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Originally published on the Atari Music Network (last updated 10 April 2012).


FireBee Now in Production! Atari Musicians! Shipping begins 2nd half of 2010! FireBee NewsVisit the official ACP Homepage. Coming soon: www.FireBee.org

Imagine Creating Chiptunes or MIDI Music on a Brand New TOS Compatible Computer!

The TOS compatible FireBee is now in production! Initial deliveries will begin towards the second half of 2010! Here are the most recent expected production specs!

Processor: ColdFire V4e Core (MCF5474 (file no longer available)), 266MHz, 400MIPS RAM: DDR, 512MB Main- + 128MB Video- and Special-RAM on Board, Speed: 1GB/s 512kB S-RAM for DSP and elsewhere, 200MB/s Flash Memory: 8MB on Board for Operating System Operating Systems: Falcon TOS 4.04, EmuTOS , FireTos, MINT, RTOS, Pearl, Linux Atari compatible hardware interface ports: TT/Falcon IDE Hard-drive TT-SCSI Hard-drive ACSI Hard-drive ST/TT Floppy Drive (DD and HD compatible) Parallel Printer ST/TT Serial Atari keyboard and mouse Ethernet 10/100 DVI-I (analog and digital) ST, TT, Falcon, and advanced ACP graphic modes (exact specs not yet decided) USB 2.0 Host (uPD720101): 1 Port internal, 4 Ports external, 2 Ports high power (500mA) Compact Flash SD Card PS2 Mouse & Keyboard Game Port

MIDI (single port combining IN/OUT/THRU) ROM/Dongle-Port (internal connection plug) External Audio Connectors: LineIn, LineOut, Mic (Mono) Internal Audio Connectors: DVD/CD Input, Internal Speaker Output ST Sound Output (internal mono output and speaker output connections) Sound Processing: AC'97 Full-Duplex Stereo Codec with DMA-Sound Output and up to 48kHz Sampling Input/Output YM2149 and Falcon DSP are mapped in the FPGA and routed out through the AC'97 ST-Sound (YM2149) can be mixed with a 2nd sound source on-board before reaching the AC'97 LineOut Battery Powered (optional) PCI-Bus 33MHz with Direct Edge for passive back-plane Power controller with real time clock, PIC16F506 Extension socket: 60Pol (DSPI 33Mbaud, serial sync or async about 33MBaud, 26Bit I/O about 133MHz, I2C-Bus) Board Dimensions: 90mm x 260mm x 20mm, PCI form factor allowing three installation possibilities: Independent motherboard PCI card in a standard tower case with a passive PCI back-plane PCI card inside a PC as a kind of daughter-board Power Consumption: 12 Watts or les