Prebox

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  pre\box
       
           {Phase 5}'s Amiga clone, announced on 1998-03-10.
          The pre\box will have a processor card with four {PowerPC}
          processors running in parallel.  The processors will range
          from four 200 MHz {PPC604e} chips to four 300MHz {PPC750}


          chips.  It will have a {Voodoo2} {video graphics card}, as
          well as a custom video chip working in concert, with 8 MB of
          {video ram}.  It will run {Amiga OS} 3.1 (or higher if
          {Gateway 2000} delivers the next upgrade before its release)
          and have {Motorola 68000} {CPU} {emulation} in software.
       
          Other features include {EIDE}, {Ultra Wide SCSI-II}, {PCI},
          {Ethernet} and {DIMM} sockets.  Extra RAM, hard disks and
          {CD-ROM} will be available.  The initial specification will
          probably be 32MB RAM, 32-speed CD and 4GB hard disk in an {ATX
          minitower}.  Systems should start at about $2000 for four
          parallel 200 MHZ CPUs and be available at the end of 1998.
       
          {Full press release
          (http://www.cucug.org/amiga/aminews/1998/980310-phase5.html)}.
       
          (1998-07-29)