Open Desktop Workstation
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The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by Austin-based Genesi. The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of Power Architecture based microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor.
It is a standardized version of the Pegasos II. It was the first open source based PowerPC computer and gave PowerPC a host/target development environment. Genesi have released the complete specification (design and component listing) free of charge for members of Power.org. The ODW won the Best in Show award at the Freescale Technology Forum in 2005[1], have a ATI certification[2] and a "Ready for IBM Technology" certification.[3]
It supports a variety of operating systems such as MorphOS, Linux, QNX and OpenSolaris. Manufacturing of the ODW have been discontinued in favour for EFIKA.
[edit] Specification
- Freescale 1.0 GHz MPC7447A processor
- 512 MB DDR RAM (two slots, up to 2 GB)
- 80 GB ATA100 hard disk
- Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive
- Floppy disk support
- 3x PCI slots
- AGP based ATI Radeon 9250 graphics (DVI, VGA and S-Video out)
- 4x USB
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard support
- 3x FireWire 400 (two external)
- 2x Ethernet ports, 100 Mbps and 1 Gbit
- AC97 sound - in/out, analog and digital (S/PDIF)
- PC game/MIDI-port
- Parallel and serial ports (supporting IrDA)
- MicroATX motherboard (236×172 mm)
- Small Footprint Case - (92×310×400 mm)
