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Pod tímto názvem se budou skrývat nejčerstvější novinky kolem dění nejen Amigy, ale i ostatního počítačového světa. Zároveň se bude týkat informací kolem nového hardwaru a různých spekulací firem. To jen pro pořádek, aby jste si nemysleli, že si to budu cucat z prstu. Většina zpráv bude většinou pocházet z internetu.


Poslední dobou se vede spousta debat kolem toho jestli bude OS 3.5 nebo OS 4.0 a co všechno bude umět. Většina zpráv se shoduje v tom, že bude integrována podpora AHI, TCP/IP, HTML, OpenGL, lepší GUI a podpora PPC kódu. Uvidíme.

Firma HiQ očekává, že budou brzy k dispozici počítače osazené procesory Alpha s taktem 767 MHz. A firma DEC mluví o tom, že procesory s taktem 1 GHz budou dostupné ještě tento rok. Používat by měli napájení 2 V a vyrobeny budou zřejmě technologií 0.18 micronu.

Exponential Technologi, která vyvíjí procesory kompatibilní s PPC 604e nemá dokončen model na 750 MHz ohlášený na minulý rok. Původně byl ohlášen model na kmitočtu 500 a 533 MHz. Toto by měla být nová verze s podstatným vylepšením. Starší verze prý nešla do výroby protože výkon byl přibližně stejný jako G3 na 350 MHz.

Tady jsem stáhl jeden porovnávací test programu Lightwave běžících na různých platformách, ale podobných configuracích, jak si můžete přečíst v originál textu. Testovaná byla vždy stejná scéna. Výsledky jsou opravdu zajímavé.

In a recent issue, Digital Video did exactly that. They rendered an identical Lightwave scene on a variety of high end machines. These were the best times they recorded. With most of the processors they tested a variety of brands of machines of fairly similar configurations and these showed a considerable range!
 
PPC 604e 350Mhz 16:04 PowerMac 9600
PPC 604e 250Mhz 19:09 Umax S900
Alpha 533MHz 9:20 Carerra Cobra
MIPS R5000 180Mhz 27:14 SGI O2
MIPS R10000 170MHz 22:03 SGI O2

 
Pro Cyberstorma by to byla práce odhaduju tak na půl dne. Tady je vidět jak jsou procesory PowerPC výkonné. Doufám, že nějaká z příštích verzí Lightwave bude přepsána pro PPC Amigy. Jinak se nabízí možnost použití programu pod emulací Maca. Autor programu Fusion možnost použití PPC emulace MacOs slibuje. Uvidíme jak to všechno dopadne. Cena karet je zatím dost vysoká.
 
Zorro 4 pro Amigu? Docela zajímavé co. Tak na tohle téma jsem našel docela velkou drbárnu. Jestli se to dotáhne do konce, bude to hodně zajímavé. Hlavně uváděné přenosové rychloti navrhovaných Z4. Teoreticky by měly dosahovat 528 Mb/s. Snad by měly běžet na frekvenci 66 MHz a šířka zběrnice by měla být 64 bit. Zorro 3 má maximálně prý 30 Mb/s, ale reálná rychlost je asi 16 Mb/s. O tom jak to bude s připojením do Amigi jsem zatím nic nenašel.

Nova Design ohlásila koncem ledna novou verzi skvělého grafického programu ImageFX 3.0.

Malá bomba. PowerPC karty pro A1200 konečně na světě.
Tak tuhle zprávičku jsem našel na síti hozenou ze 7.2.98. Věřím, že potěší nejednoho 12ti kilaře. Nemá cenu to komentovat dál. Mrkněte dolejc.

