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feanor
Re: Any altivec experts? (H.264 codec)
Posted on: 2014/11/14 14:05    #61
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@zzd10h

Also, as a bounty platform, may I suggest bountysource.com, I've had good experience with it for free software projects. We can just point a github project and add bounties there.


Edited by feanor on 2014/11/14 15:08:06
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feanor
Re: Any altivec experts? (H.264 codec)
Posted on: 2014/11/14 13:35    #62
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Hi everyone,

hehe, it's interesting to read in a forum that people are thinking of contracting me. Disclaimer: I'm the guy behind freevec.org, aka markos, and I was a long time Amiga user as well (had A500/A500+/A4000+060, etc) until 1997. But I'm still very fond of my first computer and read some Amiga forums from time to time -and I would seriously consider buying a new X1000 if the price was lower.

Anyway, regarding the Altivec work, I can definitely say that I would do a substantial discount if only because it's one way to help my first computer love!

Don't hesitate to contact me for a quote, and I also mention in my blog that I offer free evaluation -what needs to be optimized, how long it would take, etc. Please read:

http://www.freevec.org/content/services

for details.

Would gladly offer my services to fellow Amigans!
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feanor
Re: PowerPC (MPC8610) Open Source Hardware Bounty
Posted on: 2009/11/16 19:02    #63
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@corto

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corto wrote:
The whole amount is around 65000 Euros.

If the open hardware gives the opportunity to get a board at the end, so this is good news !

feanor : I would like to put money in this bounty but I have questions :
- Do you plan to assign yourself to the project ? Else, if we put money and nobody takes the bounty, what will happen ?


Yes, but for software development, the 65k is for hardware stuff. I'm not getting any of that, I'm not a hardware engineer, the prices came were directly influenced by the actual offer I got from bplan when I intended to fund this project on my own. The only case that nobody takes the money is if no bounty milestone is reached and after a while donations are returned to the donors.

As we explain in the bounty page, soon there will also be software bounties and anyone could apply for a cool project that could be done on this board. There will be evaluation, and all approved projects will be funded via bounties. So the more popular the project you have thought about is, the more donations it could get :D

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- If not all steps are done ... could we stay stopped with for example 30000 Euros consumed ?


Well, as the bounty is step/milestone-based, it would mean that we would proceed up to step 2 and just a bit into step 3. That would leave us with complete and open source schematics and a BOM list. I would hope that we would actually reach to at least a complete design and some prototypes. This is going to prove more popular than people think.

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- Do you think some partners / investors you talked to would put money in this bounty ?


We are also working on it yes. Corporate donations will probably give the needed "spice" in such a project.
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feanor
Re: PowerPC (MPC8610) Open Source Hardware Bounty
Posted on: 2009/11/15 23:36    #64
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@328gts

Who says I won't, Acube might equally benefit from an open source board after all, should they choose.
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feanor
PowerPC (MPC8610) Open Source Hardware Bounty
Posted on: 2009/11/15 21:50    #65
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The Market research for new PowerPC system didn't prove as fruitful as originally hoped, but it generated a lot of interest all around. This inspired Power2People to create a bounty to help the design and production of the board!

So, I'm glad to announce the "Open Source Hardware Bounty"! More details on the bounty can be found here (scroll down to the open bounties and check the design steps). Genesi fully supports this effort as it is close to the spirit of their successful Pegasos systems.

So what is so special about this project?

ALL GENERATED MATERIAL WILL BE OPEN SOURCED! That is, schematics (PDF/Protel), PCB design (Gerber files), Bill of materials, etc. The license chosen is one suited well for similar hardware projects, and close to the spirit of GPL, the TAPR Open Hardware License. This means, after the design is finished, ANYONE can use the design to build a product based on it and sell it with no extra requirements. Also, the good thing about the license chosen is that it ensures there can be no patent claims from one board producer to another.

Software bounties will also be started in association to this bounty.

I want you people to know that I'm looking at this project very seriously, to prove this I already have donated 1000EUR to the first bounty, and I don't intend to stop there.

Discussion relevant to the development of the board will take place in the PowerDeveloper forum, but feel free to ask anything related here or by mail.
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feanor
Re: new amigaos hw?
Posted on: 2009/11/12 11:50    #66
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@Atheist

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1) Who are you targeting?

Well, that's obvious

AmigaOS 4.x
MOS
Linux
maybe Haiku?


Rather, in that order:
Linux, AmigaOS, Haiku and then MorphOS (they are not a priority anymore now that Mac Mini has a port, and actually only yesterday I've been told one of the core MorphOS devs has publicly said that "they're not interested in a port to the new board" -whatever it will be).

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Well, that doesn't wash, because Hyperion's goal is, every system that is sold comes with an AOS4.x disc.


That's not the case with Pegasos II which was recently supported by AOS4.

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You may say "take what you can get". Sure, and if every person orders your motherboard with no OS?? Too many headaches.


That's an interesting question. But base package will obviously ship with only the free OSes, no need to charge everyone with a commercial OS.

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2) If you make an Amiga motherboard, ACube is almost guaranteed to go out of business. There's no two ways about it, it's like 95% likely.


I don't understand why is that. The goal now is to build an open platform, which means, ACube -eventually- will be able to use the same board as well. Why should that put them out of business?

