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Re: A new GVP-M Accellerator production run?
« on: March 25, 2009, 01:27:38 PM »
Not to burst bubbles, but ISTR getting a similar response from GVP-M several years back when I inquired about GVP RAM.  Never saw it.

My memory may play tricks on me at times, but this response sounds all too familiar.  I would have to dig WAY back in my emails, but I am sure I still have it.
 

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Re: A new GVP-M Accellerator production run?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 04:34:15 PM »
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So it took them a while. Bubble burst FAIL.


A while.  Almost eight years after my original inquiry.  I have recall of the time-frame as I was living in my last student apartment complex when I inquired.

Blah.  I hate this train, but I have a nay-sayer ticket after all of the broken promises over the years.  There are barely a handful of people actually producing hardware for the Amiga right now.  Believe me, even though I lack discretionary funds right now to participate, I am thoroughly pleased by it.  The prospect of a fully-operational USB system in my 14 year-old Amiga 4000D with an internal, clip-on SD/FF makes me giddy.  If GVP-M can join those ranks, then spectacular.

Bottom line for me is that I am not getting excited over an email like that when I have seen one before in my own Incoming folder, which took more years to materialize than most sane people would wait.

If GVP-M produces new accelerators, that would be awesome.  It will not bring them great fame and fortune, but it will certainly make a lot of current and potential Amiga owners happy.

hrmmmm but then, collectors trying to jump on the "Retro-Classic" bandwagon might be willing to pay quite a premium for newly minted accelerators.  In better times, I myself would pay a nice penny for another 060 unit for my 2000.

I could probably have summed this all up in a simple statement.  Throw your name in for interest, it certainly will not hurt anything.  Just do not hold your breath.  I have particular misgivings with GVP-M, and I dearly hope that I am wrong.
 

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Re: A new GVP-M Accellerator production run?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2009, 02:48:31 PM »
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Good avice, and also try and avoid the words "You must be f****** joking!" when they mention the price.   ;-)


Indeed.  Just how much IS a 68060 these days?  I know of a Chinese bloke flogging one for $150.
 

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Re: A new GVP-M Accellerator production run?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2009, 11:15:17 PM »
Poses a good question.  Which is better, an emulated 060, or a stupid fast emulated 68000 with MMU and FPU?

It would probably be best to emulate an 030, though, since I believe the expansion logic in the Fast Slot is built around the 030.  Am I correct?