kernalya
Linux and the actual Linux, things are quite
different. Frankly, I and QNX and Linux
nucleus is not quite liking were before, though
QNX really seen many amizhnikam
strong enough solution. The fact is
that, in my opinion, it was possible to rewrite
and zaoptimizirovat iklassichesky kernal
AmigaOS_1.x/2.x/3.x, which was started
Company Metacomco kernel-based TripOS,
possessed preemptive multitasking.
So, I was damn confused, but, following
my golden rule never to smack
fever, and wait for the detailed news and
most importantly, read the news from the show
World_of_Amiga'99 and Amiga_West'99,
dolzhenstvuyuschie simultaneously held in
next week-end in London and the Sacramento
(CA), respectively. Jim Collas,
All Amiga president, assured that
community will be interested and
calm down after the publication on July 16
this year document entitled
"Amiga_Technology_Brief". Hmmm ... after
reading this momentous document, the
I had even more perplexing and
For additional questions, not to mention
mention the fact that the text I
totally reassured. Now, if
anything, my comments ... Undoubtedly,
AmigaNG project has a number of
really strong points.
Integrated chipset designed
together with ATI, of course, very cool.
Thanks to the chip ATI / Rage, iMac won in
time-to Quake-III in pisyuka.
Hardware implementation of Java (especially
Java2), going to replace the good old
OpenGL, too, will give a powerful impetus to
3D-simulation. "Sharpening" of equipment
for Linux will give the effect of the classic Amiga:
significantly reduce the size of the axis and
raise the maximum efficiency of the whole
system. Actually, I understand the motives
selection by Amiga, Inc. namely
Linux. One of the decisive factors
was undoubtedly the market
Linux-systems. During the first half
99-year he had grown threefold in comparison with
over the previous year. Even the blind can see
that this is one of the most dynamic
directions of the operating system market,
not exposed to Nekrosofta. And
Nekrosoft himself feels a threat to their
"Eternal high" from this side,
as Linux-installation virtually reduced
for there is no professional or even
Amateur networking and
Internet-installation Windows-NT. By
well, Linux freely available, and the number of
its supporting software companies
is growing exponentially.
Another important factor is that Linux is one
the most stable operating systems.
Another aspect of the matter is not so obvious and yet
that is in the area of ​​assumptions have
which is, however, a good reason.
The choice of Linux-kernalya for AmigaOS_5.x and
rejection of the QNX reinforced suspicions that
CPU chip will AmigaNG
a new generation of the company Transmeta. By
information available, this chip was originally
"Sharpen" a Linux-kernal and
hardware broadcast Java-based applications
(Remember that the new API is the New Amiga
Java!). Take into account that he himself
Linus Torvalds, along with the famous
microprocessor architect Dave
Dietzel is one of the founders and
co-owners of the company Transmeta. Except
addition, the technology of chip Transmeta
significantly different from all currently
known processors used in
personal computers (CISC,
CISC / Superscalar, RISC). In Transmeta
using promising
VLIW / EPIC-architecture. In particular, VLIW
(Very_Long_Instruction_Word) allows on
fly "(runtime) to broadcast any" do not
native "code in the data stream that is acceptable
for execution by the VLIW-processor.
In addition, incoming simple commands
percent of "glue" in the long digital
sequences that are optimized
and processed with maximum speed.
EPIC
(Explicitly_Parallel_Instruction_Computing
- Calculate the apparent paralellizmom teams)
totally kick-ass thing. Technology
EPIC was developed in the CCCR and earlier
used exclusively for military
supercomputers. If such information
confirmed, the NG may well be
first personal workstation on
price of a PC, bypassing the
such a slope as Alpha-21264. Of all
this we can conclude that AmigaNG can
be a multiprocessor and enjoy
incredible computing power that
very happy ...

