Jens Shoenfeld's anwer to the Apollo petition

[Damion]

I did a search on Amiga.org for 'Apollo' and I see 13 pages of threads, perhaps 70-80% of them involve troubleshooting for seemingly random issues. Many of the remainder are from Apollo owners wanting a different brand of accelerator. One wonders why. You don't patch up a shoddy design over and over, its like bailing water out of a sinking rowboat with a 0.5m (~18") hole torn in the side. Just abandon that ship already.

Lots of examples of this in the Amigaverse, like the Cyberstorm PPC or Delfina. Honestly it's a challenge to get any expanded Amiga working reliably, which for some of us is part of the fun. That said, no one wants to deal with obviously broken hardware. My Apollo 1260 was one of the better accelerators I had, not nearly as user-friendly as my Blizzard 1260 was, but (with a little effort) just as stable, and quite a bit faster. It was perfect for demos, and would often run for days without a reboot. Still, the Apollo cards weren't the pinnacle, and not everyone was as lucky as I was or had the patience to sort through the bugs.

[Damion]

Snoozy's ACA is great for playing Superfrog, but the hard fact is that for running some of the big AGA demos on an A1200, I can say from experience that nothing is better than a properly tweaked Apollo 1260.

Blizzard: Best "all-rounder", best software (BlizKick), but neutered chipset access disappoints
Apollo: Best for demos, more work to setup

Now if Jens makes a better '060 card one of these days, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. :-)

[Damion]

and i have neither the time nor inclination for further comment as i've made my view point known

Probably a good idea, I doubt anyone cares since you've never even owned an Apollo 1260. On the other hand, Jens' comments are fully respectable considering his background and expertise. The fact is all those old accelerators had their compromises, you just decide what's most important for you and enjoy the experience.

[Damion]

So you make sweeping comments for all on amiga org?

No, the only person I was talking to was you. You haven't any experience whatsoever with the hardware in the topic. Yet, you feel confident enough to jump in here and smugly parrot someone who is an actual respectable expert (Jens), to the annoyance of people that likely have owned a dozen or more accelerators over the years. Cyberstorms, Blizzards, Apollos, you name it. Can you say toolbag.

And i have tended to treat your comments with the same level of disregard

LOL, I could really care less.

[Damion]

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