23. Development information
The VEGA package was originally developed to run with AmigaOS using its graphic interface. The GUI was totally rewritten to work with all Windows systems and takes the advantages of the OpenGL graphic API.
23.1 Hardware for beta testing
In this section, you can find the hardware platforms used to develop and test VEGA and VEGA ZZ:
Tyan Transport VX50 HPC system: 8 AMD Opteron 875 dual core 2.4 GHz, CentOS 4, 8 Gb dual channel registered DDR Ram, ATI Rage XL PCI, 32 Gb SATA-2 10.000 rpm HD, 150 Gb SATA-2 10.000 rpm HD, DVD-Writer, DVD-Rom drive, 2x 10/100/1000 Ethernet cards.
PC IBM compatible: AMD Phenom II X4 955 quad core 3.2 GHz, Windows 7 Professional x64, 4 Gb DDR3 Ram, Sapphire/ATI HD5770 1 Gb DDR5 PCIe card, 300 Gb 10.000 rpm SATA2 HD, SATA DVD-Writer, 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.
2 x PC IBM compatible: AMD Athlon II X4 630 quad core 2.8 GHz, Windows 7 Professional, 2 Gb DDR3 Ram, Sapphire/ATI HD4200 IGP, 320 Gb 7.200 rpm SATA2 HD, SATA DVD-Writer, 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.
PC IBM compatible: 2 AMD Opteron 275 dual core 2.2 GHz, Windows XP SP2, 2 Gb DDR registered 400 Ram, Sapphire/ATI HD3850 512 Mb GDDR3 AGP card, 18 Gb 15.000 rpm Ultra 160/m SCSI HD, 36 Gb 10.000 rpm Ultra 320 SCSI HD, 500 Gb SATA-2 HD, ATA DVD-Rom drive, ATA DVD-Writer, Ultra 160/m PCI-64 SCSI controller, PCI 10/100/1000 Ethernet card, 3x IEEE 1394.
PC IBM compatible: AMD Athlon 64 4000+, Windows 7 Professional x64, 3 Gb Dual Channel DDR2 667 Ram, Sapphire/ATI Radeon X1950 GT 256 Mb GDDR3 PCIe card, 160 Gb SATA-2 HD, ATA DVD-Writer, integrated audio, PCI 100/100/1000 Ethernet card.
PC IBM compatible: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dula core, Windows XP SP2, 1 Gb Dual Channel DDR 400 Ram, Sapphire/ATI Radeon X1600 256 Mb DDR2 PCIe card, 80 Gb SATA HD, ATA DVD-Writer, integrated audio, PCI 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.
PC IBM compatible: 2 AMD Athlon MP 2200+, Windows XP SP-2, 1 Gb DDR Registered Ram, Sapphire/ATI Radeon x800 SE 256 Mb DDR3 AGP card, 3x18 Gb Ultra 160/m 15.000 rpm SCSI HD, CD-Writer, DVD-Rom drive, Ultra 160/m PCI SCSI controller, PCI-64 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.
PC IBM compatible: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Windows XP SP3, 1 Gb Dual Channel DDR 400 Ram, Sapphire/ATI Radeon 9600 XT 128 Mb DDR AGP card, 30 Gb UltraATA-100 HD, ATA CD-Writer, 2x PCI 10/100/1000 Ethernet cards, 3x IEEE 1394.
PC IBM compatible: AMD Sempron 64 2800, Windows XP SP3, 1 Gb DDR 400 Ram, Sapphire/ATI Radeon HD3450 512 Mb GDDR3 AGP card, 320 Gb SATA HD, ATA DVD-Rom, ATA DVD-Writer, PCI 10/100 Ethernet card.
PC Server: 2 Intel Pentium III 933 MHz, Windows 2000 Server SP4, 832 Mb PC-133 Ram, Matrox Millennium G-200 8 Mb AGP card, 18 Gb Ultra 160/m SCSI HD, 2x500 Gb SATA RAID 1, ATA CD-Writer, Dual channel Ultra 160/m SCSI controller, PCI 10/100 Ethernet card, PCI 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.
ASUS Eee PC 4G: Celeron M353 ULV @ 630 MHz, Windows XP SP-2, 2 Gb DDR2 667, Intel GMA 900, 4 Gb SSD, 16 Gb SDHC Class 6, 10/100 Ethernet, 54 Mbit WLan.
Silicon Graphics INDIGO2: R4400 @ 200 MHz, IRIX 6.2, 64 Mb Ram, Solid Impact Graphics card, 10 Gb HD, CD-Rom drive, 4 Gb SLR tape.
Amiga 1200: Motorola 68030/68882 @ 50 MHz, AmigaOS 3.1, 2 Mb Chip Ram, 32 Mb Fast Ram, 1080 Mb EIDE HD, EIDE CD-Rom drive, PCMCIA Ethernet card.
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