 Now for the surprise. As I have said,
chipset from ATI is one of the most powerful
the market of graphics processors. However,
unknown whether he will have Copper
(Or equivalent) for the implementation
multi-camera (pure Amiga feature,
the absence of which would be very
undesirable!) and implementation of window
interface. Here too early to speak:
known only to pre-
characteristics of the chipset, a complete set of
parameters are not announced. More ... bus
PCI ... Of course, without it no longer
cost issue, even classical A4000.
I can understand when the PCI is used as
addition to the Zorro-III, when required
presence in the low-cost network
cards and / or SCSI-controller. But
use this toadstool for New Amiga in
as the main bus? .. Brrr! Servant
humble! .. : / And here arises another question:
How, then, be the protocol
Autoconfig??? PCI as such have
simply incapable of (nasty synchronous
bus, and all that ...). Autoconfig -
integral part of the Amiga ideology as
Copper and how to be without him?? : / Other
matter if it's some new
PCI (Amiga version),
Synchronous and asynchronous, which has
autoconfiguration. Information - zero
You can only build assumptions ...
A number of issues (also very difficult)
cause the DVD-ROM drive and USB-bus. Nor for
Who would not be a secret that both of these things
are still in beta state
(To put it mildly). Besides, the market
USB-device is in its infancy
condition and shows no particular trend
to expand ... All other fichki,
like a TV-tuner, integrated FM-radio,
Ethernet, Internet and support
various networks, microphone, a heap
video inputs / outputs, modem 56k,
Capture real-time special
do not cause surprise. Virtually all
it is now possible to stick to any
modern stump, laying out some n-th
amount of cash for the appropriate
iron ...

 Now summarize my argument: I
agree that the new Amiga may (or
should) be completely new,
revolutionary computer. I agree
shift kernalya AmigaOS, if so
necessary. I understand the desire to
maximum bloat chipset type
emulation of the classic Amiga, new tires,
interfaces and standards. Misunderstood me
one thing: where is, in fact, Amiga??
If the technology of the New Amiga will not be
used the key points
classical, then withdrawing the product
can be characterized as a "glut oneself
steroids Mac, to adopt some
bells and whistles of the SUN, with a distinct pisishnym
gamy, the dream of Linux-user, having
ability Amiga-Emulation "... In short,
kind of mimicry. It is possible that
person who does not know that there are Amiga or
had time to forget it's coming
the computer will seem a miracle of miracles, but
I, like most old amizhnikov
quenching must not only that ...

 Now I will list what people want from
New Amiga, and then you can just
compare: what is needed and what offer.
Naturally, people are eager to return
compatibility, otherwise it makes no sense (+).
The new, advanced, efficient, reliable
and very compact (<4 MB) Operating System
real time (adjectives and
adjectives can go on and on)
having the basic features of classical
AmigaOS (+?). Fast 3D-graphics, which became
for classical models without cards
byword (+). Availability
avtokonfiguriruemoy bus (-?).
Multi-camera and the presence of
Copper coprocessor or its analog (+?).
Fast CPU (not
x86 family and his ilk) and
scalability of the system as a whole (+).
Minimal intervention in the affairs of the processor
graphics, sound, etc ... as an example:
phenomenon model A500 (small means
do great miracles), but with
possibility of independent access
processor video memory (Dualport
ChipRAM) (?). Integrated hardware and
linking it to the OSes (+).
Overcoming the barrier of chip-memory, possibly
transition to a UMA-architecture (?).
Friendliness and ease (?). Escarpment
at the lowest possible price (+?). More
complex, almost mystical,) the moment:
the presence of a certain phenomenon
"Spirit_of_Amiga", gained in
by unconventional methods
development of non-standard people
non-standard equipment, making the Amiga
computer with a pronounced
personality (?):) Note that
the last item worries me more
all ... As you can see, although the apparent disadvantages
No, but much more than
pluses, and many pluses to the issue.

