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phase 5 Announces the the Blizzard 603e Power Board Accelerator for Amiga 1200

   
   
   Oberursel, February 25, 1997: phase 5 digital products is proud to
   announce the upcoming BLIZZARD 603e Power Board, a PowerPC-based
   accelerators for Amiga 1200 and A1200-based Tower Systems. With this
   innovative and powerful new accelerator a new dimension of performance
   is brought to the Amiga 1200, with performance increases of multiple
   times beyond the performance of the fastest 68k based accelerators
   available today, for a sensationally low price that is perfectly
   targeted at the A1200 upgrade market.
   
   Primarily being designed as an upgrade board for existing Amiga
   systems, the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board incorporates phase 5's
   innovative dual-processor technologie, where a fast PowerPC RISC
   processor is combined with a 68k processor, in case of the BLIZZARD
   603e Power Board a 68030 CPU. Both CPUs dynamically share the memory
   and system busses, what is necessary for a true multiprocessor
   behaviour. While the original AmigaOS 3.x continues to run on the
   68030 CPU - as well as all existing applications do, what provides
   100% compatibility - the PowerPC 603e CPU is supported by a
   comprehensive PPC Library developed by phase 5, which provides all
   functionality to integrate the PowerPC into the Amiga multitasking
   environment. Software developers can easily optimze their programs
   step by step by porting single tasks to PowerPC code, which then can
   run parallel with 68k tasks. Many important Amiga software vendors are
   preparing ported or optimized versions of their software packages
   already, so it is expected that a large quantity of software products
   supporting the PowerPC will be available soon.
   
   The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board will be availabe with the fast
   PowerPC603e processor at a clock speed of 120 MHz; a socket is
   provided for the 68030 companion processor in a PGA housing. It
   provides a fast memory expansion option which uses standard PS/2 type
   SIMMs. The memory is dynamically shared by the two CPUs on the
   BLIZZARD 603e Power Board . As an option, as very inexpensive Fast
   SCSI-II controller will be available for the BLIZZARD 603e Power
   Board, which combines transfer rates of up to 10 MB/s with the
   flexibility and expandability of the SCSI standard.
   
   With its 120 MHz 603e processor the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board provides
   - only on the PPC side - a raw performance of approximately 170 MIPS
   or approximately 3.5 SPECint95 and 2.8 SPECfp95 (estimations based on
   Motorola/IBM manufacturer specifications) - a blistering performance
   that can compete with most of the fastest PC systems available today.
   with this performance the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board is ready for the
   most demanding applications such as 3D rendering and high-speed 3D
   gameplaying, image manipulation, animation, video applications, and
   many other demanding applications that depend on fast CPU performance.
   
   
   The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board will be delivered with a comprehensive
   software package, which includes the PPC library as well as tools for
   creative users, among them a Public Domain GNU C compiler for PowerPC
   (including sourcecode) and many demo programs and utilities with
   sourcecode; in addition to this software free developer support is
   available via the phase 5 FTP site. Last not least a PowerPC-optimized
   version of CyberGraphX V3 with RISC-optimized CyberGL/3D and MPEG
   functions and libraries is included (with a special GGX driver to
   support the AGA chipset) - of course with comprehensive documentation.
   
   
   The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board will be selling for a price that can be
   called sensational, offering a superior price/performance relation.
   The suggested retail prices are as follows:
   
   BLIZZARD 603e Power Board w/ 120 MHz 603e processor
   DM 699,- / GBP 279.00 / USD 399.00 
   
   Note: All prices are recommended retail prices. English and german
   price include local VAT, the recommended US price does not include
   local taxes. The prices are without the 68030 CPU which is necessary
   to operate the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board. 68030 processors from
   existing processor boards can be used on the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board
   by pluging these into the provided socket. If you don't own a 68030
   CPU already, ask you local dealer for an attractive bundle offer.
   
   Registered owners of a Blizzard 68030 board will - within the PowerUp
   upgrade program - receive special, attractive upgrade offers by mail
   during March 97. The handling of these upgrades will be done via local
   appointed representatives.
   
   The delivery of the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board is scheduled for late
   May 1997. Availability for the A1200 desktop system is depending on
   the finalization of the CE approvals until that date.
   
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Jesli szybko pojawi sie oprogramowanie wykorzystujace to cudo to mamy przed
soba rozowa przyszlosc (ciekawe jak sie bedzie zachowywala Ami ze 170 Mips-
ami na pokladzie ???) !

                       Marcin'DrOzda'Ozdzinski