AmigaOne

{{quote|A week ago we shared with you our joy as we move towards the rebirth of the Amiga desktop platform. The AmigaOne and AmigaOS4 are projects that have occupied almost every day of our lives for the last two years. For the community, the wait and the false dawns have been unbearable.|Bill McEwen CEO Amiga Inc, Executive Update, April 12, 2002{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.amiga.com/corporate/041202-mcewen.shtml |title=Executive Update - Amiga Status Announcement |location=Snoqualmie, WA |publisher=Amiga |date=April 12, 2002 |access-date=June 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020607142157/http://www.amiga.com/corporate/041202-mcewen.shtml |archive-date=June 7, 2002 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}}}

Originally in 2000, AmigaOne was the name of a project for new computer hardware to run the Amiga Digital Environment (DE),{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.amiga.com/corporate/100900-mcewen.shtml |title=Amiga Announces the AmigaOne |location=Melbourne, Australia |publisher=Amiga |date=October 21, 2000 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027205740/http://www.amiga.com/products/one/pr.shtml |archive-date=October 27, 2000 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Tony |date=October 23, 2000 |title=Amiga unveils next-gen hardware spec But manufacturers support seems very thin on the ground |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2000/10/23/amiga_unveils_nextgen_hardware_spec/ |newspaper=The Register |access-date=March 28, 2015 }} later plans replaced by AmigaOS 4.{{cite web|url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2007cv00631/143245/26/2.pdf|title=(OEM) License and Software Development Agreement|publisher=justia.com|date=May 21, 2007|access-date=May 17, 2014|archive-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518015110/http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2007cv00631/143245/26/2.pdf|url-status=dead}} Initially it was managed by Eyetech and designed by the German company Escena GmbH.{{cite magazine |last=Harvey |first=Sven |date=November 12, 2015 |title=The Amiga Part Two, AmigaOne|magazine=Micro Mart |publisher=Dennis Publishing|issn=1473-0251|issue=1388|pages=65}} The AmigaOne motherboard was to be available in two models, the AmigaOne-1200 and the AmigaOne-4000 as expansions for the Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000 computers.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.eyetech.co.uk/NEWS/AMIGA013.HTM |title=AmigaOne 1200/4000 specifications for running the Amiga DE |publisher=Eyetech |date=October 26, 2000 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010228105442/http://www.eyetech.co.uk/NEWS/AMIGA013.HTM |archive-date=February 28, 2001 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite magazine |date=December 2000 |title=AmigaONE announced|magazine=Amiga Active |publisher=Pinprint Publishing|issn=1467-3533|issue=15|pages=6–7}} This would probably not have been actually possible. This AmigaOne project was cancelled in the design stage in 2001, mostly due to the inability to find or design a suitable northbridge chip.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=/NEWS/AMIGA004.HTM |title=AmigaOne & OS4.0 update |publisher=Eyetech |date=November 1, 2001 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020617040625/http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=%2FNEWS%2FAMIGA004.HTM |archive-date=June 17, 2002 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite press release|author= |url=http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=/NEWS/AMIGA001.HTM |title=AmigaOne update 15 March 2002 |publisher=Eyetech |date=March 15, 2002 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020605080644/http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=%2FNEWS%2FAMIGA001.HTM |archive-date=June 5, 2002 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} Eyetech, who at this point had invested funds into the project, was forced instead to license the Teron CX board from Mai to form the basis of the new AmigaONE computer range.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.mai.com/news&events/PressRelease070902_2.html |title=Mai Logic Incorporated And Eyetech Group Limited Partner to Capture New Amiga Territory |location=FREMONT, CA |publisher=Mai Logic |date=July 9, 2002 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020714233644/http://www.mai.com/news%26events/PressRelease070902_2.html |archive-date=July 14, 2002 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The first fruit of this partnership with Mai, AmigaOne SE, was announced with a connector for an optionally attached Amiga 1200, in order to use the old custom chips of an Amiga for backwards compatibility.{{cite magazine |date=May 2002 |title=Amiga-News, AMIGA und AmigaOne|language=de|magazine=Amiga Future |publisher=APC&TCP|issue=36|pages=5}} However, no such solution was ever introduced.