 Btw, reposed in a Bose A \ Box majority
corresponded to the above requirements.
A small and little-known (not amizhnikam,
ofcoz! ;) Firm Phase-5 was able to capture
are the Amiga as a phenomenon, but whether
grasp the essence of this thriving
Gateway-2000? It is hoped that
if GW2k still screwed up, the Phase-5
be able to refine and roll out A \ Box. This
in the event that a viable alternative
do not be ...

Here are our comments here. Next
events have already started to develop in the usual
us-style: Amiga Inc. refused
Now on Linux, and once again spilled over to
QNX. Pranksters?

Meanwhile, the network has very
an interesting statement. Company Iwin,
bought a brand Commodore,
announced the new Amiga clones. Most
Interestingly, she plans to do
Amiga-compatible computers without using
technologies used in computers from Amiga
Inc. (Incidentally, according to rumors, Iwin plan
also release some
sverhanavorochenny project-the continuation
development of the Commodore 64!) Comments
Riot'a on this subject:

 So went the official specification for
Machine Commodore A510 and A1010,
posted on the site Iwin Corp. Running
forward to say that the possibility of machines from
Iwin / Commodore is very tempting, though
somewhat inferior technologies
stated NG Amiga-MCC. If Iwin
really run into a series of machines A510
and A1010 at an attractive price ($ 500 -
$ 800 for the complete machine without a monitor), then
they can spoil much of the emerging
Next year, a triumphal appearance NG
Amiga-MCC. Event these things must take place
a luxury hotel in the Henry-VIII
St. Louis (Missouri) at the exhibition
"Amiga-2000" 7 / 8 April 2000 While in
disposal of Amiga Inc. there is strong
argument - to catch Iwin / Commodore in
infringement of patent laws
because Amiga - fully protected
computer attacks, in this connection,
Iwin / Commodore has no right to allow even
a small error (which is quite
problematic) in the promotion of 100%
Amiga-compatible clone. If Commodore
will be successful (and the last
week was just under the sign of Iwin / C =),
then Amiga Inc. have radically
to reconsider some of its concepts
new multimedia systems. Most
favorable option - Amiga Inc. and
Iwin / Commodore unite their efforts and
create something altogether beyond the bounds of reality
(New Amiga embodies and develops
the idea of ​​Jay Miner and his Magnificent
Quartet)). If the model A510 and A1010
will be released in a series on the schedule, then they will
a huge success (in the web are already predicting
spread Axxx-Series enormous
editions).

Then things started to develop more
Interestingly, more precisely, in an amazingly
classical style, the inherent
nitwits-Amiga owners of all time:

Riot: As expected, Gateway was in
Holy shit, trying to hold on the market
own platform ... In this shit
GW2k planted as early as the end of all inherited
Nekrosoft headed obmudkom DeBillom ...
In short, care Collas and McEwan was not at all
Dissent is not a simple withdrawal from the womb
Amiga, Inc. GW2k no longer plans to
make or develop an Amiga, but only
produce and license the software. Branches
puppet - the new president of Amiga, Inc.
stated that the Amiga would be useful
pisyukami cooperate with, rather than
compete with them ... On the other hand,
it is clear that Nekrosoft and its Fuhrer seriously
consider the Amiga as
the main obstacle to its ambitions in
future. I'm not surprised if the box of
GW2k and Amiga, Inc. very soon will be replaced
Linuh on mazday'9x and central pct at
some P-III or AMD / Athlon and will
beating himself heel in the chest, foaming at the mouth
convince amizhnikov that all of these steps
made for themselves the same and that this
is precisely the long-awaited Amiga
Revolution ... : EEEEEE from new rechugi
durilki cardboard Tom Schmidt became clear
that the Amiga, Inc. ready to produce socks
pants, chewing gum, beverages,
condoms and with falloimmitatory
logos "Amiga" and "Boing", but not
computers themselves! Wagon twisted them in the ass!
What a vile megaSuxx!!! Pisizm and
lamerstvo running the show! Fucking cowards!
But not so bad ... We still have a
Iwin Corp. (If only they were not
mean-spirited raffle!) and Phoenix Platform
Consortium to the group AQUA. As a palliative:
is believed that the famed designer and
Manufacturer of servers, the company SUN
Microsystems will buy the entire project "NG
Amiga-MCC "(ready-made" in iron "practically
full) and will leave it with
Amiga desktop on the market ... I've been
said that pisyavyh Brando instead
Head Butt and Amiga for them and their godfather
DeBilla - something completely alien.
Amiga, Inc. need full freedom or
promoter, independent of Nekrosofta and
not producing crap aєla "w! ntel-pc"!

