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Re: What about an A1200 accelerator with built-in USB 2.0?
« on: January 24, 2011, 01:15:05 PM »
Sorry for being off topic, but one of the posts here made me think of it.
Does os4.x for classic even support the custom chipset in a way that its possible to use custom chipset based software ? I know AGA is "supported", but in what manner ? Im under the impression its only usable as a basic gfx display (ie. akin to a weak gfx card)
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Re: What about an A1200 accelerator with built-in USB 2.0?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 02:57:27 PM »
I have no interest in OS4.x for classic unless I can use software reliant on custom chipset. If I want an amiga type system where I have to emulate to use my old favorites I'll go AROS, which emulates 68k/custom chipset software an order of magniturde times faster, and cheaper. I got my classic amiga to use its software base. FOr system friendly stuff I have amithlon, which runs 68k software much, much faster and again for cheaper.
To each his own, but I really cant see a new ppc based accelerator with everything + the kitchen sink for classics selling enough to warrant being developed.
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Re: What about an A1200 accelerator with built-in USB 2.0?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 01:36:16 AM »
PA6T uses more than 7W at 2ghz, heck it uses more at lower frequencies even. According to pretty much every source online at 2ghz it has a TDP of 25W. I was quite surprised by this actually, as this power consumption/heat disappation has now been somewhat surpassed by often criticised x86 cpus (bulldozer variant Llano, AMD current generation cpu for example is significantly faster and proportionally significantly lower consumption while including an HD 6xxx class gpu ondie).
Include a gpu (even a mobile variant), ram, etc. onboard, and suddenly there's little hope of an accelerator card for a1200 even being possible unless it's towered.
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Re: What about an A1200 accelerator with built-in USB 2.0?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 12:46:01 PM »
@JJ and wawrzon

I thought so, but had never seen it written in a clear cut manner before.
Each to thier owm and whatnot, but this is part of why os3.x still appeals to me. While I can appreciate a more "advanced" system, there's appeal in seeing what you can do with the custom chipset hardware for me. Theyre like 2 different sides of the same hobby. Between Amithlon and my classic amiga I'm pretty happy  :)
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.