Top of the range RISC OS Computers
The Iyonix PC was made by Castle Technology Ltd and was originally released on 30 November 2002. It was available in several different styles up until 30 September 2008.
- ARM 80321 XScale 600MHz Intel processor
(ARM Processor implementing the Intel XScale microarchitecture)
- RISC OS 5 (32 bit) in 4Mb flash ROM (field upgradeable) and copied into RAM at power up - Derived from PACE - Use of former 26bit software possible with the use of Aemulor emulator.
- Up to 1Gb DDR memory running at 200MHz.
- UDMA 100 hard drive interface - 2x IDE connectors supporting 4 drives.
- 2x 32bit PCI slots - 2x 64bit PCI slots.
- Sound - CD quality AC97, 16bit Soundblaster standard - Audio IN - Mic IN - Audio OUT/Headphone
- PCI video card - a NVidia GeForce MX400 giving up to 2048x1536 @ 16+million colours.
- 2x hi-speed EASI podule slots.
- Gigabit networking on motherboard as standard - 10/100/1000 base T.
- Case - MicroATX midi tower - Dimensions 360mm(H) x 185mm(W) x 402mm(D)
Required distance from wall 65mm.
- 2x 5.25" drive bays.
- 3x 3.5" drive bays (1 hidden).
- Software switch-off.
- 4x USB 1.1 ports - 2 on front of computer and 2 at rear of computer - (USB 2 ready).
- USB keyboard and USB 3 button mouse.
- 250 watt PSU with silent mode with 2 speed fan and auto temperature sensing.
- Quiet hard drive.
- 2x serial ports.
- Theoretical speed increases:
|
SA Risc PC |
Iyonix PC |
Better by |
| Processor |
233MHz |
600MHz |
2.6x |
| RAM |
16MHz |
200MHz |
25x |
| Hard drive |
2Mb/sec |
32Mb/sec |
16x |
| Expansion bus |
8Mb/sec |
240Mb/sec |
30x |
| Podule bus |
4MHz |
8MHz |
2x |
| Complex Screen redraw |
4.32 sec |
0.99 sec |
4.3x |
- 16bit font manager with Unicode support.
- Supplied software - Writer+ - Fireworkz - Oregano 2 - Messenger Lite - Dialer - CDBurn + many other programs and demos.
Optional Extras
- 4 port USB hub.
- USB Scanner.
- USB Printer.
- USB flash memory drives.
- USB memory card readers.
- 8 port Ethernet 10/100 Base T networking hub or switch.
- ADSL Modem/Router with 4 Ethernet 10/100 Base T ports.
- Extra graphics card with Geminus multi-screen software.
- etc...
Iyonix PC
Castle Technology Ltd
3 Signet Court, Cambridge CB5 8LA
Sales Tel: 01223 503464 (9-5 weekdays)
Email: sales@iyonix.com
Web: http://www.iyonix.com/
All facts believed to be accurate but I cannot be held responsible for any innacuracies.
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Revised: 28 September 2008
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