These are the cakes here. Fun, huh?
How many hopes, how many megabytes of news about
New Amiga, it would seem, is almost
100 percent confidence in the success
project Amiga Inc, which
protects itself Gateway 2000 ...
However, at the same time, some analysts
suggest the possibility of foreclosure of the project
Amiga NG themselves SUN:

Riot: I hope that will break the iron law
organic chemistry, the last 4 years
spreads on the Amiga world: "when
mixed with one kilogram of jam
one kilogram of shit we have two
kilogram shit "... Over the 4.5 years of the New
History of the Amiga without Commodore, buried already
third project (AAA, Walker / Tommy, Amiga
Interactive TV has long been a kick in
terrible cramps). : EEEEE Commodore
first began to interfere with the Amiga with crap (all
time, that C = Amiga was the owner,
management thereof, C = worn with delusional
idea to make the Amiga MS-DOS/Windoze
compatible), and after it is fascinating
occupation continued consistently EsCOM
(They decided that the Amiga - it's just not
quite normal pisyuk and deal with it
can and should be the same way), and
VISCorp (Well, this general's office was almost
not wasted all that from the Commodore -
Amiga, Inc. remained alive), now in
the same bunch of shithead hit and Gateway (and
What else could one expect from 100%
pisyavoy firm producing brandovyh
typewriters?): / Surplus
proof that you can not amizhnikam
rely on the idiots who are always
can omit the Great Führer DeBill ...

 SUN Microsystems, thank God, not from
this rotten crowd. The company makes SUN
the world's best server station and an excellent
Processors Ultra / Spark. In fact, SUN
taxis to the web and in the coffin he had seen and DeBilla
his sixes. SUN is already associated partner
relationship with the Amiga, Inc. on
application in the New Amiga Java-processor
MAJC, Java2 and JINI. Small firms,
Issuing licenses for the Amiga is not on
afford to buy almost complete
project "NG Amiga-MCC". Y SUN Microsystems
that kind of money there. Amiga and its active
and quite a large community
users can ensure the promotion of
SUN's on the desktop market
computers, TV and graphics solutions. Not
forget that in the hands of SUN in the past year
got the coolest Cray, who resigned from the
completely opisyavevshego SGI. Need only
desire ...

Maybe this time the ice-germ
New Amiga otogreet SUN? ;)

In early October, the Amiga was waiting for a new far-
not good news: the market has left the Amiga
good company MicroniK Computer Servise,
known for its models, "Infinitiv" (as
I), cool A4000 (even NASA to
purchased), genlock, RAM-cards
Zorro-II/III/ISA/PCI expander for
A1200 and cooperation with the phase-5
development of accelerator
Blizzard-PPC/603e (+)... The reason is simple -
reluctance to risk money, after
fateful declaration Amiga, Inc. about
cease development of new Amiga.
MicroniK appeared on the market Amigo exactly 4
, and was one of the first five firms that
acquired the license to issue a Amigo
late EsCOM'a. I hope this is not
final decision MicroniK, and, after
normalization of affairs on the Amiga market, we have them
we'll see ...

Around the same time, Iwin Corp
began permutation: it is divided into
three independent companies: Iwin Software
Products, Iwin Hardware Products and Iwin
Consulting. The first will develop and
produce a series of C-Amiga-compatible
computers, servers and workstations
SUN (under license) and traditional pisyuki
pagan-based processors from AMD. The second
firm plans to tinker with some
iron things, and the third, as follows from
name, is going to do
business consulting. So that we, as
amizhnikov, interested only in Iwin
Software Products ...