The main difference between the ATX-format AmigaOne SE and AmigaOne XE was that the SE had a soldered-on 600 MHz PowerPC 750CXe processor, whereas the XE used a CPU board attached to a MegArray connector on the motherboard. While the MegArray connector is physically similar to the Apple Power Mac G4 CPU daughtercard connector, it is not electrically compatible. There were G3 and G4 options with a maximum clock frequency of 800 MHz and 933 MHz. The G4 module originally used a Freescale 7451 processor which was later changed to a Freescale 7455, both without level 3 cache. The G4 CPU runs hotter and requires a better heatsink than that supplied on some machines. Consequently, the G4 was often supplied underclocked to run at 800 MHz. In 2007 Acube offered 1.267 GHz 7457.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=1|title=ACube Systems new corporate website|location=Bassano del Grappa, Italy |publisher=ACube|date=February 24, 2007|access-date=June 12, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2007-02-00084-EN.html|title=ACube Systems: Company web page|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=February 25, 2007|access-date=June 11, 2014}} The Micro-A1 was announced in two configurations, under the Micro-A1 I (Industrial) and Micro-A1 C (Consumer) labels.{{cite news |last=Klaß|first=Christian|date=August 31, 2004 |title=μ-A1 - Amiga-Boards im Mini-ITX-Formfaktor |url=http://www.golem.de/0408/33301.html |newspaper=Golem.de|access-date=April 14, 2016 }} Only the C configuration was produced.

Both AmigaOneG3-XE and AmigaOneG4-XE has four 32-bit PCI-slots (3× 33 MHz, 1× 66 MHz) and one AGP-2x slot. The Micro-A1 has only one 32-bit PCI-slot and an integrated Radeon 7000 via AGP with dedicated 32 MB VRAM.

AmigaOne (SE and XE) motherboards had several hardware issues including conflicts between the onboard IDE and Ethernet controllers,{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2004-10-00019-DE.html|title=AmigaOne: Probleme beim Zusammenspiel von Onboard-IDE und Ethernet|publisher=Amiga-News.de|language=de|date=October 4, 2004|access-date=November 26, 2017}} problems with USB device detection{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2005-01-00055-DE.html|title=AmigaOne XE: USB-Probleme, Neues vom Hardware-Fix|publisher=Amiga-News.de|language=de|date=January 10, 2005|access-date=November 26, 2017}} and initially no support for the on-board AC97 audio. Due to the mistaken belief that the on-board AC97 audio could not be supported, the AC97 codec was removed from later builds of the motherboard. The technical issues preventing AC97 audio support were later resolved.{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2006-04-00046-DE.html|title=AmigaOne: Sammelbestellung für Onboard-Soundchips|publisher=Amiga-News.de|language=de|date=April 10, 2006|access-date=November 26, 2017}}

When the AmigaOne boards first became available, AmigaOS 4 was not ready: they were supplied with various Linux distributions.{{cite news |last=Reimer|first=Jeremy|date=January 18, 2005 |title=The Micro-AmigaOne and Amiga OS4 Developer Prerelease (Update 1)|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2005/01/amiga/ |newspaper=Ars Technica |access-date=March 26, 2016 }} From April 2004 onwards, boards were shipped for developers with a pre-release version of OS4. The Final Update of OS4.0 was released in December 2006, for AmigaOne computers only, with the PowerUP version being released in December 2007. AmigaOS 4.1 for AmigaOne was released in September 2008.

MAI Logic Inc. went bankrupt, and consequently the supply of Eyetech AmigaOnes dried up.{{cite news |last=Proven |first=Liam |date=January 3, 2007 |title=The Amiga is dead. Long live the Amiga! |url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1025786/the-amiga-dead-long-live-amiga |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609101619/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1025786/the-amiga-dead-long-live-amiga |url-status=unfit |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |newspaper=The Inquirer |access-date=June 13, 2014 }} Eyetech Group Ltd retired from the market in 2005,{{cite web |url=http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2339|title=20 Answers with Alan Redhouse of Eyetech|publisher=Amigaworld.net|date=June 6, 2005|access-date=June 11, 2014}} selling their remaining Amiga business to Amiga Kit.{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46698|title=AmigaKit.com acquires Eyetech Classic Amiga Stock|publisher=Amiga.org|date=September 21, 2006|access-date=August 22, 2017}}

In September 2009, as part of the resolution of a dispute over ownership of AmigaOS Hyperion was granted (among other provisions of the Settlement Agreement with Amiga, Inc.) an exclusive licence for the AmigaOne (or Amiga One) name.{{cite web|url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2007cv00631/143245/148/1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726171501/http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2007cv00631/143245/148/1.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2014|title=Settlement Agreement|publisher=justia.com|date=December 17, 2009|access-date=May 17, 2014}} This Settlement Agreement thus created a legal basis for a new generation of AmigaOne computers.

