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Re: Could someone recommend me a way to go??
« on: April 16, 2007, 08:43:39 AM »
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If you're planning on using AmigaOS 4, go with the Mediator.


Not sure if this is a good suggestion. Mediator is only supported through emulation, so you would have to use the 68k drivers. No idea what that means regarding stability and speed. With a BVision or CybervisionPPC you would have both possibilities: OS4 _and_ MOS Powerup. You could even make a nice dual-boot system.
 

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Re: Could someone recommend me a way to go??
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2007, 08:09:57 PM »
@SamuraiCrow

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The A1200 with the proposed but not officially produced PowerVixxenLT will beat the pants off of a Cybervision PPC if it ever makes it to market.


Don't bet on that. ACK promised a lot but delivered absolutely nothing. Why does anyone expect him to deliver the PV LT, when he can't even deliver the much simpler CPU modules?
And even _if_ he ever delivers, his his business practices are questionable.

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There are also many other non-Amiga-dependent PowerPC-based hardware solutions that will beat the crap out of a Cybervision3d.


Possibly. Just like they are completely irrelevant due to their unavailability.

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The only problem is if you want to run both MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 on them, you're stuck with the classic models running with a PowerUP-style PPC accelerator.


The problem turns to an advantage if you are interested to run Classic (OS3.9) software (scene demos, Amiga games using whdload) with the highest degree of compatibility.

@phil25

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I really do like the look of Amiga OS 4... But one question that goes through my mind is, whats OS 4 got that should make me want to buy a brand new setup??
I mean, are any of the older Amiga games going to work on it at all? Whats it all for??


On OS4 you run most of those games only using E-UAE. It's basically like Winuae, only slower (no JIT) and with less features.
And why pay 800 EUR for emulation when you can have the same thing on a 200 EUR PC or natively on an Amiga Classic?