Is the Warp1260 still a good alternative now that PiStorm is out?

[Boing-ball]

I know this the Warp1260 has been hotly anticipated. But now you can get a relatively Cheaper alternative with a PiStorm and pi board. What are the chances for the Warp1260 succeeding?

[BozzerBigD]

Can the supply of 060s be stable enough to sell many of these boards goig forwards? Don't we need Rev6s to challenge PiStorms?

[Boing-ball]

Depends on what speed you need 😉 I’ve got a Pi4B on my PiStorm overclocked to 2.2ghz. This equates to 88x faster than a traditional 68040 @ 25mhz

By the time you hunt down a Rev 6 at a decent price then the card and extras, you are easily looking around near £1000… compared to around £180 for a PiStorm and Pi4B.

[klx300r]

Can the supply of 060s be stable enough to sell many of these boards goig forwards? Don't we need Rev6s to challenge PiStorms?

Rev6-060's won't hold a candle to my PiStorm with Pi3A+ (never mind with Pi4) with the latest firmware that ironed out the chip ram speed and I only say this because I've tested with my TF1260 and CS-MKIII.

[F0LLETT]

Rev6-060's won't hold a candle to my PiStorm with Pi3A+ (never mind with Pi4) with the latest firmware that ironed out the chip ram speed and I only say this because I've tested with my TF1260 and CS-MKIII.

Agree, however Emu68 compatibilty still needs work. I could not get any firmware after June to work on Pi3 A+, work fine on Pi4 and CM4.
I have been playing around with Musashi. Is half the speed, but has better compatiblity.
Only issue, I just can not get RTG to work. It just keeps resetting machine when selecting an RTG screen mode. Has anyone else got it working on PS32 with Musashi?

[Boing-ball]

Agree, however Emu68 compatibilty still needs work. I could not get any firmware after June to work on Pi3 A+, work fine on Pi4 and CM4.
I have been playing around with Musashi. Is half the speed, but has better compatiblity.
Only issue, I just can not get RTG to work. It just keeps resetting machine when selecting an RTG screen mode. Has anyone else got it working on PS32 with Musashi?

RTG works fine with EMU68.

I’ve got it working *Cough* With CaffeineOS *Cough*

[kolla]

The issue was RTG with Musashi, not with Emu68.
However, no info was given about the Musashi config.

[Boing-ball]

I see. I believe the Mushashi variant isn’t being kept updated anymore… I’m sticking with EMU68. Give it time it will come through with better features. Just loving the speed especially for games such as Doom, Quake, SW Dark forces etc…

[F0LLETT]

I see. I believe the Mushashi variant isn’t being kept updated anymore… I’m sticking with EMU68. Give it time it will come through with better features. Just loving the speed especially for games such as Doom, Quake, SW Dark forces etc…

Musashi is a pretty much finish product. Plus, why the hell would you want to run rappy old games for. So fedup of people in Amigaland getting excited about running Doom, Quake etc etc. from 1901. Borring.

[BozzerBigD]

@F0LLETT

Amigaland getting excited about running Doom, Quake etc etc. from 1901. Borring.

The Dark Forces port is quite exciting!

[Boing-ball]

Musashi is a pretty much finish product. Plus, why the hell would you want to run rappy old games for. So fedup of people in Amigaland getting excited about running Doom, Quake etc etc. from 1901. Borring.

I thought I was getting old… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

Each to their own 😉

[F0LLETT]

Will have to agree to disagree.

Sorry, these games pasted me by at the time. So have no interest in them what so ever.

[paul1981]

Musashi is a pretty much finish product. Plus, why the hell would you want to run rappy old games for. So fedup of people in Amigaland getting excited about running Doom, Quake etc etc. from 1901. Borring.

My definition of boring is more MIPS than one's IQ.

[kolla]

Musashi will never be “finished”, as it relies on underlying operatin system which is constantly changing.

[F0LLETT]

My definition of boring is more MIPS than one's IQ.

Really, any need for that insult??? Sorry I do not, get excited over those games, just do not interest me. Clearly I can see, I'm not allowed an opinion because I have a low IQ.

Musashi will never be “finished”, as it relies on underlying operatin system which is constantly changing.

Really, as  have update linux atleast 10+ times and never had to update musashi once.
Maybe need tweaking to work, when there is a major OS update, however that is normally a good few years.