Masjsta's A500 Vampire

[Pgovotsos]

As far as i can see it supports all of the 040 & 060 function plus been more efficiency while adding mmx

This is one addition that I really don't understand. What is the point of having Intel MMX instructions available on an Amiga? It's not like there is any software to take advantage of them is there?

[Pgovotsos]

The why is because Amiga isn't his target audience.

You may not have to recompile FPU software, but that doesn't mean it produces the same results. I'd like to see that said first.

Does Majsta and the Apollo team have different goals? From what I've seen, and it's probably a very incomplete view since I haven't really delved into it, it seems like Majsta wants to make accelerators for classic Amigas while the Apollo team seems to view Amiga compatibility as just a starting point with the goal of a standalone, Amiga-ish machine. Sort of an Amiga plus (or perhaps minus depending on your point of view).

I could definitely be completely wrong because, like I said, I haven't really dug into it much. If it is true, maybe it's unfair / wrong to discuss them as one and the same?

[Pgovotsos]

Could you please move this childish squabble to its own thread someplace else? The thread is supposed to be about majsta's hardware. The bickering is over the Apollo team's software. They may work together, but aren't the same thing. Majsta isn't responsible for Apollo's choices and actions so a "discussion" on Apollo doesn't belong here.

[Pgovotsos]

I apologise if I missed the announcement that you could buy one without the other, which would be the only explanation for your comment.

Try applying reading comprehension to the part of my post you conveniently forgot to quote. Repeating below in smaller words in case it was missed the first time.

Majsta makes hardware that happens to use the Apollo core. It didn't always. Majsta has no control over what the Apollo team does. Complaining about the work of someone else in a thread about majsta's hardware isn't fair. It certainly doesn't belong in the marketplace.