PowerPCのMicro-ATXマザーボード！
Powerboard Tyche unveiled at Pianeta Amiga - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2026/09/powerboard-tyche-unveiled-at-pianeta-amiga/
Powerboard Tyche unveiled at Pianeta Amiga - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2026/09/powerboard-tyche-unveiled-at-pianeta-amiga/
Powerboard Tyche unveiled at Pianeta Amiga
This weekend, together with our friends from ACube Systems, we unveiled the Powerboard Tyche card to the public for the first time at the “Pianeta Amiga” event held in Empoli, a small town near Florence. The card was hot off the press; the company responsible for assembling the components had delivered it to Enrico Vidale of ACube less than 24 hours earlier.
During the event, several people asked us about the relationship between the PowerProgressCommunity association and ACube; the diagram below aims to clarify the situation.
Below the This is the complete features list of the board:
* Form Factor: Micro ATX (fully compatible with most standard PC cases and power supplies on the market)
* CPU: NXP T2080 processor, 64-bit e6500 Power architecture with Vector AltiVec technology
* Core & Performance: 4 physical dual-threaded e6500 cores (8 logical threads), 2 MB low-latency backside L2 cache, 16 GFLOPS per core
* RAM: 2-slot 64-bit DDR3/3L SDRAM memory controller with ECC support
* NVMe SSD: 1x M.2 NVM Express Gen 3 slot and 1x M.2 NVM Express Gen 2 slot for ultra-high-speed solid-state drives
* SATA: 2x SATA2 ports (Sil3132 controller) for traditional HDDs/SSDs
* Primary Video Slot: 1x PCIe 3.0 (x4 electrical, x16 mechanical) to support modern graphics cards
* Secondary Expansion Slots: 1x PCIe 2.0 x4 open-ended slot (mechanically compatible with x16 cards) and 1x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
* HD Audio: Dedicated C-Media 8828 audio chip
* Audio I/O: Analog jacks (3×2) for Audio IN and surround/stereo Audio OUT; Digital optical and RCA inputs and outputs
* Ethernet: 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connectors for advanced network configurations and redundancy
* Rear Panel USB Ports: 2x USB 3.0 + 2x USB 2.0
* Internal USB Headers: 2x USB 3.0 headers for case front ports
* Card Reader: 1x Integrated SDHC card reader
* Advanced I/O / Debug: Pre-equipped for secondary diagnostic/debugging displays via a dedicated bus (SPI/GPIO) during the booting phase
Thanks to your donations, we were able to present the prototype of the board. You can continue to make donations by visiting
1. ### Prototypes of Desktop Powerboard Tyche
Thanks of this donation campaign we will pay for three Dekstop Powerboard Tyche physical prototypes, a very important step that will: put the PCB design to the test allow to learn how to correctly initialize the hardware enable the fine-tuning the configuration of U-Boot The sources for our desktop board have been reviewed by NXP Open Hardware Schematics Sources Our GitLab repository https://gitlab.com/power-progress-community/oshw-powerpc-desktop-tyche/-/tree/main/KiCad?ref_type=heads the OrCad schematics source, converted to Altium and then imported into KiCad, thanks to our association members.
€5,390.56 donated of €9,100.00 goal
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What follows is an account of my participation in the event.
I am Mario Locati, a long-time enthusiast of the Amiga world and one of the founding members of the PowerProgressCommunity association. This combination of interests drove me to participate in person at the “Pianeta Amiga” event, which was held on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of September 2026 in Empoli, a small town near Florence.
_Map of the Empoli area, which lies halfway between the city of Pisa to the east and Florence to the west._
I arrived in Empoli on the morning of Saturday the 26th on a train from Milan, travelling through the beautiful scenery of the Tuscan hills.
_I arrive at Empoli railway station on the local train from Florence._
Empoli is a typical Tuscan town, with beautiful squares and delightful pedestrian streets that fill up in the evening with people enjoying the lovely early autumn evenings.
_One of Empoli’s many squares; it looks empty here because the photo was taken very early on a Sunday morning, but on Saturday evening it was full of people strolling around until late at night._
Interestingly, nearby lies the town of “Vinci”, the birthplace of the famous Leonardo, one of the greatest Italian artists of the 16th century.