More ... The site of the recently
Organized Group Phoenix Platform
Consortium. As I reported, it
big group of Amiga-oriented
developers, which includes such
firm, as phase-5, ACT, Access,
Cloanto, Met @ box, QNX, and about 30 or
40 firms and personalities, including
"Fathers of the Patriarchs" RJ Mical and Carl
Sassenrath. The purpose of the consortium
most noble - to develop,
to design and produce
Amiga-like computer-based
QNX_RTOS and Photon_MicroGUI. Processor and
other details so far unknown.
Published targets and means of the consortium.
As you know, through no fault of
consortium of reasons, the name "Amiga" is not
can be used as a trading
Brand new computer. So temporarily
used the working name "Phoenix".

However, failure to continue to work on
New Amiga is very offensive
fact, but not fatal. Amiga -
surprisingly thoughtful pre-computer.
In many ways the classic Amiga ahead and
will outstrip current swollen
pisyuki. We have the opportunity to amizhnikov
to upgrade their machines, the benefit
slowly begin to compete among
manufacturers additional iron (
particular, the accelerators and graphics cards)
Amiga, it all makes the same Phase5
reconsider its pricing policy.
However, we need a new Amiga. Moreover,
desirable, it is from AmigaInc -
fairly solid company, and not from
desk with a staff of one thousand. If
This will not, Amiga will continue to
remain uncompetitive in terms of
Price PC, what we see from the time of death
Empire Commodore.

By the way, that's a little glyuchok
promising for the Amiga processor G4.
Describes Hidden Riot:

 The processor PowerPC-G4 (latest
and the most powerful per cent of a series of PowerPC)
detected an error that prevented so far
produce G4 with a clock frequency above 500
MHz. Supposed "fixed a" statement
a bug before the release in early December
machine iMac-G4. Let me remind you that the G4
planned to produce with frequencies up
up to 1 GHz! A small comparison ... in its
time, Intel was in a hurry because his unreleased
first "stump" that miss the entire series
bugs, some of which were
fatal (for example, the error in the calculations
floating point), after which he was convicted
in bad faith, and several parties
processors with creepy bugs had to
replace at his own expense. In
case with the G4 talk about such lyapah not even
is, simply, while maintaining error
processor can not be done with the frequencies
above 500 MHz. I recall that the G4/500
MHz during the presentation made "
P-III/600 MHz in a 2.94-fold measurements of six
Intel's (!) tests (ie tests
to engage with the intellectual to
demonstrate his supposed Lohamei
slope). I think that the real
G4 will be the advantage of not less than 4.5 - 5
fold compared to the P-III. Do not forget that
block registers AltiVec/G4 recognized
experts for the best solutions
multimedia tasks ...

A little later in the network to launch another
action associated with the Amiga - began collecting
signatures of the Amiga fans against the current
owners, literally crushing platform
their statements - apparently, the time has come
attract gw2k to nail a blank
mudozvonstvo and decided to do this
Amiga dealers who have lost their hard-earned
grandmother because of bungling and outright
kidalovo this "respected" pisyavoy
office. Well, and rightly so! Importantly,
get them to do the Amiga, the Amiga was, and
not pristvku for web-TV and the base
Data for cooking recipes. Interestingly,
What does it all end ...

And here, again, in late October on the Internet
there is a small tip on the
that Gateway still going
to release a new Amiga! (Frankly,
I already have roof goes on all these
statements ... ;) Turns out pisyavaya
trash GW2k not lost interest in the Amiga,
as quite clearly seen from
below the text. Apparently in
the coming holidays (Christmas, maybe?)
We promise Amiga bin linuh, Java, and
other vytrebenkami to connect to
Inetu. Of course, it's better than nothing, but
and not quite what we all dreamed of.
Naturally, in the new car will be cool
chipset for multimedia applications and mass
gadgets for wireless communications. More
interesting to know the price, processor type and
Other important specifications. Information
was placed on the site FSB (it's not
Russian security services, and the American
communications company).

