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 co mpatibility 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, w 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
- 300 MHz PowerPC750 processor with 1MB fast
Backside-Cache
- Ultra SCSI on board
for backwards compatibility with a large number of existing SCSI devices,
providing a performance of up to 20MB/s
- Three 400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection
of up to 63 devices, and opening the world of digital video to the
AMIGA
- up to
1 GB SDRAM
- 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
- suggested retail price of EURO 669.00 (Europe) or US$ 729.00
(outside Europe)
- Customers who are
ready to pay a prepaym ent 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
- 300 MHz PowerPC7400 processor (G4 with Altivec) with 1MB fast
Backside-Cache
- The breathtaking
multimedia performance of the 128-Bit Altivec v ector processing unit will open
new dimensions to all kind of applications which are optimized on the G4
chip
- Ultra SCSI on board for
backwards compatibility with a large number of existing SCSI devices, providing
a performance of up to 20MB/s
- Three
400MBit FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of up to 63 devices,
and opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA
- up to 1 GB SDRAM
- 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
- suggested retail price of EURO 749.00 (Europe) or US$ 829.00
(outside Europe)
- 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
- 400 MHz PowerPC750 processor with 1MB fast Backside-Cache
- UW-SCSI on board, providing a performance
of up to 40MB/s and backwards compatibility with a large number of existing SCSI
devices
- Three 400MBit FireWire ports
(IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of up to 63 devices, and opening the world
of digital video to the AMIGA
- up to 1 GB SDRAM
- 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
- suggested retail price of
EURO 949.00 (Europe) o r US$ 1049.00 (outside Europe)
- 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
- 300 MHz PowerPC7400 processor (G4 with Altivec) with 1MB
fast Backside-Cache
- 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
- UW-SCSI on board, providing a
performance of up to 40MB/s and backwards compatibility with a large number of
existing SCSI devices
- Three 400MBit
FireWire ports (IEEE-1394), allowing the connection of up to 63 devices, a nd
opening the world of digital video to the AMIGA
- up to 1 GB SDRAM
- 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
- suggested retail price of
EURO 899.00 (Europe) or US$ 989.00 (outside Europe)
- 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 lic ensing 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.
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