@Rogue, HyperionMP
I wouldn't bother correcting those that are trying
to pour cold water on this. They are all *bar none*
Amiga.org users that are well known for their methods and motives anyway without your intervention. As Ive said before with every Troll/mudsling/FUD post on one "side" you can hear the cash register going for the other "side" with the "what a bunch of tossers" factor.
Id like to say I think this is outstanding news, the ability to re-use old GFX cards will be a boon for upgraders and it corrects one of my annoyances with the current status of MorphOS and what was the claimed support of AmigaOS4 for only a few graphics card chips which is why I opted for the top of the range Power system ( because I can't be arsed to work out a box from the support list! ) from Eyetech.
Now others will feel more freedom to pick and choose their cards for A1* boxes.
Well done!
Oh and the frank and honest interview from Ben was quite excellent too, so Ill shut up about March being critical aswell ;-)
@Downix
Hey, so its not 3D, who gives a sh*t? What do I have open on my desktop most throughout the day? Well on monitor 1 I have email, news tickers and a browser. On monitor 2 I have my code editor ( Visual Slick Edit ) and on monitor 3 I have my "test screen" which mostly shows the 2D side of the product I am enhancing but say one in a hundred times shows a 3D display without hardware acceleration.
Every once in a while I run a 3D game that benefits from hardware acceleration.
This is why when you and others pointed out that hardware accelerated drivers for MorphOS were not so vital because with 600Mhz you can do a reasonably complex >25fps 3d environment with software rendering I agreed totally.
Now somehow you are trying to claim that it is a big problem that these drivers are 2D only?
The broader the driver support on a platform the more credible that platform becomes - irrespective of driver completeness. Example: My Intel Anypoint wireless 2 USB kit only had drivers for Win* until recently. The new Linux based drivers mean that I can finally use it with Linux making me a very happy man.
Such small victories mean a lot to end users.