_Signpost for the nearby village of ‘Vinci’, where the famous Italian artist ‘Leonardo’ was born._
The venue for Pianeta Amiga was in a suburb of Empoli. Only a part of the indoor exhibition area was dedicated to the event: it was a huge hall with wooden walls, featuring the presentation area in the centre and the various exhibitors’ tables along the sides.
_Next to the building, there were several football pitches where the classic kids’ matches take place at the weekend. These matches were well-attended by parents and friends, busy cheering whilst enjoying a beer served by a small volunteer-run bar._
My friends from ACube Systems immediately welcomed me to their three tables. There, I finally saw the Powerboard Tyche desktop motherboard for the first time, **which the whole community has worked so hard to help create**. Right during this weekend, together with our friends at ACube Systems, we presented the board to the public for the very first time. The hardware was hot off the press: the company that handled the component assembly had delivered it to Enrico Vidale of ACube less than 24 hours beforehand. I must admit I held it in my hands with great emotion; after the failure of the notebook prototype, I had genuinely feared that the project might come to an end due to a lack of community support.
_We have been working with Enrico Vidale (left) and Max Tretene (right), the two pillars of ACube Systems, for some time. It is only thanks to their collaboration that we have been able to produce the board prototypes. Thank you guys!!_
Our friends at ACube Systems have just issued a press release, which I’d encourage you to read.
_Here it is at last! The prototype circuit board is right in front of me!_
_Here’s the best photo I managed to take of the Powerboard Tyche motherboard_
_Max Tretene showed me that the Powerboard Tyche can hold two graphics cards, with each card occupying more than one slot._
Besides our board, there were various Sam460ex boards on the tables showcasing the latest software developments by ACube Systems. These include a series of drivers designed to run the hardware peripherals present on the Powerboard Tyche: the SiI3132 SATA2 controller, the NVMe SSD controller, and a brand-new driver for a wide range of Radeon board versions, which breaks away from all other existing drivers to date.
_This is a screenshot of AmigaOS 4.1 running on a Sam460ex. The brand-new driver developed in-house by ACube Systems controls the AMD Radeon RX 570 graphics card._
_This is a screenshot of AmigaOS 4.1 running on a Sam460ex with only an NVMe SSD, which is controlled by an in-house developed driver by ACube Systems._
As Enrico Vidale is a beta tester for AmigaOS 3.3 (currently under development), there was also an Amiga 1200 on one of the tables running a snapshot of the new operating system version.
_A screenshot of the still-in-development version of AmigaOS 3.3 running on an unmodified Amiga 1200._
_One of the new tools for configuring the Workbench’s settings in the version of AmigaOS 3.3 that is still under development._
On the other side of the room was the AmigaLabs table, with Georgios Sokianos (aka “Walkero”, here a link to support his work) and Andrea Palmaté (here a link to support his work). Stopping to talk to them, I discovered one of their latest and extremely fascinating projects: a new kernel, based on a slightly modified version of the open-source source AROS operating system, capable of running natively on the AmigaOne X5000 sold by the company A-Eon and the Sam460ex from ACube Systems. Andrea Palmaté has been working on it with extreme passion for only a few months. Started almost as a personal challenge, the result has gradually proven to be increasingly solid and, as of today, it has reached a state of progress that allows AmigaOS 4.1 to boot and various applications to run. This milestone introduces two previously impossible features, shown to the public for the first time: support for all cores present on the CPU and better memory management, making the system decidedly more stable. For those familiar with the AmigaNG world, this news is quite groundbreaking also because, unlike the current kernel, Andrea will release the source code as soon as possible. As a representative of an organisation that supports open hardware and open source, I would like to congratulate Andrea on this decision. Thank you, Andrea!
_Andrea Palmaté from AmigaLabs, who tells me enthusiastically about his recent kernel experiments._
_Andrea Palmaté from AmigaLabs shows me his private GitHub repository, where he is developing a new kernel based on the open-source AROS kernel, which is capable of supporting the AmigaOS 4.x operating system for PowerPC._
_This is a screenshot of AmigaOS 4.1 running on an AmigaOne X5000 with the AROS-derived kernel developed by Andrea Palmaté. The kernel features multi-core support._
_George Sokianos, also known as Walkero, was filmed struggling to understand what Mike Battilana was saying in Italian, a language he unfortunately doesn’t speak. Come on, George! Just a couple more issues of Pianeta Amiga and you’ll learn Italian!_
Being aimed at an Italian audience, the entire event featured various talks given in Italian. Unfortunately, this meant that some foreign attendees were a bit lost when someone spoke into the microphone. However, the language barrier allowed me to interact more with various international participants, trying to translate what was being said for them; amongst them were George Sokianos and Timothy De Groote from Hyperion Entertainment.
