The 1240 will be based on recycled 40MHz 68040 chips. The board will only be available for Tower systems because the chips operate at considerable temperatures and need fan cooling. Tower systems using the board will be similar in specification to the new Eagle 1200 Tower which uses the same chip. Phase 5 are still confident about releasing a new AmigaOS compatible PowerPC based computers by next year And their PowerUP project (PowerPC accelerator boards for current Amigas) continues, with product expected at the end of the summer for developers. However they still do not appear to have made any reconciliation approach to Amiga Technologies or VIScorp. After criticising AT and the pace of the takeover. Considering last month’s legal announcement by the Amiga's new owners maybe this go it alone approach by F hase 5 is destined to change soon. Ohase 5 have announced that they are releasing a new generation CyberVision graphics board (or big box Amigas. Called the CyberVision 3D it will be compatible with Zorro 2 and have three expansion slots The board is designed to work not only in A2000 3000 and A4000 but also in the newer tower systems available from various German suppliers Featuring a new graphics chip. Virge by S3, the boards will be able to handle more complicated graphics and rendering than the current model. Phase 5 are saying that it will be available with modular upgrade capability so that you can buy a basic model or an expanded, more capable version according to your budget Options for the expanded version include more Video RAM. A scandoubler switch and an MPEG decoder.
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