Who's getting the Tabor?

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That is a huge difference, I would not have expected such a big difference.

That type of speed increase can be seen with games like that one in particular where compositing is used heavily, but not overall, it was explained to me when I was about to go down this road with my SAM440ep-Flex. The series of recent games built like this by same author all benefit, but traditional games and apps don't benefit greatly.



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[blakespot]

I am likely to get one. I have a SAM440ep-Flex now, on the desk in my DC office here, but I may go for the Tabor. I was so enamored of Epsilon's micro-ATX thin, red tower case that I went to great effort and secured one from the only place on earth that I found it in stock, a retailer in Australia where Epsilon got his. It's sitting here in its box on the floor under my desk. If Tabor ends up being too expensive or otherwise something I don't go for, I will still likely end up with a use for this lovely InWin case. :-)

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com/2016/02/new-case-for-amigaone-a1222.html

[blakespot]

Although seemingly contrary to a lot of peoples opinion, the non standard fpu is actually attractive to me. Makes the hardware a little different and interesting. No Amiga/AmigaOne hardware can come close to competing with mainstream hardware anyway, so at least the spes of Tabor make it interesting to see what you can squeeze from it. Having said that though, this is from the perspective of someone who can compile his own binaries.

If I wanted more typical hardware I would, and do use an x86 machine. From a pure "for fun" perspective Tabor is the most interesting OS4 hardware available for my tastes.
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Video: A1222 Tabor in Action (posted Feb 24, 2017).

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