_Timothy De Groote from Hyperion Entertainment and me._
Among the various presentations was one by Mike Battilana, a highly renowned figure in the Amiga world who is involved in all things classic Amiga for 68k. He began his career as a developer for the company Cloanto, which sold excellent productivity software widely used in the community, such as the text editor C1-Text and the graphic editor Personal Paint. Obviously, as an Amiga enthusiast, I couldn’t help but ask Mike for a selfie, which we took with great cheer.
_Mike Battilana presenting the revised Amiga logo._
Everyone in the room held their breath while Mike Battilana unboxed the TheA1200, which is distributed by RetroGames.
_What an honour to meet Andrea Battilana from Amiga!_
In the afternoon, ACube Systems gave their presentation. While they were taking their seats, Enrico Vidale gestured for me to join them on stage. I must say it took me by surprise — a pleasant one, as I had the opportunity to speak on behalf of the members of the Power Progress Community association and all the people who had donated to help us reach this point.
_This is the moment when the Tyche Powerboard was officially unveiled to the event’s attendees. From left to right: myself, representing PowerProgressCommunity; Max Tretene from ACube Systems; and Enrico Vidale from ACube Systems._
Various exhibitors showcased systems based on original Amiga models at the event, although the majority were AmigaNG systems, including A-Eon X5000 and ACube Systems’ Sam460ex models.
There were far fewer customers on Sunday mornings than in the afternoon, partly because people had to go home.
Ultimately, I must say that I was very pleased to take part in this year’s Pianeta Amiga. It was a brilliant opportunity to meet the people behind this diverse community, who are united by a passion that began in their teenage years in the 1980s and 1990s.
_A photo of the ACube Systems team with Timothy De Groote, the director of Hyperion Entertainment_.
The impression I take away is that all the hard work and moments of discouragement associated with the project’s ups and downs – in our quest to produce a new, modern motherboard based on the PowerPC platform – are underpinned by a community that relentlessly pursues its dreams.
To all of you who want to get your hands on a Powerboard Tyche, I ask you to support us with your donations for just a little while longer – we’re almost there!
> Prototypes of Desktop Powerboard Tyche
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September 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
PowerPCのMicro-ATXマザーボード！
Powerboard Tyche unveiled at Pianeta Amiga - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2026/09/powerboard-tyche-unveiled-at-pianeta-amiga/
Powerboard Tyche unveiled at Pianeta Amiga - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook
https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2026/09/powerboard-tyche-unveiled-at-pianeta-amiga/
Copland was intended to replace Apple's System 7 with a PowerPC-native operating system built around a microkernel, protected memory, and preemptive multitasking for system services. www.theregister.com/os-platforms...
Apple buried Copland 30 years ago. Now the failed OS boots in a browser
The final developer build offers a glimpse of the future Cupertino abandoned for NeXT
www.theregister.com
September 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Copland was intended to replace Apple's System 7 with a PowerPC-native operating system built around a microkernel, protected memory, and preemptive multitasking for system services. www.theregister.com/os-platforms...
Yeah, I had dropped Pascal by ~ 1993 and the PowerPC, but I did use it during high school a bit (I liked it) and on the first few years of Mac development (many different toolchains, from Mac Pascal to MPW Pascal).
September 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Yeah, I had dropped Pascal by ~ 1993 and the PowerPC, but I did use it during high school a bit (I liked it) and on the first few years of Mac development (many different toolchains, from Mac Pascal to MPW Pascal).
