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News: Next up, Iyonix - the full spec...

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 12:19 AM, (4321 Reads)

Mike Williams, former head honcho of Acorn Publisher, has emailed in to us with the full drop on the new baby from Castle. Hang onto your knees folks - this stuff is HOT!

Iyonix Motherboard

  • All new design
  • ARM XScale processor (80321)
  • GeForce2 MX400 PCI video card
  • Up to 1GB DDR (Double Data Rate) memory (200MHz)
  • UDMA 100 Hard Drive
  • PCI expansion (32-bit & 64-bit)
  • Hi-speed podule bus
  • Gigabit networking (10/100/1000 base T)
  • Technical Reference Manual (to be published)


Tasty or what! - Now read on.... Case (front)

  • MicroATX mid tower design
  • 2 x 5.25" drive bays
  • 3 x 3.5" drive bays (2 external)
  • Soft-on (computer controlled off)
  • 2 x USB ports
  • Recessed reset button
  • HD and Power LED on front

Case (rear)

  • 250 watt PSU with two-speed fan
  • Power on/off (hard)
  • 4 x PCI Slots (2 x 32-bit, 2 x 64-bit)
  • 2 x Hi-speed podule slots
  • Networking
  • 2 x USB ports
  • 2 x serial ports
  • Mains in

RISC OS 5

  • 32-bit with video extraction (video now from PCI graphics card)
  • Feature set based on RISC OS 4.02
  • PACE derived and copyright
  • Dedicated Iyonix version
  • Long filenames
  • 128MB wimpslot - application space
  • ICA client
  • 16bit Font manager with Unicode support
  • USB printing
  • OS in Flash ROM, copied into RAM

32-bit software development

  • BASIC programs will work without any work needed
  • C/C++ programs work after recompiling
  • Assembler programs need simple re-engineering
  • 32-bit software will run on RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
  • Wide range of software already 32-bit : Techwriter (Easiwriter), Fireworkz, Ovation Pro, Vantage, OHP, Oregano 2, Draw, Paint, Edit, PDF, AMPlayer, InterGIF, KINO, SparkFS etc. Aemulator 26-bit emulator available from Spellings

Register at the iyonix web site for a chance to win a brand new Iyonix PC.

Development suite

  • Updated C compiler (now many C99 features)
  • Licence to use tools and libraries for commercial products
  • Suitable for RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
  • Suitable for 26-bit and 32-bit versions of RISC OS
  • Major bug fixes
  • Extended compiler features
  • Produces faster run-time code

Development suite (software)

  • C/C++
  • Desktop tools
  • Assembler
  • User interface toolbox
  • !System
  • Licence to use and distribute 32-bit !System
  • ABC compiler (formerly from Pineapple)
  • SID and Armalyser dissasemblers

Development suite (other useful material)

  • Zap development environment
  • StrongEd development environment
  • !PDF pdf document reader
  • Useful links page
  • Bug report form

Development suite (manuals)

  • PRM manuals 1-4 & 5a
  • C/C++ manual (updated)
  • Desktop tools manual
  • Assembler manual
  • User interface manual
  • RISC OS style guide
  • ABC compiler release notes (manual later)

32-bit Development Suite available now at the special price of £99 (if ordered before 31st December 2002).

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Re: Next up, Iyonix - the full spec...

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by andypoole on Nov 04, 2002 - 01:32 PM
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Is this a RISC OS portal or a Linux portal? why are you linking manual links to the Linux documentation project?

 
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