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Re: X1000 xmos
« on: January 26, 2012, 03:49:32 AM »
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He will have your head!   :whack:

I did not realize wielded that kind of power....

That kind of power and he can't keep his forum accounts locked down?

What, me worry?


Off to hack Trev's email account... Whose head goes on the chopping block? Did somebody say McBill?
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2012, 04:27:20 AM »
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You idiot. SHE will have your head!


He she what? I'm the idiot? have another beer.... you're not making sense yet...
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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2012, 05:18:07 AM »
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Besides Amiga custom chips are traditionally named after female names.

What about Gary? And "Buster" is kind of a masculine name for a female...
 

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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2012, 06:43:07 AM »
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The XMOS chip included is totally unsuitable for emulation. The chip has nothing to do with FPGA.


Piru

All I hear about XMOS is what it is unsuitable for...

What CAN it do? Please tell me that it can create a cool plasma effect or something...
 

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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 01:44:03 AM »
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LMAO, at least Piru gives a straight answer. It was only an example however. Sadly anything I think of that might be worth doing is either impossible or better off using USB for (like controlling a telescope for example).


So, given this chip is absolutely worthless(unless you are building a giant doomsday robot and need extra granular servo controls), why did they seek this chip out as part of the x1000 specs?

Was this motherboard possibly designed for other purposes and simply re-branded and someone asked the question "what do say I if somebody asks about that funky chip?"

Seems like they should have been trying to be cutting costs, not adding a useless features.
 

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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 02:52:52 AM »
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I think the problem here is not the Xena itself it is just a lack of imagination.


Oh please... there have been plenty of people with imagination asking if the magical chip can be used for this or that..

and the people with the technical knowledge say no to each item for various reasons.

not enough bandwidth, CPU is better suited, etc...
 

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Re: X1000 xmos
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 01:12:11 PM »
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@Kesa

Sometimes the Emperor really doesn't have any clothes.....

XMOS is a wonderful microcontroller, but attaching it to a 1700 quid computer doesn't add anything to either XMOS or the computer.  A food processor is a wonderful invention, so is a TV, but attaching the food processor to the TV doesn't give extra value to either the TV or Food Processor.


well, its a good thing they left it open for expansion - so you can add additional XMOS modules...