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INDIVIDUAL COMPUTER NEWS
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COMMODORE FREE
I know its late but ran out of room in
the other issues5.10.2008: new
products in fall 2008, Amiwest,
holidays
INDIVISION AGA SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED
After delivery of Indivision AGA has
started about one week late this
September, all units of the first
production are already shipped to our
resellers. We were prepared for a good
demand, but are still surprised about
the extremely high demand for a 24-bit
flicker fixer. A second production run
has already been started and it will
be available in November of this year.
Since our trade partners all have
stock at this point, we don't expect a
shortage in the coming weeks. One
feature that many customers are
pleased about is the HighGFX support
of Indivision AGA. With the new flash
update V1.2 alpha, we're extending
screen modes to true HD720
wide-screen-resolutions with up to
1280x720 pixels, displayed with more
than 60Hz refresh rate. Special thanks
goes to AndrI "Ratte" Pfeiffer, who
adapted his HighGFX package especially
for Indivision AGA.
FLICKER FIXER FOR THE C64
On September 13th, we have announced
our new product for the C64 at Back In
Time Live in Stockholm, Sweden. We
have worked on this product for the
past two years together with developer
Peter Wendrich. The result is an
extremely user-friendly cartridge that
can be used without opening the
computer. It is just plugged to the
expansion port of the C64. Technical
data in short:
- VGA-output with 60Hz refresh rate or
more
- Turbo-function with full
6510-processor compatibility
- cycle-exact REU (memory expansion)
with 16MByte ram
- MMC/SD card slot with MMC64
compatibility and 1541-emulation
- connector for PC-keyboard
- built-in help function "the book"
with 16MByte flash
- freezer (compatible with Retro
Replay)
- bright yellow case with blue buttons
Chameleon will presumably be available
in the first quarter of 2009. The
price will be about 220,- EUR
including German sales tax of 19%.
MICROMYS V3 AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER
The mouse-adapter Micromys V3 that we
have already announced in December
2007 will finally be available in
November 2008. We're proud to say that
star-programmer Chris Hodges of
Poseidon fame will be writing the
Amiga-wheel drivers. His publications
for the Amiga made him an excellent
reputation in the Amiga market. He is
filling a gap that Michael SchVttner
has left after he could not start
working for us because of family
reasons. Another reason for the delay
was the case: We could not find a
vendor for a long time, but finally
found someone who is willing to do the
small quantities that we require. The
picture below shows a first prototype
that will be revised for
mass-production. We decided to make a
model with a cable in order to deal
with space constraints on every desk.
This design will allow installation on
every narrow desk, even when a bulky
USB-PS2 adapter is used.
CATWEASEL MK4PLUS AVAILABLE
The Catweasel MK4plus is available
starting today. It replaces the
Catweasel MK4, which has been sold out
earlier this year. The main changes
are cosmetic, and we have followed
customer feedback in some places. The
one easily visible change is that the
new card is no longer low-profile PCI
compliant. This feature of the old
Catweasel MK4 was rarely used by our
customers, so we decided to use the
increased space for a better
arrangement of the two SID sockets.
These are more easily accessible now.
Additional filters in the audio part
are geared towards filtering noise
from high-performance graphics cards
and low-quality power supplies.
Another novelty is the external audio
jack and an angled internal audio
connector for better accessibility.
The Catweasel MK4plus is delivered
only with an English manual at first,
a German translation will be made
available in November of this year.
picture shows extras. Unit is
delivered without SID-Chips.
LYRA 2: KEYBOARD ADAPTER WITH NEW
FUNCTIONS
We've been delivering the keyboard
adapter Lyra for eight years now. It
allows connecting PC-keyboards to
Amiga computers. We're now delivering
a new version called Lyra 2 that
implements a few new features
requested by our customers. Lyra 2
supports small-size keyboards without
a numeric keypad, and
multimedia-keyboards can be used with
Guido Mersmann's tool MMKeyboard. The
Amiga 1200 version now supports Amiga
keyboards as well. The online manual
gives an overview over the new
functions. Just like the Catweasel
manual, this manual is also available
in English at this point. A German
translation will be made available in
November of this year. Lyra 2 is
available from our trade partners
starting today.
C-ONE GOES AMIGA
The FPGA-based computer C-One is
ageing. Despite that, it marks a
milestone in computer history, because
it's the world's first computer that
is purely based on programmable logic
chips that can re-program each other
while the machine is running. In
November of this year, we'll be
providing an extension card that
quadruples the FPGA space of the
C-One. The board then has enough
resources to run the "Minimig" core.
C-One pioneer and FPGA-developer
Tobias Gubener has invented a very
special solution for his version of
Minimig for the C-One: Not one, but
two 68000-compatible processors are
working in the FPGA extender. One of
them does the job of the PIC
controller on Dennis van Weeren's
Minimig board, and the other replaces
the physical 68000 CPU of the Minimig
board. If you already own a C-One
board, the extender can be bought for
99,- EUR from us. New boards are only
delivered with the extender for a
bundle-price of 333,- EUR. If you are
interested in purchasing the extender
only, please contact us in the coming
weeks, so we can get an estimate of
the required quantities.
INDIVIDUAL COMPUTERS SPONSORS AMIWEST
On October 17th and 18th 2008, the
yearly Amiga-show "Amiwest" took place
in Sacramento, California. We don't
only exhibit there, but also
co-sponsor the show. Together with our
retail partner AmigaKit from England,
we provide enough money to grant free
admission to the show. Tickets for the
banquet on Saturday evening are 29,-
US Dollars each. Up-to-date
information about the show can be
found in the show blog.
HOLIDAYS UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH
We're on holidays starting from
October 6th until October 27th 2008.
Please understand that only limited
email support can be provided during
that time. Unfortunately, Vesalia is
also closed for fall holidays at the
moment, so the newly available
products are not yet listed in their
web shop. However, orders can be
placed and processed.
All prices are recommended retail
prices and include the German sales
tax of 19%. Prices at our retail
partners may vary. For mail ordering,
shipping may be added. individual
computers Jens Schonfeld GmbH