Is the Warp1260 still a good alternative now that PiStorm is out?

[F0LLETT]

Rev6-060's won't hold a candle to my PiStorm with Pi3A+ (never mind with Pi4) with the latest firmware that ironed out the chip ram speed and I only say this because I've tested with my TF1260 and CS-MKIII.

Agree, however Emu68 compatibilty still needs work. I could not get any firmware after June to work on Pi3 A+, work fine on Pi4 and CM4.
I have been playing around with Musashi. Is half the speed, but has better compatiblity.
Only issue, I just can not get RTG to work. It just keeps resetting machine when selecting an RTG screen mode. Has anyone else got it working on PS32 with Musashi?

[F0LLETT]

I see. I believe the Mushashi variant isn’t being kept updated anymore… I’m sticking with EMU68. Give it time it will come through with better features. Just loving the speed especially for games such as Doom, Quake, SW Dark forces etc…

Musashi is a pretty much finish product. Plus, why the hell would you want to run rappy old games for. So fedup of people in Amigaland getting excited about running Doom, Quake etc etc. from 1901. Borring.

[F0LLETT]

Will have to agree to disagree.

Sorry, these games pasted me by at the time. So have no interest in them what so ever.

[F0LLETT]

My definition of boring is more MIPS than one's IQ.

Really, any need for that insult??? Sorry I do not, get excited over those games, just do not interest me. Clearly I can see, I'm not allowed an opinion because I have a low IQ.

Musashi will never be “finished”, as it relies on underlying operatin system which is constantly changing.

Really, as  have update linux atleast 10+ times and never had to update musashi once.
Maybe need tweaking to work, when there is a major OS update, however that is normally a good few years.

[F0LLETT]

You, as an end user, may experience this as “a good few years”, but that’s not the case for whoever is maintaining the code - it’s a pretty much nonstop job of fixing bugs, updating code, fixing dependencies, testing and eventually shipping.

Ah yes, I know nothing about maintaining code, . Spending every spare second, changing, checking, testing and updating.
Very rarely get any chance to do anything like that now. So many projects just sat there waiting to be worked on. Who knows, maybe New Year, I will get tool chain updated / fixed and finally release the .pbp thats been sat on my HDD for last 8 years.

[F0LLETT]

So there does appear to be some appetite for the Warp1260 then….

To me, if you have an itch to scratch, then a warp1260 would be a good card. But at the moment the unobtainable factor and with PiStorm out of the gates. To me I feel by the time the Warp1260 comes out, I feel price and availability plus the EBay scalpers may put people off.

Im sorry all new hardware is way over prices when it comes to Accelerators.