New Warp 1260

[theq]

Originally Posted by BanisterDK

What to get Warp1260 or Vampire 1200v2 ?
Pros and Cons

I'd wait for Buffee due to price

[Chucky]

do not go there..

if you want a real cpu: warp
if you do not care if it is real: whatever you can get quickest I guess

[BanisterDK]

Seems 68060 is hard to get these days (if you want rev. 6) and prices is skyrocketing
The Warp1260 could come to prices above €600-€700 with CPU

[wiz12]

Can we even buy the Warp1260 now?

[spudje]

It's only for the elite with connections...

[kriz]

No, it is still not for sale

[Chucky]

there are a BIG fpga shortage in the world. so there is the big issue...

[Signman]

Originally Posted by Chucky

do not go there..

if you want a real cpu: warp
if you do not care if it is real: whatever you can get quickest I guess

If I can’t touch it or put in my hands how real is it?

[Chucky]

well that is deliveryissues of the components needed to build the boards.
I however can bery much put my hands on my warp.. and there are people who are getting them. problem is that they cannot get the components needed to build more right now.

[sean_sk]

Originally Posted by Chucky

I however can bery much put my hands on my warp

Good for you! Most can’t unfortunately so, at the end of the day, who cares.
The best solution for new accelerators is to replicate CPU’s via FPGA or similar, as we are staring to see happen more and more these days. That can be just as “real” as an original CPU.

[Chucky]

yeah a FPGA replica would be great. I hope someone does a proper 060 replacement someday..

[gdonner]

Originally Posted by Chucky

well that is delivery issues of the components needed to build the boards.
I however can very much put my hands on my warp.. and there are people who are getting them. problem is that they cannot get the components needed to build more right now.

Perhaps the silver lining for CS-Lab in the midst of this chip shortage is that they can take a break from hardware production and focus on Warp firmware and AmigaOS integration. Plenty of time-consuming work there, with a big payback for all current and future Warp card owners.

[AF2013]

Is Warp 1260 sold out?

[Jope]

It's barely even on sale yet. Preorders are being fulfilled, but mass availability is not yet there.

[Chucky]

there are a severe fpga shortage in the world...

[spudje]

Regardless of the chip shortage, it's still for the happy few/elite only with connections due to the 060 availability/price.

[Jope]

An internet connection is needed to ebay, and some patience to wait for there to be 060s available from the chinese. That's how I got mine.

[Chucky]

Elite? you mean people that was thinking "better buy a 060 now so when there is a solution available I got one?"

some did think like this. some not. some of those is those who got a warp now. or a TF1260. thinknig that 060s would be available forever is just well. shortsighted. nothing "elite" with that. or even "lucky".. just thinking ahead.

[supaduper]

Many of the people who have the TF1260 ( and there are many) more often than not already had a 060, it was not hard to think ahead and buy one in preparation as Chucky says.
And as for Elite that is a perpetuated urban myth..nothing is further from the truth

[RoC]

Got a couple of full 060s at “human” price, when 060 rumours of upcoming expansions surfaced back in 2018 or 2019.

Even now, a LC or a full CPU “earlier revision” is available at a reasonable price. Rev 6 indeed skyrocketed, but that’s offer and demand.