26.Feb.2009
amigaworld.net (ANF)
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AROS complete system: iMica one
Steve "Cluster UK" Jones who was the manager of several well-known former Amiga companies like Checkmate Digital (A 1500), HiQ and Siamese Systems is getting involved in Amiga again and offers a complete system for AROS in his webshop.
The computer is called "iMica one" and contains an Intel atom-based motherboard in mini-ITX-format (17x17 cm) and is delivered with the native version of the AROS-distribution VmwAROS. The system is supposed to cost 250 British Pound. For an additional charge the Amiga emulator Amiga-Forever will be delivered as well.
The features of the iMica one:
- Black Mini-ITX case with Aluminium Parts
- Intel® D945GCLF2 with Intel® Dual Core Atom™ 330 Processor with a 533 MHz system bus
- Memory: One 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets Support for DDR2 533/667 MHz DIMMs Support for up to 2 GB of system memory
- Samsung 1GB (1x1GB) DDR2 800MHz
- Chipset: Intel® 945GC Express Chipset and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7 (ICH7)
- Audio Realtek* ALC662 audio codec (5.1 channel HD audio) (Driver unavailable yet)
- Video: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 & S-video output support (Runs in VESA support mode Very Good though, native drivers come later)
- I/O Control: SMSC* LPC47M997 based Legacy I/O controller for serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports (not all supported)
- LAN Support: 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN subsystem using the Realtek* LAN adapter device
- Peripheral interfaces:
- 2x Front USB 2.0 ports & Front Audio
- 4x Rear USB 2.0 ports
- Two Serial SATA ports (3.0 GB/s) (Must be switched to Legacy Mode)
- One parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
- One serial port
- One parallel port
- PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports (Must use these, especially mouse only works from PS2 port)
- Expansion capabilities: One PCI Conventional* bus connector
- Slim DVD-RW 160GB 7200RPM SATA II
According to Jones in a thread on amigaworld.net there is only a limited amount of computers available because some components used in the computer are only available very limited. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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