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25 April 2010, 09:23
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Cheap PPC pci board
Did anyone ever think of making a driver for something like this?
https://secure1.sonnettech.com/produ...ad7701679f6d61 Would it actually be possible? compared to the blizzard ppc its very cheap, plus it would be much easier to find memory for it. |
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25 April 2010, 12:16
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I will buy one from you when you have written the drivers for it!! 
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25 April 2010, 16:23
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I know absolutely nothing about how to make a driver, or any other kind of amiga programing for that matter.
Just thought it would open up for some very cheap upgrades of cpu and memory  I guess a lot of people would be interested in getting a g4 ppc at 400 mhz for around 100 euros including 512 mb of memory
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25 April 2010, 16:38
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This is what the never released Elbox Shark card was
Ask Elbox to release there Code/Drivers |
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25 April 2010, 18:08
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The two cards do look very similar. But i still do not know how to adapt the driver if i got my hands on it. I do not have a mediator PCI either So for me to invest in it, i would kind of have to know that i could make it work
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25 April 2010, 19:22
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Thalion Webshrine
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The reason it was never released probably has something to do with the Mediator not being compatible.
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25 April 2010, 20:18
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It stated that the voltage problem should easily be fixed, so that should be the least of the problems. I can see on the pictures as well that there are an empty space for a voltage regulator. isn't it possible that that space is for a regulator to fix this problem? |
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25 April 2010, 20:30
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Something as mundane as a voltage problem is not something that would be considered a show stopper in that project. The incompatibilities are far deeper.
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25 April 2010, 21:04
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so there were never a working prototype of the shark PPC?
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25 April 2010, 21:14
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Thalion Webshrine
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Nope
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25 April 2010, 22:20
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find it odd that it is still listed at elbox.com, it even has a price tag
 the same with the dragoon coldfire board. Guess that, that never went into production either? |
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25 April 2010, 22:38
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Nope but that was actually a working prototype. It was just shite.
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