BLIZZARD 603e Power Board finally went into production, passes CE approval
Oberursel, 2/5/98:
Good news for all users of the Amiga 1200 which are looking forward to upgrade their computer to PowerPC performance: The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board finally went into production by end of January, and will start shipping in the second half of February. The finalization of this product, which has been presented to the public already in November 1997 on the Amiga Show in Cologne, had been delayed by some small but tricky design problems that are now solved. Amiga 1200 users can now go for real Power(PC)horses for their machines, too.

phase 5 digital products has changed the product line and the nomenclature of the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board, which will be available in speeds of 160, 200 and 250 MHz. Three major changes should be recognized by all customers:

1. There will be no more 030 version coming out (formerly named BLIZZARD 603e), only the 040/060 version will become available (formerly known as BLIZZARD 603e+).

2. The '+' sign remains and indicates that the board is equipped with a SCSI controller, while the standard BLIZZARD 603e comes without SCSI; this decision has been made to offer a lower-cost entry product. The SCSI controller can not be upgraded later, however; this is a compromise due to the design requirements.
 
3. The BLIZZARD 603e and 603e+ boards will ship either with a 68LC040-25 (w/o FPU), a 68040-25 (w/ FPU) or a 68060.
 
The new product line looks as follows, with a recommended retail pricing in UK Pounds and US Dollar as follows (prices for the UK incude VAT):
 
BLIZZARD 603e Power Board (Without SCSI-Controller)
 

                    68LC040-25   68040-25    68060-50
 BLIZZARD 603e160MHz      UKP 239    UKP 249     UKP 489
 BLIZZARD 603e200MHz      UKP 299    UKP 309     UKP 539
 BLIZZARD 603e250MHz      UKP 359    UKP 369     UKP 599
 
BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Board (With SCSI-Controller)
 
                    68LC040-25   68040-25    68060-50
 BLIZZARD 603e+160MHz     UKP 289    UKP 299     UKP 529
 BLIZZARD 603e+200MHz     UKP 349    UKP 369     UKP 599
 BLIZZARD 603e+250 MHz    UKP 409    UKP 429     UKP 649
 
phase 5 digital products has put a marketing focus on the low-end boards with inexpensive 040's and the 160 or 200 MHz PowerPC CPU. "These entry-level products will provide the best price-performance relation, and offer a substantial performance and functionality increase for A1200 users for a reasonable investment" says Wolf Dietrich of phase 5. "Therefore we will start to ship the 160 MHz versions first, and later the 200 and 250 MHz versions, as we currently have some 9-10 weeks delivery lead time on the faster PowerPC chips." The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board comes along with a complete software demo package, including e.g. a MPEG player that allows for MPEG playback in small resolutions even on the Amiga's AGA standard graphics, and other interesting software.
 
phase 5 digital products will offer special upgrade conditions for users of a BLIZZARD 1240 T/ERC or a BLIZZARD 1260 Turbo Board; the upgrade offer will be published on phase 5's website in February, and will also be mailed to registered users during February. Also available on phase 5's website will be a purchase information for users of 68040/68060 boards from other vendors, who want to obtain a BLIZZARD 603e Power Board.

Users of BLIZZARD 1230-IV boards, which had been looking forward to a 68030-based PowerUP board as an upgrade, will also get special upgrade conditions for the 68040-based BLIZZARD 603e Power Boards. The upgrade offer will be published on phase 5's website in February, and will also be mailed to registered users within during February. Users who have no access to the internet or don't get an upgrade mailing can also contact their local distributor or dealer for the upgrade conditions.

BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards pass CE approval

The BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards, installed into a standard Amiga 1200 desktop system, have passed the CE approval for Class A devices in compliance with the EN55022 standard; this means that both products can be used in standard Amiga 1200 desktops under the condition that the user undertakes necessary actions in case that e.g. radio or television reception in the near surrounding gets disturbed. Such necessary actions would be the use of a shielded case, such as a common tower case for the Amiga 1200, in which the combination of the Amiga 1200 motherboard and the BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards fully complies to the EN55022 Class B standard. phase 5 digital products points out that the use of the BLIZZARD 603e or BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Board in a desktop Amiga 1200 may also require the usage of a replacement power supply, which are usually provided with tower cases.
 

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