In February 2010, a new Belgian company A-Eon Technology CVBA, in co-operation with Hyperion Entertainment, officially announced a new AmigaOne model, the AmigaOne X1000,{{cite press release |author= |url=http://hyperion-entertainment.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136:hyperion-entertainment-cvba-and-a-eon-technology-cvba-announce-strategic-partnership&catid=36:amigaos-4x&Itemid=18|title=Hyperion Entertainment CVBA and A-EON Technology CVBA announce strategic partnership|location=Brussels, Belgium |publisher=Hyperion Entertainment|date=February 20, 2010|access-date=June 12, 2014}} first presented at the Vintage Computer Fair at Bletchley Park in June 2010.{{cite news |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=June 21, 2010 |title=Son of Transputer powers new Amiga box |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/21/amiga_x1000/ |newspaper=The Register |access-date=March 28, 2015 }} The project was delayed but the new platform was launched in 2012 with AmigaOS 4.1.5.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.a-eon.com/?news=25-01-2012|title=AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 CD for the AmigaONE X1000 "First Contact" system has gone GOLD!|location=Wellington, New Zealand|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=January 25, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2014}}

In September 2011, Acube Systems introduced the AmigaOne 500 based on a Sam460ex mainboard.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=92|title=FILE N. 1: A new AmigaOne for all Amiga users|location=Bassano del Grappa, Italy |publisher=Acube Systems|date=September 19, 2011|access-date=June 12, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Windeck |first=Christof |date=September 20, 2011 |title=Amiga-System mit PowerPC-SoC |url=http://www.heise.de/ct/meldung/Amiga-System-mit-PowerPC-SoC-1346596.html |newspaper=c't magazin |access-date=April 16, 2015 }}

In October 2011, Hyperion Entertainment announced that it was launching an AmigaOne netbook in mid-2012,{{Cite web|url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/23/2312219/hyperion-promises-an-amigaos-netbook|title=Hyperion Promises An AmigaOS4 Netbook|publisher=Slashdot.org|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=October 26, 2011}}{{cite news |last=Klaß |first=Christian |date=2011-10-26 |title=Amiga-Netbook in Vorbereitung |url=http://www.golem.de/1110/87313.html |newspaper=golem.de |access-date=2016-08-24 }} but it was announced at Amiwest 2013 that the netbook project had been cancelled.{{cite web | title=AmiWest 2013 AmigaOS4 Team | url=http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=1010 | author=Steven Solie | date=October 24, 2013 | access-date=December 4, 2013}}

Also at Amiwest 2013, A-Eon Technology Ltd, a British computer company, announced three new AmigaOne motherboards,{{cite press release|author=|url=http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-1.pdf|title=Cyrus Plus Beta test programme|location=Sacramento|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508115935/http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-1.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |date=January 2014 |title=AmiWest 2013|language=de|magazine=Amiga Future |publisher=APC&TCP|issue=106|pages=14–}} with the project named Cyrus. A-Eon had a list of proposed names which could be voted for{{cite press release|author=|url=http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-6.pdf|title=Cyrus Plus motherboard: What's in a Name?|location=AmiWest 2013 (Sacramento)|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508115459/http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-6.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} and in January 2014 A-Eon Technology announced names for new models as AmigaOne X5000/20, AmigaOne X5000/40 and AmigaOne X3500.{{cite press release|author=|url=http://www.a-eon.com/News_Release_A1-X5000.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020083355/http://www.a-eon.com/News_Release_A1-X5000.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2017|title=What's in a name? AmigaONE X5000 revealed|location=Cardiff|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=January 8, 2014|access-date=June 12, 2014}}{{cite magazine |date=May 2014 |title=X5000 "Cyrus"|language=de|magazine=Amiga Future |publisher=APC&TCP|issue=108}} The new motherboards were aimed as replacements for the AmigaOne X1000. The AmigaOne X5000/20 was released in October 2016{{cite news |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2016-10-00014-EN.html|title=AmiWest: Dickinson and Solie talk about A-EON's and Hyperion's current projects|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=October 8, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Ožanić |first1=Domagoj |last2=Vrbanus |first2=Sandro |date=October 24, 2016 |title=Amiga iz 21. stoljeća je u prodaji |url=http://www.bug.hr/vijesti/amiga-iz-21-stoljeca-prodaji/156543.aspx |newspaper=BUG Online |language=hr |access-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617234301/http://www.bug.hr/vijesti/amiga-iz-21-stoljeca-prodaji/156543.aspx |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |url-status=dead }} and - unlike the X1000 - sold via various distributors.{{cite news |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2016-10-00024-EN.html|title=AmigaOne X5000 can be purchased in several webshops|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016}} ArsTechnica review of the AmigaOne X5000 commended its compatibility with old Amiga applications and games, but criticised the very high price and lack of new software.{{cite news |last=Reimer|first=Jeremy|date=May 24, 2017 |title=The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/the-a-eon-amiga-x5000-reviewed-the-beloved-amiga-meets-2017/|newspaper=Ars Technica |access-date=May 24, 2017 }}

