AmigaOne
AmigaOne is a trademark licensed from Amiga, Inc. to the U.K. computer vendor Eyetech Group, Ltd for the purpose of running the upcoming AmigaOS PowerPC native version, currently in a near beta testing by Hyperion Entertainment.Originally, AmigaOne was the name of a project for a new Amiga PowerPC upgrade board, managed by Eyetech and designed by the German company Escena GmbH. The AmigaOne motherboard was to be available in two models, the AmigaOne-1200 and the AmigaOne-4000. It was to have connectors for an Amiga A1200 or an A4000 respectively, in order to utilise the old custom chips of an Amiga. This AmigaOne project was cancelled in 2001, due to problems and delays from Escena.
Once the Escena design was consigned to the scrapheap, Eyetech looked arounf for an alternative route. The result was that they licensed a PowerPC reference platform from a company called MAI Logic and modified it to get two new board, called AmigaONE XE and and AmigaOne SE.
The main difference between the two is that the AmigaONE SE has a soldered G3@600MHz processor, whereas the AmigaONE XE uses a socketed processor (currently are available G3 and G4 with a maximum clock of 800MHz and 933MHz, respectively). Recently, Eyetech produced a MicroAmigaONE board prototype (released only to developers and other IT operators for the purpose of testing and demonstrations), a Mini-ITX form factor board with onboard audio and video chip and an expansion slot for riser cards, somewhat like the A1200.
Currently these board are shipped (as "early adopter" boards) only to AmigaOS 4.0 betatesters or developers.
Some features of the AmigaONE SE and AmigaOne XE boards:
- Standard ATX form factor
- Built in Ethernet 10/100, UDMA100 IDE, USB, IrDA
- CPU: 750CXe (G3-SE), 750FX (G3-XE), 7451 or 7455 (G4-XE)
External Links
- Amiga, Inc.
- Eyetech Group, Ltd.
- Hyperion Entertainment
- www.amigaworld.net - Official Eyetech's site for AmigaOne support