AmigaOne X1000 Beta program update
Date 2010/5/28 19:20:00 | Topic: Hardware News
| As posted in the news section of http://a-eon.com, the X1000 beta program is now being stepped up to invite interested parties to join in the preliminary testing.
From the website:
"London, 23th May 2010
AmigaOne X1000 Beta Test Team and Program
You may have read in various interviews that AmigaOS 4.1 has been booting to Workbench on the AmigaOne X1000 hardware for quite some time. We can also confirm that additional Nemo prototypes have been supplied to several OS4 developers to allow them to complete the necessary onboard hardware drivers (SATA, Ethernet and HD sound, USB is already mostly working). Meanwhile a revision 2 version of the Nemo motherboard is being finalised and to ensure we have the widest possible testing we are making 100 Rev 2 motherboards available to Beta testers under a special discount program.
We have received many request from Amigans who wish to join the Beta Test team and these will be processed by Hyperion-Entertainment who are coordinating the Beta Test program in conjunction with A-EON Technology.
Trevor Dickinson
A-EON Technology CVBA "
Applications should be sent to contact@a-eon.com - (source: amigaworld.net)
A description of the potential testers has been posted here and says:
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The beta program is intended for dedicated people with the following skillset:
- ability to assemble a full system with just a bare motherboard and memory provided to you
- ability to file accurate and detailed bugreports in a dedicated bugtracker (Bugzilla) in order to help AmigaOS 4 developers track down any remaining issues
- sufficient dedication and time to test newly developed components which are released on a daily basis (as is the case now for AmigaOS development and AmigaOS betatesters)
- adherence to the terms of a NDA as part of a larger contract which allows everyone to pull out with a full refund prior to actual shipping of the hardware
- a 750 euro deposit to attract the most dedicated people.
Note that you will NOT be considered an end-user if you are allowed into the betatest program.
The beta program is quite explicitly NOT intended for:
- people with limited knowledge of AmigaOS
- people with insufficient skills to assemble a system with a bare motherboard as a starting point
- people with insufficient time and dedication to carry out the required testing of software components and file bugreports against the appropriate AmigaOS components
- people who beieve that by signing up, they will learn the identity of the CPU or other undisclosed information which most likely will only be disclosed prior to shipping at which time they can bail out with a full refund if they don't like the specs
- people who do not intend to abide by the terms of the contract including the NDA provisions (which they can evaluate prior to signing or not signing) as this will not be taken lightly at all
This is a limited, closed betaprogram intended to ensure the best end-user experience possible.
Existing AmigaOS 4 betatesters have precedence over "newbies" and people with a development trackrecord will have precedence over people without such trackrecord. Other than that, it will be "first come, first served".
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