Amiga One X 1000 and Xena/Xorro

[Jeff]

Don't count on it.


It's indeed not, and therefore unreliable for certain real time applications.

Want to do real time 'stuff'? Use a real time OS and don't mess around (right tool for the job).

I don't say much around here, but this IS NOT constructive criticism. Hans gives a LOT of time to what little is left of the Amiga community. Without his work we likely would have NO RadeonHD driver at all. Is a reply like this really going to help Hans, me, or anyone? Can and have you done better? Lets see some of your work!

How would you like to take a shot someone else's work?, Perhaps Trevor, Matt, Jens, -you get the idea. Please take it to the VxWorks forum and bash those guys for a while.

[Jeff]

@Thorham

** I guess that I should add disclaimers and qualifiers here to avoid another snarky reply. Whether or not it will reliably handle a real-time task does, of course, depend on the processing power required, what the timing tolerances are, etc.

*** In some cases, I think that the decision to use PCs instead of PLCs for control may have been influenced by the fact that the PC comes with Solitaire installed.

This really sort of ticks me a little. Hans really SHOULDN'T need any disclaimers for "A" holes on this forum. He IS ON OUR TEAM PEOPLE. Perhaps a little genuflection instead.

Back under my rock now before the stones start arriving in spades...

[Jeff]

If you're running your own software, you could adapt it to turn the OS off. Don't know how easy that is with AOS4+ (same for turning it back on), but it's what I'd do with AOS1/2/3.

Anyway, my first post wasn't intended to be negative. Perhaps the tone was wrong?

@Thorham
My post wasn't meant that way either. Apologies all around.

Onward!

[Jeff]

Projects like the wonderful "Minimig" by Dennis started as a thread if I recall. Several other long time Amiga related sites have many neat projects that start from a single thread or idea, often from one person. The community builds on them by adding yet even more great ideas or suggestions.  Sometimes it goes nowhere, other times a new product is born.  

I think we need all of our great minds assembled one place to brainstorm new ideas, no matter how unrealistic or impractical they may seem at the time of discussion.