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03 November 2016, 08:58
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ACA1260 - is it really happening?
I am right now shopping for an Amiga 1200 aceclerator, and rumors abound that Jens may be coming out with a new 060 ACA card. Do we actually know if it is the case or not? And if it is apparently true, what are the specs supposed to be?
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03 November 2016, 09:29
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I am sorry to say that I have not heard /read of Jens / Individual Computers releasing or proposing anything within the 040/060 class of accelerators. Might I ask where you heard these rumours ? |
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03 November 2016, 10:39
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In the past, he has mentioned that such cards would be way too expensive and the market too small for it to make sense. But I have heard rumors about him doing an accelerator using an FPGA CPU, perhaps 040 compatible. Not Apollo/68080, but another slower one which has working FPU.
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03 November 2016, 11:09
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If you consider the first thing Jens explains to everyone who thinks price should only reflect the hardware cost.. Do you really see him put in the development hours to do a full 040 in FPGA? Compared to actual 040 cost..? Which isn't even remotely as absurd as rev 060s.
(At one point he actually mentioned he was in contact with the Apollo team about manufacturing the V1200 as he has the proper tooling to easily manufacture the otherwise elusive edge connectors. But I don't think that is happening any more..) What Jens also DID say is that he could do a card IF he could find a good and reliable source for the CPUs. (Including reasonable pricing). He even mentioned he would be interested in buying any stock of CPUs the new Phake5 guy might have found. Long story short..and this would be my personal advice - If you need a high end accelerator in the *near* future, waiting for a product from Jens will likely lead to frustration ;-) Get an upgradable Apollo 1240 and pay someone to upgrade it with earlier rev060 + 64MB RAM hack. Should be much cheaper than Blizzard 1260. Or wait a bit longer for more Vampire 1200 news. Skickat från min LG-H850 via Tapatalk |
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03 November 2016, 11:30
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03 November 2016, 17:10
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"Rumor" originated here:
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=109 |
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03 November 2016, 19:34
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03 November 2016, 20:40
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03 November 2016, 22:34
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