What's the coolest thing I can do with a BPPC card?

[fishy_fiz]

I was massively disappointed with my bppc card when it worked. I'd have prefered an '060 card as at least it wouldve benefitted everyday use. Being restricted to a handful of ppc software it's a very expensive proposition, and somewhat useless for something like os4.x or MOS (way too slow for "modern computing use... sure the OSes run ok, but modern software still needs more resources than this sort of retro gear can provide, stick with old 68k type software and youre fine, but in that case why use the ppc at all?). There was a handful of software that ppc was good for (heretic2/wipoeout2097/some emulators (c64/snes/megadrive/mame/mess/etc)/mp3 player/mp3 decoding/videos), but mostly the '040 got in the way. In short, the experience wasnt what I was hoping (although '060+ppc mightve been a better experience,.... bppc '040 left you wanting(Even with RTG (I had a grex a1200 and voodoo3)).

[dangermouse]

Personally I'd either get an RTG card and run OS 4.0 on your PPC or forget you've even got a PPC (unless you're into games..Wipeout 2097 etc).

I run OS 4.0 on a Cyberstorm 233MHz at 1920x1080 via a CVPPC and it's plenty fast for me. Icons are drawn fast...the only major slowdown is when dragging a busy window (i.e. OWB) but, other than that, I'm more than happy with the performance. That's with 128MB RAM which I consider a must have as I frequently get down to < 60MB free...the OS/software either leak like a bugger or it's got some sort of lazy garbage collection.

Did have a couple of AmigaOnes but got bored to death with OS 4.1 and, for me at least, it never felt like an Amiga...just another computer to get frustrated at over the weekend that had an OS that reminded me of the 68k Amigas. At least with a PPC classic you can use OS 4.x and still be on a real Amiga which, for me at least, is important.

To be honest, unless I'm booting 4.0 I forget I've even got a PPC unless I run SysSpeed or WhichAmiga which jolts my memory for me. They're fun to have and fun to own but, for all intents and purposes, I'm certain they only sell for the money they do because they're the bees knees for classic Amigas. Whether you actually use that functionality is entirely a different story and, if people took a real hard look at them and what they offer, the price would be nowhere near as high imo.

But that's just my opinion. I was hoping this thread would turn up some little gems and show my ignorance on the matter but, thus far, nothing seems to have appeared to change my mind.

As an aside it would be an interesting poll to see how many people with PPC accelerators use the PPC on a regular basis. I suspect more than a few would have used it once to maybe verify it was working or 'have a play' but forgot about it since and stuck with 68k.

[ferguson]

yeah, so many coolest posts.

[jj]

We don't get Match of the Day here in Scotland...

Well you could if you got Sky .  Sky has all the versions of BBC1 and BBC2 and ITV

[jj]

Oh and is MOTD on BBC iplayer ?

[Karlos]

To be honest, unless I'm booting 4.0 I forget I've even got a PPC unless I run SysSpeed or WhichAmiga which jolts my memory for me. They're fun to have and fun to own but, for all intents and purposes, I'm certain they only sell for the money they do because they're the bees knees for classic Amigas. Whether you actually use that functionality is entirely a different story and, if people took a real hard look at them and what they offer, the price would be nowhere near as high imo.

Just go back to 68K only datatypes, media players etc. You'll soon remember. Alternatively, if you already are using those, try their PPC counterparts.

[_ThEcRoW]

What's wrong with keeping the card?. If i had a bppc i wouldn't let it go.

[tone007]

I've decided to not be a computer collector, so if I can't find a use for it I'd rather not have it.

This PPC datatypes thing for OS3.9 sounds interesting, especially if it could make web browsing quicker...