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`13.Oct.2004` OSNews.com (website)	OSNews: Article about Freescales coming 8641 PowerPC family At the title link Nicholas Blachford takes a view to Freescales coming PowerPC processor family 8641. The new processor will be produced in a 90 nm SoI process (Silicon on Insulator) and not only offer two processor cores, a bigger cache (1 MB per core) and two integrated 667 MHz DDR-II memory controllers, but also two PCI Express interfaces, a RapidIO bus (similar to HyperTransport) and 4 Gigabit ethernet MACs with hardware TCP/IP accelaration and some other interfaces. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 13. Oct. 2004, 20:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Oct.2004` GazSP	G5 Amiga: Project 'Amiga5' website online 'Amiga5' is a project which intends to bring a G5 Amiga motherboard to the Amiga community. Apparantly, they are planning to modify the design of the G5 Evaluation Platform from Momentum Computers. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 13. Oct. 2004, 19:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Oct.2004` MorphOS-News.de (website)	Pegasos based ODW offered by Freescale directly now Genesis Open Desktop Workstation may now be ordered through Freescale directly (item number: PPCG40001). It will be delivered with Debian, Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS as well as additional software. (snx) (Translation: ub) [News message: 13. Oct. 2004, 12:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Oct.2004` Genesi (e-mail)	Yellow Dog Linux: Official Board Support Package for Pegasos II Launched by Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor has embraced the ATX PowerPC Genesi Pegasos II motherboard as an OEM CPU evaluation board. At Freescale's request, Terra Soft completed in October of 2004 the official Board Support Package, offering a simple means of installing Yellow Dog Linux for a variety of code development, desktop, and server functions. The Yellow Dog Linux Board Support Package is available for free from Terra Soft Solutions and includes: Bootable ISO (CD): Image-based installer Independent rescue disk Guide to Installation 2.6.8 kernel source tree parted w/Amiga fs support source tree Tested Sound, usb, firewire (snx) [News message: 12. Oct. 2004, 19:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Oct.2004` Elbox Computer (ANF)	Elbox: New servers Elbox Computer has changed its servers' location. Till DNS update, you can reach the Elbox websites through their IPs: The main Elbox Website: 212.85.126.16 The Online Store for customers from the European Union: 62.129.194.250 The Online Store for customers from other countries: 212.85.119.127 Sorry for any inconveniences. (snx) [News message: 12. Oct. 2004, 16:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Oct.2004`	Hardware hack: CD-ROM, HD and disk drive in an A1200 case Update (26.10.2012, cg): Integrated article into the news item during database migration) After seeing what Egon Kohlschütter had done to his Amiga 1200, Bob Wicksall decided that there was a way to make an internal CD-ROM blend better with the original A1200 case. Egon goes into better detail on some of the technical aspects of the hack so make sure you have a look at his report aswell. Here's what Bob's version looks like: The following is a detailed report from Bob, describing how he managed to fit everything (including the disk drive) into the A1200 desktop case. Feel free to email any questions about this hack to rwicksall@rochester.rr.com. First things first I was able to find a spare TEAC CD-224E in an old Gateway desktop PC. I've also seen several of them on ebay. Just search for Teac and slimline and you probably find a hit. The next step was to open the case and remove the top half of the RF Shield. After this was done I took my CD-ROM and started to eyeball the new location. I found that I could move the harddrive and place the CD-Rom in the back left corner of the case. All I would have to do is build a mount and cut a hole in the case. The next thing you need to acquire is an adapter to connect the Mini-IDE connector on the CD-Rom to a standard IDE cable. Again, you can find these on Ebay most of the time. Here is a picture: Cutting and Mounting Cutting the hole was a little tricky. Basically I put the top of the case on a table upside down and then placed the CD-ROM snug in the corner so that I could trace the outline. This told me exactly where I wanted the hole to go. I then measured the location and transferred the outline to the outside of the case. I'm never too sure of my measuring ability so I drilled a fine pilot hole in each of the corners. Once I was sure I had the outline as accurate as possible