The Icon Bar: News and features: RISC OS 2002 show
Posted by Paul Vigay on 00:00, 8/11/2002
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Seeing as I wasn't able to attend this show I'll just provide you with a few screenshots provided by Paul Vigay of RISCOS.org, and finish off with the revised specs for the Iyonix because let's face it, that's what most people went to see ;) P1010008 November 2002 | ![P1010008](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010008.JPG) | Full 768x1024, 48KB Medium 600x800, 31KB Small 300x400, 12KB | | | P1010009 November 2002 | ![P1010009](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010009.JPG) | Medium 512x384, 28KB Small 400x300, 19KB | | | P1010010 November 2002 | ![P1010010](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010010.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 126KB Medium 800x600, 75KB Small 400x300, 25KB | | | P1010011 November 2002 | ![P1010011](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010011.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 119KB Medium 800x600, 70KB Small 400x300, 23KB | | | P1010012 November 2002 | ![P1010012](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010012.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 105KB Medium 800x600, 59KB Small 400x300, 19KB | | | P1010013 November 2002 | ![P1010013](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010013.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 109KB Medium 800x600, 62KB Small 400x300, 19KB | | | P1010014 November 2002 | ![P1010014](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010014.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 114KB Medium 800x600, 67KB Small 400x300, 22KB | | | P1010015 November 2002 | ![P1010015](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010015.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 131KB Medium 800x600, 78KB Small 400x300, 25KB | | | P1010016 November 2002 | ![P1010016](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010016.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 115KB Medium 800x600, 67KB Small 400x300, 22KB | | | P1010017 November 2002 | ![P1010017](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010017.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 109KB Medium 800x600, 60KB Small 400x300, 19KB | | | P1010018 November 2002 | ![P1010018](/news/RO2002/thumbs/P1010018.JPG) | Full 1024x768, 167KB Medium 800x600, 104KB Small 400x300, 33KB | | | IYONIX Motherboard- All new design
- ARM (80321) XScale processor - 600MHz
- 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 32-bit EASI podule bus
- Gigabit networking (10/100/1000 base T)
- Technical Reference Manual (to be published)
Case (front)- MicroATX midi 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 silent mode
- Power on/off (hard)
- 4 x PCI Slots (2 x 32-bit, 2 x 64-bit)
- 2 x Hi-speed 32-bit EASI 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
- Increased wimpslot - application space
- ICA client
- 16-bit 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:
- E.g. 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
Theoretical speed increases | SA Risc PC | Iyonix | Better by | Processor | 233MHz | 600+MHz | 2.6x | RAM | 16MHz | 200MHz | 25.0x | Hard Drive | 2MB/s | 32MB/s | 16.0x | Expansion bus | 6MB/s | 264MB/s | 44.0x | Podule bus | 1.5MHz | 4MHz | 2.7x | Resolution (16M) | 800x600 | 1920x1440 | 5.8x | Screen draw | 4.32 sec | 0.99 sec | 4.3x |
Register at the IYONIX web site (www.iyonix.com) 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 disassemblers
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
- Updated C/C++ manual (updated)
- 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). Information prepared by Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology Ltd. Contact akalat@kbnet.co.uk
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