New Hardware Designs and New Hardware Coming from ACK Software Controls, Inc. and Amiga, Inc.
Two New Hardware Designs for the Amiga Operating System are on their way.
Issaquah, Wash and Fonthill, ON – April 22, – After months of designs and negotiations Amiga, Inc. and ACK Software Controls, Inc. are pleased to announce that new hardware is on its way for Amiga users.
“I have been working on these designs with Amiga for almost 12 months and have been able to create two new designs that will fully support the needs and desires of today’s Amiga user, while opening the doors for new users, said Adam Kowalczyk President of ACK Software Controls, Inc.
Initially, two systems will be produced that address two different market needs. The first is a consumer entry design that will offer a complete product with a target price point of $500.00, while the second will be of a power design that would have a target price point of $ 1,500.00. The PowerPC architecture will continue to be the architecture of choice for these new systems.
“ACK and Amiga have spent many months working on designs and working with various manufacturers to create great products with a competitive price point. We will be working with the Amiga retailers over the coming weeks to solidify launch and support plans”, said Bill McEwen of Amiga, Inc.
Manufacturing and final price information along with product launch schedules will be following in the next week.
Entry Level Design Details from ACK Controls and Amiga
Entry level product ready for Customers Summer 2007
Issaquah, Wash and Fonthill, ON Canada – April 29, 2007 – ACK Controls and Amiga, Inc. are pleased to announce the base hardware design that will address the needs of the Amiga market as well offering expansion into other markets.
“The first product release is designed for flexibility and meeting the needs of the Amiga user, as well as offer a design that takes advantage of available hardware”, said Adam Kowalczyk President of ACK Systems
This new system will be offered at a suggested retail price of $ 489.00 and be a complete offering excluding monitor in a finished design that will provide customers with everything they need to get started.
Flex-ATX form factor motherboard based on the Freescale MPC8349E SoC. (400MHz to 667MHz depending on requirements and price target)
1 (one) DDR2 DIMM slot expandable to 1GB using unregistered DIMMs.
1 (one) 66MHz PCI slot for use with readily available graphics cards.
2 (two) 33MHz PCI slots for additional expansion.
2 (two) 10/100/1Gb Ethernet Ports.
4 (four) Hi Speed USB ports.
2 (two) serial ports.
4 (four) SATA ports provided by a Silicon Image Sil3114 controller.
Onboard sound provided by a C-Media CMI8738.
Socketed EEPROM for U-Boot firmware.
Atmel ATC2408A serial EEPROM (1 kb of non-volatile storage)
Dallas DS1339 RTC with battery holder.
Standard ATX power supply connector.
“Amiga is please to be working with ACK Controls and believe that by using flexible designs and aggressive manufacturing practices we will be able to deliver to our customers a great product at a great price”, said Bill McEwen of Amiga, Inc.
Manufacturing partner and final ship schedule will be following soon.