Lastly, A-Eon Technology Ltd announced at Amiwest 2013 that A-Eon had signed a 1.2 million-dollar investment contract with Ultra Varisys for the ongoing design, development and manufacture of PowerPC hardware for its AmigaOne line of desktop computers.{{cite press release|author=|url=http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-3.pdf|title=A-EON Technology & Ultra Varisys sign $1.2M agreement for new PowerPC hardware|location=AmiWest 2013 (Sacramento)|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328052600/http://www.a-eon.com/18-10-2013-3.pdf|archive-date=March 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}

In January 2015, Acube Systems started selling AmigaOne 500 computers based on the Sam460cr motherboard, a cost reduced version of original Sam460ex.{{cite web|title=AmigaOne 500 Acube Systems Srl Online Shop |url=https://acube-systemsbiz.serversicuro.it/shop/en/case-systems/48-amigaone-500.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121175209/https://acube-systemsbiz.serversicuro.it/shop/en/case-systems/48-amigaone-500.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2015 }} Features that were removed included the Silicon Motion SM502 embedded MoC and 1× SATA2 port.{{cite press release |author= |url=http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=129|title=After the Sam460ex here comes the Sam460cr|location=Bassano del Grappa, Italy |publisher=Acube Systems|date=October 25, 2014|access-date=January 9, 2015}}

In autumn 2015, A-Eon Technology Ltd announced a new motherboard with the project development name Tabor{{cite magazine |date=November 2015 |title=Amiga 30 Jahre Event in Neuss / Deutschland|language=de|magazine=Amiga Future |publisher=APC&TCP|issue=117|pages=16}} based on a P1022 1.2 GHz SoC. The motherboard design is a microATX form factor with single PCIe slot and SODIMM memory slots. The full system is to be designated as the AmigaOne A1222.{{cite press release|author=|url=http://a-eon.biz/news/News_Release_A1222.pdf|title=Introducing Tabor and the A1222|location=San Francisco|publisher=A-Eon Technology|date=October 19, 2015|access-date=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151102204710/http://a-eon.biz/news/News_Release_A1222.pdf|archive-date=November 2, 2015|url-status=dead}} The A1222 was released in early 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-03-00023-EN.html|title=A1222 Plus: Production finished, available in shop|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=March 17, 2024|access-date=September 23, 2024}}

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• Linux for PowerPC.
• AmigaOS versions 4.0, 4.1.
• MorphOS support for AmigaOne 500 / SAM460 was announced in 2012{{cite web |url=http://www.osnews.com/story/26594/Morphos_Debuts_on_SAM460/|title=Morphos Debuts on SAM460|publisher=OSNews.com|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=March 27, 2015}} and introduced with MorphOS 3.8.{{cite web |url=http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8|title=MorphOS - Release Notes - Version 3.8|publisher=morphos-team.net|date=May 15, 2015|access-date=May 19, 2015}} Support for X5000 was introduced with MorphOS 3.10.{{cite web |url=http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.10|title=MorphOS - Release Notes - Version 3.10|publisher=morphos-team.net|date=March 25, 2018|access-date=July 31, 2018}}
• FreeBSD.

The Sam440 mainboard (complete with AMCC PowerPC 440EP SoC) is an embedded motherboard launched by Acube Systems in September 2007. AmigaOS 4 was released for the Sam440 in October 2008.

The Sam460ex mainboard (complete with AMCC 460ex SoC, PowerPC 440 core) is an embedded motherboard launched by Acube Systems in April 2010. AmigaOS 4 was released for the Sam460ex in January 2011.

A cost reduced version, the Sam460cr, was released with AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition on January 8, 2015.

The Pegasos II mainboard (complete with PPC G3 and G4 CPU) is a MicroATX motherboard launched by Genesi and discontinued in 2006. AmigaOS 4 was released for the Pegasos II in January 2009.

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• Amiga models and variants
• Sam440
• Sam460ex
• Genesi Pegasos
• AmigaOS
• MorphOS
• AROS
• Commodore International
• Commodore USA

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/press/july9th2002.html Eyetech and Mai Logic] - Mai Logic Incorporated And Eyetech Group Limited Partner to Capture New Amiga Territory
• [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/27/amiga_returns_with_amigaone_ppc/ The Register] - Amiga returns with AmigaOne PPC hardware
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20011121044901/http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=%2FNEWS%2FAMIGA001.HTM Eyetech] - Archived page containing AmigaOne update and information on the AmigaOne partnership between Eyetech, Hyperion Entertainment and Amiga Inc.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20020329122512/http://www.amiga.com/corporate/032502-mcewen.shtml Amiga Inc] - Amiga status announcement

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