Restoring Apple’s Terrible but Awesome iBook Laptop
Before the Apple MacBook there was the Apple iBook, fruity 1999 colors included. These PowerPC-based laptops targeted low-cost PC-compatible laptops much like the iMac did, albeit it the latter with …read more
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September 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
this is true! i've ended up decompiling a few functions for that wii menu decomp myself, and it's taught me more about the PowerPC architecture and how they did some of the stuff there
September 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
this is true! i've ended up decompiling a few functions for that wii menu decomp myself, and it's taught me more about the PowerPC architecture and how they did some of the stuff there
USN-8729-5: Linux kernel (AWS FIPS) vulnerabilities
This article focuses heavily on a large list of corrected subsystems, but it doesn't adequately contextualize the risk associated with patching such a broad set across diverse hardware architectures like ARM32 and PowerPC. Given the sheer scop…
This article focuses heavily on a large list of corrected subsystems, but it doesn't adequately contextualize the risk associated with patching such a broad set across diverse hardware architectures like ARM32 and PowerPC. Given the sheer scop…
huntaegis.com
September 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
USN-8729-5: Linux kernel (AWS FIPS) vulnerabilities
This article focuses heavily on a large list of corrected subsystems, but it doesn't adequately contextualize the risk associated with patching such a broad set across diverse hardware architectures like ARM32 and PowerPC. Given the sheer scop…
This article focuses heavily on a large list of corrected subsystems, but it doesn't adequately contextualize the risk associated with patching such a broad set across diverse hardware architectures like ARM32 and PowerPC. Given the sheer scop…
That’s a wild flex — old PowerPC code path landing native on Apple Silicon because an LLM helped bridge the gap. Feels like one of those moments where the “maybe AI is good actually” take writes itself. Hope it stays stable past the demo thrill.
September 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
That’s a wild flex — old PowerPC code path landing native on Apple Silicon because an LLM helped bridge the gap. Feels like one of those moments where the “maybe AI is good actually” take writes itself. Hope it stays stable past the demo thrill.
Got a powerPC program to run natively on apple silicon using Claude, maybe AI is good actually
September 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Got a powerPC program to run natively on apple silicon using Claude, maybe AI is good actually
you’d think so, but the macbook featured was the latest one at the time, and there were already a few releases of the intel mac pros by 2008, which replaced the powerpc ones
September 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
you’d think so, but the macbook featured was the latest one at the time, and there were already a few releases of the intel mac pros by 2008, which replaced the powerpc ones
Chartreuse Bobcat has entered the chat!
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta is out on all four architectures, with GCC Toolset 16, Node.js 26, PHP 8.4, and fapolicyd jumping to 2.0.
Test it, file bugs, tell us what you find: almalinux.org/blog/2026-09...
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta is out on all four architectures, with GCC Toolset 16, Node.js 26, PHP 8.4, and fapolicyd jumping to 2.0.
Test it, file bugs, tell us what you find: almalinux.org/blog/2026-09...
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta Now Available!
Hello Community! The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is announcing the availability of AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta “Chartreuse Bobcat” for all supported architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC…
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September 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Chartreuse Bobcat has entered the chat!
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta is out on all four architectures, with GCC Toolset 16, Node.js 26, PHP 8.4, and fapolicyd jumping to 2.0.
Test it, file bugs, tell us what you find: almalinux.org/blog/2026-09...
AlmaLinux 9.9 Beta is out on all four architectures, with GCC Toolset 16, Node.js 26, PHP 8.4, and fapolicyd jumping to 2.0.
Test it, file bugs, tell us what you find: almalinux.org/blog/2026-09...
to my knowledge the gamecube wii and wii u all do use PowerPC architecture which would make them way closer to home computers...would explain why modding it is a lot easier lol
September 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
to my knowledge the gamecube wii and wii u all do use PowerPC architecture which would make them way closer to home computers...would explain why modding it is a lot easier lol
🚨 EUVD-2026-86132
📊 7.4/10
🏢 Linux
📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
When xive_init_ipis(...
🔗 https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-86132
#cybersecurity #infosec #cve #euvd
📊 7.4/10
🏢 Linux
📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
When xive_init_ipis(...
🔗 https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-86132
#cybersecurity #infosec #cve #euvd
September 25, 2026 at 6:04 AM
🚨 EUVD-2026-86132
📊 7.4/10
🏢 Linux
📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
When xive_init_ipis(...
🔗 https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-86132
#cybersecurity #infosec #cve #euvd
📊 7.4/10
🏢 Linux
📝 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
When xive_init_ipis(...
🔗 https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-86132
#cybersecurity #infosec #cve #euvd
Knoppix Linux PowerPC
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/knoppix-linux-powerpc
These are raw dumps of hard to find unofficial/community PowerPC "spins" of the live Linux distro Knoppix.
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2003 #etal #klausknopper #michelbouissou
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/knoppix-linux-powerpc
These are raw dumps of hard to find unofficial/community PowerPC "spins" of the live Linux distro Knoppix.
