Mailing List Archive: We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board

We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board

Dec 13, 2013, 4:59 AM

Post #1 of 4 (5136 views)

Hi all,

We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board. The new
board, codenamed Cyrus Plus, will be an replacement for the Nemo board
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000). The revision 2.0
prototype contains a Freescale P5020 CPU which is a 2 GHz, 64-bit
dual-core PowerPC SoC. The Cyrus Plus board will also accept the new
P5040 when it becomes commercially available in greater volume. This is
a 64-bit quad-core PowerPC Freescale CPU which operates up to 2.4 GHz.
As with Nemo, the Cyrus Plus motherboard has been custom designed to run
the latest version of AmigaOS 4 and will support multiple PowerPC Linux
distributions.
The deadline for applications is at the end of December. Successful beta
test applicants also have the option of having their name or nickname
added to the Cyrus Plus motherboard silkscreen. However, the deadline
for this option is earlier and is set the 15th of December. If you have
registered your interest in joining the Cyrus Plus beta team and have
not yet had a response from A-EON please send an email to
contact(at)a-eon.com.

http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Marcin_sm.jpg
http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CyrusPlus.jpg
http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/varisys.jpg
http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Cyrus_Plus_bottom_name_smal2l.jpg

http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-3.pdf

Rgds,

Christian

Re: We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board [ In reply to ]

chzigotzky at xenosoft

Dec 13, 2013, 7:14 AM

Post #2 of 4 (5067 views)

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Am 13.12.13 14:18, schrieb Luca Barbato:
> On 13/12/13 13:59, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board. The new
>> board, codenamed Cyrus Plus, will be an replacement for the Nemo board
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000). The revision 2.0
>> prototype contains a Freescale P5020 CPU which is a 2 GHz, 64-bit
>> dual-core PowerPC SoC. The Cyrus Plus board will also accept the new
>> P5040 when it becomes commercially available in greater volume. This is
>> a 64-bit quad-core PowerPC Freescale CPU which operates up to 2.4 GHz.
>> As with Nemo, the Cyrus Plus motherboard has been custom designed to run
>> the latest version of AmigaOS 4 and will support multiple PowerPC Linux
>> distributions.
>> The deadline for applications is at the end of December. Successful beta
>> test applicants also have the option of having their name or nickname
>> added to the Cyrus Plus motherboard silkscreen. However, the deadline
>> for this option is earlier and is set the 15th of December. If you have
>> registered your interest in joining the Cyrus Plus beta team and have
>> not yet had a response from A-EON please send an email to
>> contact(at)a-eon.com.
> You did not provide a link to register for the beta test, I'm sure at
> least one or two guys from Libav would like to join or even just have
> remote access to a box.
>
> Personally I'd love to as well.
>
> lu
>
Hi lu,

You're right. I have forgotten the link. Thanks for the hint. :)

@All: Please send an email to contact@a-eon.com to register your interest.

Rgds,

Christian

Re: We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board [ In reply to ]

basile at opensource

Dec 13, 2013, 1:06 PM

Post #3 of 4 (5055 views)

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Excellent. I'm all about building uclibc gentoo stages and would love
to produce one for ppc like I've done for mips, arm, amd64 and i686.

So how do I apply?

On 12/13/2013 07:59 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board. The new
> board, codenamed Cyrus Plus, will be an replacement for the Nemo board
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000). The revision 2.0
> prototype contains a Freescale P5020 CPU which is a 2 GHz, 64-bit
> dual-core PowerPC SoC. The Cyrus Plus board will also accept the new
> P5040 when it becomes commercially available in greater volume. This is
> a 64-bit quad-core PowerPC Freescale CPU which operates up to 2.4 GHz.
> As with Nemo, the Cyrus Plus motherboard has been custom designed to run
> the latest version of AmigaOS 4 and will support multiple PowerPC Linux
> distributions.
> The deadline for applications is at the end of December. Successful beta
> test applicants also have the option of having their name or nickname
> added to the Cyrus Plus motherboard silkscreen. However, the deadline
> for this option is earlier and is set the 15th of December. If you have
> registered your interest in joining the Cyrus Plus beta team and have
> not yet had a response from A-EON please send an email to
> contact(at)a-eon.com.
>
> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Marcin_sm.jpg
> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CyrusPlus.jpg
> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/varisys.jpg
> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Cyrus_Plus_bottom_name_smal2l.jpg
>
> http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-3.pdf
>
> Rgds,
>
> Christian

--
Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D.
Chair of Information Technology
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY 14201
(716) 829-8197

Re: We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board [ In reply to ]

chzigotzky at xenosoft

Dec 13, 2013, 2:42 PM

Post #4 of 4 (5063 views)

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Hi Anthony,

Thank you for your answer. I have forwarded your message to Trevor
(founder of A-EON). You can also send an email to contact@a-eon.com to
register your interest.

All the best,

Christian

Am 13.12.13 22:06, schrieb Anthony G. Basile:
> Excellent. I'm all about building uclibc gentoo stages and would love
> to produce one for ppc like I've done for mips, arm, amd64 and i686.
>
> So how do I apply?
>
> On 12/13/2013 07:59 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're looking for Linux beta testers for our new PowerPC board. The new
>> board, codenamed Cyrus Plus, will be an replacement for the Nemo board
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000). The revision 2.0
>> prototype contains a Freescale P5020 CPU which is a 2 GHz, 64-bit
>> dual-core PowerPC SoC. The Cyrus Plus board will also accept the new
>> P5040 when it becomes commercially available in greater volume. This is
>> a 64-bit quad-core PowerPC Freescale CPU which operates up to 2.4 GHz.
>> As with Nemo, the Cyrus Plus motherboard has been custom designed to run
>> the latest version of AmigaOS 4 and will support multiple PowerPC Linux
>> distributions.
>> The deadline for applications is at the end of December. Successful beta
>> test applicants also have the option of having their name or nickname
>> added to the Cyrus Plus motherboard silkscreen. However, the deadline
>> for this option is earlier and is set the 15th of December. If you have
>> registered your interest in joining the Cyrus Plus beta team and have
>> not yet had a response from A-EON please send an email to
>> contact(at)a-eon.com.
>>
>> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Marcin_sm.jpg
>> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CyrusPlus.jpg
>> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/varisys.jpg
>> http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Cyrus_Plus_bottom_name_smal2l.jpg
>>
>>
>> http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-3.pdf
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>> Christian
>
>