Pegasos
Developer: bPlan/Genesi
Announced: January 19th, 2001
Price: Unknown
Launch: 24th February 2003 |
The first product launched by bPlan is a CHRP-influenced PowerPC system, dubbed
'Pegasos'. Despite their continual denial, the specifications are heavily influenced
by past Phase5 prototypes, such as the pre/box
and the AMIRAGE K2. Like these machines, it is
designed to fit into a multi-processing PPC niche. The system is designed to
be scalable, allowing licensed OEMs to scale the system according to the market.
Thendic-France intend to extend these capabilities to the general consumer market.
In a document previously located on their server
Thendic describe early plans for the Pegasos to form one-third of their Eclipsis
business model.
While Amiga Inc. had some early input into its development, the AmigaOS 4.x
announcement has opened a chasm between the two businesses. There is an obvious
conflict of interest between AmigaOS4.x and bPlan's AmigaOS-compatible MorphOS.
It seems that this will only be settled through the courts.
PEGASOS Specification
Motherboard |
microATX Main board (236 mm x 172 mm) with 133 MHz processor Slot |
CPU |
600 MHz PowerPC G3 750 CXe
upto Dual PowerPC G4 MPC 7450 |
Memory |
PC133 RAM (two sockets), upto 2 GB |
Graphics card |
Matrox G450 Dualhead or user specified graphics card |
Sound |
AC97 Sound Subsystem Sigmatel STAC 9766 Codec with Mic. In, Line In/Out
and Headset support
Optional Soundblaster Live! (uses one PCI Slot) |
Expansion |
AGP slot (2x)
3 PCI slots
4 USB VIA 8231 I/O connectors
Optional Riser Card
|
Network & communication |
110/100 MBit Realtek Phyceiver 8201 Ethernet
IEEE1394 (Firewire) VIA VT6306 with 100/200/400 MBit data transfer
IRDA for comunication with PDAs and other IRDA devices
|
Input |
PS/2 compatible keyboards
PS/2 compatible mouse |
Ports |
2 RS232 serial port
Parallel port
Gameport (PC style joysticks/gamepads)
FireWire (100/200/400 MBit Transfer rates) |
Drives |
Floppy
ATA100 VIA 8231 with two channels for upto four ATA devices |
Additional References
Read the Pegasos 2001 press release | Pegasos
launch press release
External Links
bPlan's Pegasos
page
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Last Update: 22/02/2003
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