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Is that fair? Is that right? Sure, all's fair in business (that's legal) to get ahead of "the other guy", but morally it's not so good, NOR wise. If morals are not significant cinsider this. Putting an already struggling company out of business instead of harnessing their reputation in the community, technical skill, them having designed several PPC motherboards already, and their comfortable connection with Hyperion too, I don't think is wise. Also, they risked PLENTY, and seem to be willing to (and have) put up with an insane amount of hardship (as well as Hyperion), so you should consider that, when the going gets tough, they WILL try and stick with it, see it through.


As I said, I don't believe it will put anyone out of business.

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<comments about windows xp>


I agree completely, that's one of the reasons, I want something *different*.

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Why don't you take a ride on the wild side? Invest in ACube..... it REALLY could pay off, and I'm talking 100's of millions!


I will not invest in an AMIGA-only company, that's too limiting IMHO, if anything I have been clear from the start, that I am not even an Amiga user anymore, I am a PowerPC user/developer/advocate. I like PowerPC and I want such a system, chances are I will not even use AmigaOS even after the board is available. But I WILL make everything I can to help support AmigaOS and others (MorphOS/Haiku, etc) just because I think they are important to stick around - I admit that when I started this effort as a business venture, I wanted the market share, but now it's slightly different, with an open hardware, it's not really a market share, it's a userbase. I want PowerPC to stick around and succeed, I DON'T want to buy an ATOM or whatever system.

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I know that I could get 4 people to buy an Amiga (none of them on these boards, 3 have never even owned a computer!!!) if it was a Netbook at $450 US!!!!! I would buy TWO! (I know you could never get to that price point, I'm showing that on my recommendation, there ARE cutomers out there. I am certain many others on these boards can say the same. That's SIX sales right there! And, I'm certain that if I showed 2 more that I know, they'd get one too. Remember, I'm talking netbook Amiga.)


I also like a netbook based PowerPC, yeah, even a netbook Amiga would be super cool, but that won't happen if there is no new PowerPC motherboard. A netbook would be just easily built with a slightly redesigned mobo and a typical PC netbook case -I actually did some inquiries to some companies, but no good news yet.
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feanor
Re: new amigaos hw?
Posted on: 2009/11/12 6:58    #67
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@logicalheart

Agreed 100%. I wouldn't want to waste their time, for another vapourware project. People seem to misunderstand the priorities here. The motherboard has to exist even as a design/prototype, before OS support is discussed.
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feanor
Re: new amigaos hw?
Posted on: 2009/11/11 22:13    #68
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@Elwood

Could you please clarify? I received quite a number of emails, and it would help if you would be more specific. If you're referring to Hyperion, I intended to do so, IF the numbers were right. If they're not -which they weren't- then there's no point in bothering them about this.

@Gnu

I agree that this is a problem. I have stated my position many times. The powerpc desktop market -of which the Amiga market is just a small subset- is a very small niche market, and in order to have things happen, the users have to get more involved themselves. In this case a simple mail would do a great job. Waiting for a simple poll to end, only to say "I didn't send you an email, but I like the idea" just won't work.

Well, there is another last option to make this happen. Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. Let's see.
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feanor
Re: new amigaos hw?
Posted on: 2009/11/11 9:35    #69
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Final results about the market research here:

http://www.codex.gr/index.php?pageID=&blogItem=100

Quote from the blog -the interesting part-:

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... Actually, I just thought of an idea, there is another way that we might build a nice ppc board, but I think it will find even less interest: open-source hardware, donation based. Say, we do a bounty -or what even its legal term is- and each of us, donates an amount, until we reach the desirable amount. If we could get 500 people to donate 100e each -or more in some cases- we might reach the goal to design the board. Since the board design would be open, anyone could then produce it. If the goal is not reached in a specific amount of time, everyone gets their money back -or we leave it open until the money is raised. So, what say you all? It's the last thing that can be done I think. So, if you are really interested in the idea, please say so, if enough people second this, I'm sure something could be arranged.


COMMENT: The nice thing with that approach, is that the end design will be open. If the amount of people does not reach critical mass for a mass production -eg. 500- there might still be a few (100 or even less) people that may go for a small production scale and get the board of their dreams, albeit a bit more expensive! And if I would decide to drop out of the project for whatever reason, the design would be open for anyone to continue development on it. Actually, I wonder why didn't I think of that scheme before...


Edited by feanor on 2009/11/11 10:18:18
Edited by feanor on 2009/11/11 10:42:18
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feanor
Re: new amigaos hw?
Posted on: 2009/10/2 20:29    #70
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Hi,

I am Konstantinos, the (utopian?) initiator of this research. I was told of this forum and saw this discussion, and realized that people think this is (yet another) vapourware. Perhaps it will remain one, that is mostly up to the users that send -or not- emails. What people do not understand is that investors *need* to see numbers. It does not matter if I say that "people will buy it". If I cannot back my claim, the investor will not spend even 1? on a board like this.

I will be happy to answer any questions, even if I already have answered them in another forum. For the time being, you can find about the progress of the market research here:

http://www.codex.gr/index.php?pageID=&blogItem=64

I understand the people's lack of faith, I was told some historical facts, I didn't realize that so many things were promised to this community. What is of absolutely vital importance however is an estimate of the exact market. I hope you really understand why I'm so insistent.

Konstantinos Margaritis
http://www.codex.gr
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