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2003 #etal #klausknopper #michelbouissou
September 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Knoppix Linux PowerPC
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/knoppix-linux-powerpc
These are raw dumps of hard to find unofficial/community PowerPC "spins" of the live Linux distro Knoppix.
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2003 #etal #klausknopper #michelbouissou
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/knoppix-linux-powerpc
These are raw dumps of hard to find unofficial/community PowerPC "spins" of the live Linux distro Knoppix.
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2003 #etal #klausknopper #michelbouissou
Doctashay also ported Counter-Strike and freaking MORROWIND to PowerPC Macs.
This is a free endeavour by a skilled, ambitious programmer who wanted to do something cool for their community, and it’s wonderful.
This is a free endeavour by a skilled, ambitious programmer who wanted to do something cool for their community, and it’s wonderful.
September 24, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Doctashay also ported Counter-Strike and freaking MORROWIND to PowerPC Macs.
This is a free endeavour by a skilled, ambitious programmer who wanted to do something cool for their community, and it’s wonderful.
This is a free endeavour by a skilled, ambitious programmer who wanted to do something cool for their community, and it’s wonderful.
And Doctashay successfully ported Half-Life and its expansions to the PowerPC architecture using Xash. Vintage Mac users running 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard (or even Mac OS 9, though the experience is buggier) can play Half-Life natively on their old Macs.
September 24, 2026 at 5:49 AM
And Doctashay successfully ported Half-Life and its expansions to the PowerPC architecture using Xash. Vintage Mac users running 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard (or even Mac OS 9, though the experience is buggier) can play Half-Life natively on their old Macs.
I’m deeply grateful to Iliyas Jorio for updating Bugdom, Nanosaur and other classic Pangeasoft games for modern MacOS, Windows and Linux. What’s even more impressive is that the Mac update of Bugdom is triple-binary, meaning it runs natively on Intel Macs, Apple Silicon Macs AND PowerPC Macs!
September 24, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I’m deeply grateful to Iliyas Jorio for updating Bugdom, Nanosaur and other classic Pangeasoft games for modern MacOS, Windows and Linux. What’s even more impressive is that the Mac update of Bugdom is triple-binary, meaning it runs natively on Intel Macs, Apple Silicon Macs AND PowerPC Macs!
New article! Here's absolutely everything you ever need to know about the PowerPC G3 CPU.
lowendmac.com/2026/ibm-mot...
lowendmac.com/2026/ibm-mot...
IBM & Motorola 750 (PowerPC G3): Tech Specs - Low End Mac
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September 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
New article! Here's absolutely everything you ever need to know about the PowerPC G3 CPU.
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When you gotta burn a CD but every other drive is being picky I whip out the iBook G4. Long live PowerPC.
September 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
When you gotta burn a CD but every other drive is being picky I whip out the iBook G4. Long live PowerPC.
SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/suse-linux-71-powerpc-edition
(upload is still in progress)
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2001 #suse
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/suse-linux-71-powerpc-edition
(upload is still in progress)
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2001 #suse
September 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/suse-linux-71-powerpc-edition
(upload is still in progress)
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2001 #suse
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/suse-linux-71-powerpc-edition
(upload is still in progress)
#macgarden #operatingsystems #2001 #suse
ok grandpa *tucks myself into bed*
September 22, 2026 at 10:03 PM
ok grandpa *tucks myself into bed*
I kept the CPU of all my desktops over the years.
Intel Pentium 133 (non-MMX)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
IBM PowerPC 750
Intel Core i5-2500k (still in the assembled PC)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (in the desktop PC I'm currently typing this on)
(I also have the mobile CPUs, but they're still in the laptops 😅)
Intel Pentium 133 (non-MMX)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
IBM PowerPC 750
Intel Core i5-2500k (still in the assembled PC)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (in the desktop PC I'm currently typing this on)
(I also have the mobile CPUs, but they're still in the laptops 😅)
September 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I kept the CPU of all my desktops over the years.
Intel Pentium 133 (non-MMX)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
IBM PowerPC 750
Intel Core i5-2500k (still in the assembled PC)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (in the desktop PC I'm currently typing this on)
(I also have the mobile CPUs, but they're still in the laptops 😅)
Intel Pentium 133 (non-MMX)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
IBM PowerPC 750
Intel Core i5-2500k (still in the assembled PC)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (in the desktop PC I'm currently typing this on)
(I also have the mobile CPUs, but they're still in the laptops 😅)