Acube Systems' SAM440ep Public Launch

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an Amiga wacko. And like many many other Amiga users we all waited in heated anticipation for the looming launch of Acube Systems' Sam440ep. The Sam440 is the current hopeful savior for us as the platform for Hyperion's OS4 (latest Amiga OS) - however, due to a tedious court battle between Hyperion and Amiga, Inc. it is still not a done deal - yet.

However here are the details on the board. Obviously this is not just an AmigaOS platform, it will prove to be a very powerful system for embedded development.
Pricing on the board will clock in at 350 - 550 Euros, if I have my notes straight. I am hopeful we will hear more information about this board, early adopters, etc. Until then, I will probably just wait until OS4 is available for it at this point.

• CPU SoC AMCC 440ep
  • Integrated DDR 266 memory controller
  • Integrated PCI controller
  • Integrated Flash memory devices controller
  • Integrated USB 1.1 Host and 2.0 Device controller
  • 2 integrated Ethernet 10/100 ports
  • Up to 4 serial ports
  • 2 I2C interfaces
  • SPI interfaces
  • 64 pin for I/O General Purpose
• USB 2.0 OHCI/EHCI NPX controller
• Audio Cirrus Logic CS4281 e Codec Realtek ALC655
• 4 Serial ATA ports
• ATI RADEON Mobility M9 with 64mb RAM graphic chip
• FPGA

- Image used taken from an Amigaweb.net attendee at Pianeta show in Italy :) -

(Great site by the way - check it out!)

I have subcummed to Ubuntu bliss - I think...

Ok say what you want about the Ubuntu "backlash" - ya know what - I don't see it. I mean its not perfect but man, it sure is comfortable. Gnome, which was my catalyst, is now growing on me. Hardware detection has been pretty much, spot on with my little HP dv1000. I think it will stay on my hd for a little bit. At least, longer than it did initially anyway.

For the past few days I have went through what many have done - toiled over distros to find the "right" one. I tried OpenSuse 10.2 (almost there), Mephis (including the cool AntiX on the ltop), and then one of my old favorites that is near and dear to me, Dynebolic. Dynbolic is still nested & docked on my harddrive. I still really dig it and the concepts behind it from a personal politics pov for sure. Dynebolic is one of the best live linux distros out there - please give it a try.


Off Topic: Like DJShadow? Check out this 'space:
http://www.myspace.com/4teenth

Cool guy in England that I talked to via Amiga.org. PM...Still uses Octamed Soundstudio to create. Got to hand it to him - and BUY HIS NEW EP!