I started cutting the hole with a Dremel. The hole was finished with a nice wide file to straighten out the lines. Mounting the CD-ROM drive was next. The mount was made up of three pieces that I cut out an old plastic hard drive case. The first piece is Z shaped, about 5 inches long and supports the weight of the drive. This piece runs down the middle of the drive, is attached to the back of the case and the other end rests on the motherboard. The second piece is a leg glued to the upper left of the case to support and level the drive. The third piece is simply a stop on the right of the drive to prevent it from moving when ejecting the disk. When the case is open the drive just floats loose but as soon as you close the case it is held in firmly. Here is what it looks like from behind: Note: The mounts are supporting the case of the drive. They are not touching the door. Note2: The Z mount is removable. It is held into place by three scraps of plactic glued to the 1200 case. Moving the harddrive to its new position I didn't want to lose the internal floppy and I was lucky enough to recover an old 4GB 2.5" harddrive from an old laptop. The Hardrive mount is made up of two pieces of sheet steel. The first is simple an L bracket bolted to the back of the case with two screw holes for the drive. The second piece is basically a hook with a screw hole. This uses the keyboard tray to support the other side of the drive. This of course means you have to unscrew the drive to remove the keyboard. Note: The harddrive is just resting on it's mount. I had to remove the screws to remove the keyboard. And from behind: IDE Cables and Power I attacked the power harness first. I had already built a replacement power supply from an ATX power supply so I didn't have to worry about the load. I hacked some connectors from an old PC and built a power harness to fit the location of the drives. The power is pulled from the floppy connector on the motherboard and split off to the floppy and the CD-ROM. I could have folded the IDE cables but I found they were too bulky and I was already afraid of having heat problems in the case. I ended up splitting the cables by hand. It was actually easier than I could have imagined. I used a sharp knife to cut a small hole between each wire and then I carefully pulled each wire free. I used an Elbox Fast ATA 1200 IDE adapter to get the extra IDE connections. I bought it new from Software Hut for the project and I couldn't be happier. Just stay away from the IDE splitters that stand virtically from the IDE connector on the motherboard. They don't fit under the drive. As you can see from the picture the CD-ROM comes very close to resting on the IDE adapter. I had to actually bend the pins on the circuit board to make room and then insulate the bottom of the drive with electrical tape. Closing it all Up The first thing is to place the keyboard. It slides in without a problem. The harddrive can then be screwed into place: The case is actually very easy to close. You simply hinge it down from the back: The finished product: Further notes I'm a little concerned about heat but so far I haven't had a problem. I've left it running for several hours with no issues. I don't really like the idea of installing a noisy fan so I'll probably leave things alone for now. Make sure you give the drive opening plenty of room. If the hole is too small the drive will bind up when you are trying to eject the disk. I would like to add some additional things like a flicker fixer but my choice of IDE adapters has limited my space. I think with a smaller IDE adapter you could probably fit a PPC card and a Bvision video card. Since I will probably never be able to get my hands on one it's not an issue for me. This IDE connector does give access to the clock port so a future USB adapter is a possibility. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 11. Oct. 2004, 22:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Oct.2004`	AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net New uploads which have been added to os4depot.net recently: expat-ppc.lha dev/lib 380kb Expat C library for parsing XML stlport.lha dev/lib 737kb STLport C++ standard library scummvmos4.lha gam/adv 2Mb Point-and-Click adventure interpreter savvy.lha net/sam 72kb smbfs Helper GUI bibvision.lha uti/tex 150kb Bible text viewer for 68k/WOS/OS4 V1.6 nallepuh_os4.lha aud 316kb NallePUH (Paula emulation) for OS4 / AmigaOne lha.lha uti/arc 123kb lha 2.8 os4-native reporttool.lha uti/mis 55kb A tool to help problem solving in OS4 micollection.lha gra/ico 5Mb masonicons collection 2000-2003 (cg) [News message: 11. Oct. 2004, 17:17] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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