Lord! When it runs out of all these
bases Amiga firms! A few
days, we managed to come across a new
News about plans Iwin Corp.
What about Amiga clones. As it turned out
First, their release postponed to spring
2000. On the machine is assumed
put OSes AmigaOS, as well as some
a mixture of classic Amiga OSes
and advanced BeOS, of which now
As far as I know, sticking all the advanced
pisyuchisty. When a couple of days Riot
climbed to their site, it became clear that
Iwin Corp. - Not what dreams
Amiga community: 'I looked into it in
Tuesday at the site Iwin Corp., to
see what they have there new
appeared, and took questions and answers
description of Amiga-mode operation of their stations
i-mcc, g-mcc and iphantom, as well as
Some hints on their new operating
system Xetos, they, along with BeOS
threatening installs on your machine. There
still photo hull of these machines -
modern design brandovoy zhelezyaki.
Viduh cute, such enclosures I
never seen before ... It turned out that the current
Iwin Corp. plans to provide emulation
Amiga software emulator thanks
flash-cards! In this case, they argue,
what will the rate of 3-4 per cent
below the original A4000. * NB! insolent
pisyavy rut! > 8-E__] If the emulsion
Amiga would be as easy as it is here
we presented, most amizhnikov
long zabilo be on their computer and would have bought
his miracle pisyuki ... Even with this
their configuration, emulation speed barely
Do reach the level of a full A500 (a
they even can not starinushku Spectrum
high-grade emulsion !)... ROTFL!!!
 * NB! If they think that theirs a new
series of tree stumps, stick with the program Amiga
on board - Amiga-like computer, then
I - Giselle! ROTFL!!! Same
happening now with stations SGI, where
stuffing intelskoe rot and
necro $ oftovskie slops (winNT) and
For some reason, it glyukavoe petseshnoe shit
Lohamei served as SGI ... What
attitude are the degree-2, a stump-3, amd, and NT to
Amiga, OS_Irix, percent of Motorola and MIPS?
Yes, exactly the same as the snake points by
known optical instrument! Apparently,
after replacing the CEO, in Iwin Corp. defeated
so-called "realists" who decided that
you first need to earn a petseshnikah and
only then, perhaps, what amizhnikam
perepadet ...
 Conclusion: Iwin Corp., For me personally,
lost every kind of interest. And they are still
abused Gateway and AI for lamerstvo and attempts
NG to do linuh. They themselves otchebuchili
stupidity has pohlesche ... pisyuk with the Amiga in
flash ... we first make a machine to
stumps and amd, and PPC-series of pull to
martu'2000 ... or not to pull ... Fucking
lamer! Iwin - truly vile
provocation and will remain so until
until they prove the reverse!
 As you can see, it all comes back to
Status: first is from iron
intel / amd, if people do not want mazdaya'9x,
He gets his teeth linuh or its clone,
Amiga clones in hardware when there are xs and
even the "software" Amiga with PPC postponed
almost half a year ... Iwin [sensored]
totaly CRAP!!! > 8-E______________] '

However, it seems, do not
discard the fact that all the statements from
Amiga Inc - merely a means to
confuse competitors. Indeed, if
The new Amiga will be released, then the whole
probability, the computer world can
rather abruptly change - remember that
in due time for a couple of years managed to Amiga 500
pretty oust Maki and pisyuki who had
place to be at that time already
long. In fact, until we
known that the Amiga Inc announced
break the partnership with IBM, SUN and
other partner companies for Amiga NG.
As far as we know, the project is already partially
ready at the hardware level. In
futuristic body design, which
Amiga Inc. have already shown
the public and the advertising invested considerable
funds, and must be at least a small
unwise to abandon all of its
efforts down the drain. Well, wait -
we'll see.