pre\box
<computer> Phase 5's Amiga clone, announced on 1998-03-10. The pre\box
will have a processor card with four PowerPC processors running in parallel. The
processors will range from four 200 MHz PPC604e chips to four 300MHz PPC750
chips. It will have a Voodoo2 video graphics card, as well as a custom video
chip working in concert, with 8 MB of video ram. It will run Amiga OS 3.1 (or
higher if Gateway 2000 delivers the next upgrade before its release) and have
Motorola 68000 CPU emulation in software.
Other features include EIDE, Ultra Wide SCSI-II, PCI, Ethernet and DIMM sockets.
Extra RAM, hard disks and CD-ROM will be available. The initial specification
will probably be 32MB RAM, 32-speed CD and 4GB hard disk in an ATX minitower.
Systems should start at about $2000 for four parallel 200 MHZ CPUs and be
available at the end of 1998.
Full press release.
(1998-07-29)
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