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There is a slot for expansions, and they are planning a 'very cheap' PowerPC card.
The '040/'060 on board will be useable as the dual processor, and there is no need
for SIMM sockets, so the card will feature little more than the PPC chip itself.
We should expect something significantly cheaper than existing PPC cards. 

If you thought that was good, Index Information have now announced that the board
will be able to accept some version of the Cyber/BlizzardVision PPC graphics card.
This is excellent news; without it, you would be stuck with either AGA, or expensive
(and still not particulary great) Zorro cards. Hardly what you would want from a new
machine, especially when the A1200 can take the BlizzardVision. 

But while this solution may not be as good as working PCI slots, it is still excellent
news; and you still have the Zorro slots for further expansion such as sound cards.

The AGA chipset is better off too, with Chip RAM access up to 30% faster. 

Prices have yet to be announced, but at the very least, they should offer us better
value than an existing equivalent A1200T system. 

I'm beginning to like the BoXeR more and more. If you wanted to buy a new high end Amiga,
you would do well to buy one of these fitted with PPC and the CyberVision PPC cards.

While we will hopefully see even better Amigas in the near future, I would not expect
the BoXeR to become suddenly outdated, now that AI have made PPC/680x0 dual processing
the Amiga's official future. Unlike, say, an upgraded A1200T (or an A4000T, come to that),
this is a new machine, and more than capable of competing with the latest PCs and PowerMacs. 

Want a Walker anyone? The BoXeR is what the 'new Amiga' should be, and we will hopefully
see even better systems following.