Jens Shoenfeld's anwer to the Apollo petition

[paul1981]

I have an ACA card and the total number of games i have found incompatible on my 1200 2b are zero.
 
And i wouldn't touch an apollo card with a bargepole (I have a blizzard though)

What, not even the 100MHz Apollo1260 card which Cosmos has running perfectly stable?
http://www.leblogdecosmos.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/68060100.html

I can think of a few games that aren't ACA compatible.... AB3D2TKG, Quake, Payback, Gloom Deluxe, Genetic Species, Doom, Breathless, TFX, Freespace and many more....

Sorry, did I say compatibe? I meant usable.

At the end of the day some Amiga owners demand real power, and that's where 040/060 Apollo and Blizzard's come into play. More so the Apollo because I believe that there are a lot more of those cards around (for better or for worse). Apollo's are also faster than Blizzard's. People can only work with what they have available to them.

[paul1981]

Ok i have never driven a hyundai/kia or skoda - but i know i don't want one. So no i have never had an apollo and i know i don't want one to upset my 1200.
 
And No you would take the 680x0 chip off first and then put it in the bin

So if Cosmos was to be so kind as to give you his Apollo1260/105MHz for free, then you would simply remove the CPU, then toss the card in the bin?
I've never heard so much crap as that.

[paul1981]

What's the point of scraping by on an (overheating) apollo card which is about to give up its magic smoke.

If anyone is "scraping by", then that would be you with your ACA.
I own a Blizzard1260 and it's slow, it runs as hot as an 040, and I keep it as a backup card incase my Apollo1260 dies.

Also Apollo cards are usually the cheapest of all -£ for hz - (and lose more % value  more than any other card)

I have to disagree here. Any 040/060 card is highly sought after and fetches good money. If you had one you wouldn't want to sell it anyway.

Purchasing (or defending) apollo cards is pretty much a lost cause and my support is to ACA and Jens

Why wouldn't I want to defend my Apollo? It's given me nothing but flawless performance for many years. I've never had any issues of stability or incompatibilty whatsoever. I believe half of the problems people have with any 040/060 cards are down to incorrect CPU library files and incompatible libraries....so basically just dumb users. Those types tend to stick to 030's.