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Phase 5 mit Aenderungen, Preissenkungen und A1200-G3/G4-Boards (29.03.99)
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Die Ereignisse ueberschlagen sich: Nachdem vor wenigen Tagen auch die Firma
Metabox G3-Boards angekuendigt hat, zieht nun Phase 5 mit einer Reihe von
Aenderungen nach. So soll es nun auch G3/G4-Karten fuer den A1200 geben.
Desweiteren wurden die Preise der A3000/4000-Boards gesenkt, bei
gleichzeitiger Integration neuer technischer Features.
Hier die englischsprachige Ankuendigung, die deutsche wird, wenn sie
rechtzeitig erscheint, in AMIGA aktuell 4/99 zu finden sein:

»Note for german readers / Hinweis fuer deutsche Leser: Die deutsche
Version dieser erweiterten Ankuendigung wird am 31.03.99 ins Web gesetzt.
Wir bitten um Ihr Verstaendnis, dass wir derzeit einen kurzen Vorlauf fuer
englische Ankuendigungen haben.

phase 5 digital products is excited to announce that the next step in
ground-breaking technological progress will take place soon. Since we
first announced the Cyberstorm G3/G4 project just 10 days ago, the
overwhelming response by the Amiga Community has not only convinced us to
extend the original Cyberstorm G3/G4 project to an extended Amiga G3/G4
product line. Driven by the excitement of so many Amiga users, we have
spent many hours of additional consideration meanwhile, discussing the
requests and demands by the user community, and going into technical
details and cost optimization. Today we can present some exciting news,
which also make some of the statements of the original announcement and
the update obsolete already. However, if you had not informed yourself
about this development before, please read these original announcements
which contain information about conditions and time frames for this new
product generation.

Following the history of world's most established processor upgrade
technology for Amiga computers, and implementing the experience of the
innovator who made the PowerPC technology for the Amiga a reality, we at
phase 5 digital products have also decided to make this new technology
available to a much larger user base, and doing what we always did in the
past years with our stunning products: Offer more value for less money!
And that's what we will be doing again - so go ahead and read about the
new additional features at the new lower prices!

New models: By introducing a second product, the Blizzard G3/G4, we will
also provide the stunning G3/G4 technology and performance to the users of
A1200 Tower systems. Two models - one with G3 and one with G4 processors -
can be ordered now. We are also now taking orders for the 300MHz G4
version of the Cyberstorm G3/G4.

New features: All G3/G4 boards from phase 5 digital products come with SCSI
on board - UltraSCSI on the A1200 versions, UltraWide SCSI on the
A3000/A4000 version. Our proven SCSI technology, which has been providing
unmatched performance since seven years, will provide full backwards
compatibility with existing SCSI devices. But even more than that: With
the integration of 400Mbit/s FireWire ports, all our G3/G4 boards open the
door to this future industry standard, including the world of digital video
devices

New prices: By proceeding with the related projections and calculations,
and going into the details, we have been able to determine new and
improved pricings which will make these stunning products even more
attractive. Plus, we have changed the pricing to EURO (for Europe) and US$
(for outside Europe).

New Order & Prepayment conditions: In order to proceed quickly with the
finalization and production of this new product line, we still require the
originally announced quantity of back orders with a prepayment deposit. All
customers who support our development will receive a major discount, as
announced before (please see below for the new prices and discounts for
the different models). But phase 5 digital products is also ready to take
orders now without prepayment, for the suggested retail prices listed for
the different products. These orders will not be shipped by phase 5
digital products directly, but forwarded to local dealers and
distributors.

So far the overview of the major changes in the project. Now here comes the
list of the extended and updated new G3/G4 product line for the AMIGA by
phase 5 digital products. Right now, users can choose out of the following
four models:

BLIZZARD G3/300 for A1200 Tower systems

   o 300 MHz PowerPC750 processor with 1MB fast Backside-Cache

   o Ultra SCSI on board for backwards compatibility with a large number of
     existing SCSI devices, providing a performance of up to 20MB/s

   o Three 400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of
     up to 63 devices, and opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA

   o up to 1 GB SDRAM

   o PCI-Bridge-Connector: This interface, a fully PCI 2.1 compliant
     implementation, allows the connection of PCI devices or PCI
     backplanes, thus allowing the expansion of the Amiga with all kinds
     of industry standard hardware products

   o suggested retail price of EURO 669.00 (Europe) or US$ 729.00 (outside
     Europe)

   o Customers who are ready to pay a prepayment deposit of EURO 125 / US$
     140 will take advantage of the discounted prepaid price of EURO
     589.00 or US$ 639.00 including worldwide free postal delivery - and,
     of course, will be among the first to receive their Cyberstorm G4
     board!

