Who's getting the Tabor?

[dooz]

@Iggy

I respect your opinion but from my corner I see this differently I buy Tabor now (I already have it in fact) because it is suited for present functionality of AmigaOS. Tabor has 32-bit CPU and AOS4 is also 32-bit. Performance of Tabor is roughly 50% of X5000 which is OK for 400 EUR price tag. I do not think that 64-bit implementation of AOS4 will arrive anytime soon, the same goes for multi core support.

Tabor can accept 8 GB of RAM and it is a dual core system because P1022 is e500V2 dual core. So even Tabor as it is right now cannot explore its full performance under AOS4 which is designed for. Other things like PCIe slot and 800 MHz DDR3 RAM will make it fast enough.

So in my opinion....enjoy A1222 now, buy next thing when available and when AOS4 support it properly. Tabor is not expensive now so I can buy that next affordable thing again when available.

-Dooz

I don't see that as a legitimate excuse to buy something with that weak a cpu.
And the fact that it won't be able to upgrade to a 64bit OS (should we ever see that) is hardly a selling point.
Also, if the 31 bit memory limitation is lifted, then you've only got 4GB of address space (leaving abou 3.5 GB after I/O is considered)..
Further, I have X64 hardware, but still use alternative hardware.
I just don't think its such a hot idea to buy something with less performance than an over 15 year old G4 PowerMac.

Its got a PCIe slot? Will that matter when even a moderately powerful video card will be bottlenecked by the cpu?

[dooz]

This is how small tabor is. Very small mouse next to the very nice little motherboard

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Also to compare with HD5450 PCIe GFX card:

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And this the Early Startup Control. I am wondering what will be happen with this "Start Classic AmigaOS". Maybe it will start in 68k emulation right from the start of machine to be in some kind of Classic mode

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-Dooz

[dooz]

There was some discussion about slow SATA directory listing on Tabor under AmigaOS 4.1 FE pre-release version that was presented on Hyperion blog:

https://youtu.be/fMSvxQIfq2w

I tested on my Tabor under Debian Linux here:

https://youtu.be/hkirsW97xGA

This is a directory listing under Linux Debian and also SATA file copy-paste of two big files on the same disc (simultaneously read-write of 1.2 GB files size). The speed is more than 80 MB/s. So this is realistic transfer in real everyday operation.

So this is how Tabor performs on operating system that is not in alpha phase.

-Dooz