Who's getting the Tabor?

[AmigaOldskooler]

Hello folks! Just read on Generation Amiga that the Tabor might be released at the Amiga32 show in Germany in October this year. So, who's considering getting one? I'm very interested, but it does of course depend a bit on the price.

[JimmiG]

I'm still undecided. I was quite excited when it was announced back in 2015, but the long wait has definitely killed most of my enthusiasm, as I've moved on to other things. A release over 2 years after the announcement is just too long.

[darkage]

didnt realise it has already been 2 years ?  I just recently learnt about it, and got pretty excited.   but October seems like a long way off.     waiting waiting..

[JimmiG]

didnt realise it has already been 2 years ?  I just recently learnt about it, and got pretty excited.   but October seems like a long way off.     waiting waiting..

It was announced in October 2015, so if it comes out in October this year, it will have been 2 years.

The actual hardware has been available to beta testers for almost as long and runs Linux just fine:
http://amigax1000.blogspot.se/2016/01/my-a1222-has-arrived.html

The delay, as always, was caused by Hyperion/AmigaOS.

[aggro_mix]

It really depends on the price but I do want one!

[yssing]

This october. Thats a long way from now. But yes i really want a tabor

[Pat the Cat]

Well, it's not the cheapest way to get a new computer running Amiga OS, but on the other hand, it does go very fast with a dirty great PCI-e port to delight any one of selection of fine graphics cards.

I guess at the other end of the scale, you have things like Pi emulators, which can let you play Amiga games pretty well. They won't do as well as Steam boxes, which I guess might be one of the Tabor's selling points?

It's not like the architecture is that different, Arm Cortext 7 against Tabor isn't so different, but faster memory, better connectivity, 3d hardware graphic rendering, etc.

I guess if you got a souped up Pi variant to run an emulator on, like a Beagle bone, you'd get faster Amiga emulation too - but how fast do you really need? How much do you want to pay to run Amiga software? Cortex Arm 8 is expensive, but has a huge host of hardware options (and licenses to pay for).

[JimmiG]

Well, it's not the cheapest way to get a new computer running Amiga OS, but on the other hand, it does go very fast with a dirty great PCI-e port to delight any one of selection of fine graphics cards.

I guess at the other end of the scale, you have things like Pi emulators, which can let you play Amiga games pretty well. They won't do as well as Steam boxes, which I guess might be one of the Tabor's selling points?

It's not like the architecture is that different, Arm Cortext 7 against Tabor isn't so different, but faster memory, better connectivity, 3d hardware graphic rendering, etc.

I guess if you got a souped up Pi variant to run an emulator on, like a Beagle bone, you'd get faster Amiga emulation too - but how fast do you really need? How much do you want to pay to run Amiga software? Cortex Arm 8 is expensive, but has a huge host of hardware options (and licenses to pay for).

Main reason would be to run AmigaOS 4 natively, without the limitations and frustrations of emulation. My desktop computer, laptop, phone, and probably my microwave oven (with a few modifications) can already emulate classic 68k Amigas.

[goldfish]

Holly cow October Hyperion are taking the piss on the amount of time it takes to get OS4 onto another platform. Somebody needs to kick there arse I want one but I fear standalone Vampire might be close by then.  I will then loose most of what little hope I have in os4 having affordable hardware to run it on. Come on guys October seriously ??

[nicholas]

if it's more than 150 quid for a board I don't want one.

[bloodline]

Main reason would be to run AmigaOS 4 natively, without the limitations and frustrations of emulation. My desktop computer, laptop, phone, and probably my microwave oven (with a few modifications) can already emulate classic 68k Amigas.

In fact, anything which can run a web browser:

http://scriptedamigaemulator.net

Which I actually use more than native compiled UAE now!

[eliyahu]

Hello folks! Just read on Generation Amiga that the Tabor might be released at the Amiga32 show in Germany in October this year. So, who's considering getting one? I'm very interested, but it does of course depend a bit on the price.

i already have one. :hammer:

-- eliyahu

[amigasociety]

i already have one. :hammer:

-- eliyahu

ditto !!

:-)

[gunni]

I'm considering it, but in the end it depends on the price

[robo-ant]

I'll get one if the price is right and the performance is significantly better than that of my Sam440.