BLIZZARD G4/300 for A1200 Tower systems

   o 300 MHz PowerPC7400 processor (G4 with Altivec) with 1MB fast
     Backside-Cache

   o The breathtaking multimedia performance of the 128-Bit Altivec vector
     processing unit will open new dimensions to all kind of applications
     which are optimized on the G4 chip

   o Ultra SCSI on board for backwards compatibility with a large number of
     existing SCSI devices, providing a performance of up to 20MB/s

   o Three 400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of
     up to 63 devices, and opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA

   o up to 1 GB SDRAM

   o PCI-Bridge-Connector: This interface, a fully PCI 2.1 compliant
     implementation, allows the connection of PCI devices or PCI
     backplanes, thus allowing the expansion of the Amiga with all kinds
     of industry standard hardware products

   o suggested retail price of EURO 749.00 (Europe) or US$ 829.00 (outside
     Europe)

   o Customers who are ready to pay a prepayment deposit of EURO 125 / US$
     140 will take advantage of the discounted prepaid price of EURO
     659.00 or US$ 729.00 including worldwide free postal delivery - and,
     of course, will be among the first to receive their Cyberstorm G4
     board!

CYBERSTORM G3/400 for A3000/A4000 systems

   o 400 MHz PowerPC750 processor with 1MB fast Backside-Cache

   o UW-SCSI on board, providing a performance of up to 40MB/s and
     backwards compatibility with a large number of existing SCSI devices

   o Three 400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of
     up to 63 devices, and opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA

   o up to 1 GB SDRAM

   o PCI-Bridge-Connector: This interface, a fully PCI 2.1 compliant
     implementation, allows the connection of PCI devices or PCI
     backplanes, thus allowing the expansion of the Amiga with all kinds
     of industry standard hardware products

   o suggested retail price of EURO 949.00 (Europe) or US$ 1049.00 (outside
     Europe)

   o Customers who are ready to pay a prepayment deposit of EURO 125 / US$
     140 will take advantage of the discounted prepaid price of EURO
     829.00 or US$ 919.00 including worldwide free postal delivery - and,
     of course, will be among the first to receive their Cyberstorm G3
     board!

CYBERSTORM G4/300 for A3000/A4000 systems

   o 300 MHz PowerPC7400 processor (G4 with Altivec) with 1MB fast
     Backside-Cache

   o The breathtaking multimedia performance of the 128-Bit Altivec vector
     processing unit will open new dimensions to all kind of applications
     which are optimized on the G4 chip

   o UW-SCSI on board, providing a performance of up to 40MB/s and
     backwards compatibility with a large number of existing SCSI devices

   o Three 400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of
     up to 63 devices, and opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA

   o up to 1 GB SDRAM

   o PCI-Bridge-Connector: This interface, a fully PCI 2.1 compliant
     implementation, allows the connection of PCI devices or PCI
     backplanes, thus allowing the expansion of the Amiga with all kinds
     of industry standard hardware products

   o suggested retail price of EURO 899.00 (Europe) or US$ 989.00 (outside
     Europe)

   o Customers who are ready to pay a prepayment deposit of EURO 125 / US$
     140 will take advantage of the discounted prepaid price of EURO
     779.00 or US$ 859.00 and worldwide free postal delivery - and, of
     course, will be among the first to receive their Cyberstorm G4 board!

All prices do not include VAT / MwSt. or any other local taxes or duties
which may apply. Specifications and prices are subject to change.

A note about Software: For the add-on features such as the SCSI interfaces
or the FireWire ports, phase 5 digital products will provide the necessary
software tools and drivers, and also cooperate with other developers.
Additionally, we are in negotiations about licensing useful software to
ship with our G3/G4 boards, and will take care that support of the
upcoming AmigaOS developments is realized.

Another note on the prepayment & discount: Remember, the prepayment which
enables you to take advantage of the discounted price, will go on a
special notary account as announced earlier. The amounts collected there
will not become available to us before we actually ship the products; they
are a deposit which support our efforts to bring out the new products for
the Amiga which the users have been asking for, thus representing a
partnership between the Amiga community and us in realizing this stunning
new technology for the Amiga.

If this new list of stunning product offerings includes the G3/G4 model
which you want for your Amiga 1200 Tower/3000 (T)/4000(T), then do not
hesitate but go ahead and support us in supporting the future of the Amiga
by placing

Your CYBERSTORM G3/G4 or BLIZZARD G3/G4 preorder NOW!

IMPORTANT: If you have already placed an order during the last 10 days,
please DO NOT place a new order! We will email or mail you in the next
days, to verify if your order may be changed to a different model.«

(Quelle: Phase 5 digital products)

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