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Offline utri007

Re: Allegro library
« on: February 26, 2014, 05:47:04 PM »
Quote from: OlafS3;759767
it is a pretty old thread but I wanted to comment it... I will create a "lame" benchmark page comparing 68k, PowerPC and X86 (where available) where you will see that 68k on UAE (or Amithlon/Aminux) outperforms at least many of the PPC platforms. So speed is not that big issue anymore.


OK interesting, but I'm prety sure that most of emulation guys / girls, do nothing more that play superfrog once a while or something like that.
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Offline utri007

Re: Allegro library
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2014, 10:19:42 PM »
Quote from: OlafS3;759784
even user who only use it for gaming are potential customers. The attitude "we are the elite, the NG user" and there are the "retros, only use it for gaming" is wrong, expecially if there are much more 68k users than all "NG" users combined. So I want to proof that you can develop on 68k with lots of power behind. Add there highly optimized libraries written in assembler for slow (from todays view) computers than you get the picture ;)


My point was something like this, those who emulate just want to feel like there were kids. They are not interested Amiga OS, or even think that Amiga OS could be their hobby. They are not interested to play "new games" with amiga, just super frog/super giana sister or what ever they played when they were kids.

But generally speaking ofcourse you are right, there are lots of 68k Amiga users.

68k Amiga OS even has a good hobby factor, but I'm afraid that without hardware, you can't get people tinkering with it. Windows/Linux/MacOS are so much better in every way than any Amigish OS, wich means OS 1.2-4.1, MorphOS or Aros.

By the way, I do apriciate your job with 68k Aros and I have high hopes of it.

Another new product wich I had high hopes was ACA500, but I'm afraid it has done wrong way. :( In current form it attracts only those who already has a Amiga hobby.

Jens should have made it tiny with GVP HD+8 style case, some more ram and maybe even lan, but without A1200 connector.
ACube Sam 440ep Flex 800mhz, 1gb ram and 240gb hd and OS4.1FE
A1200 Micronic tower, OS3.9, Apollo 060 66mhz, xPert Merlin, Delfina Lite and Micronic Scandy, 500Gb hd, 66mb ram, DVD-burner and WLAN.
A1200 desktop, OS3.9, Blizzard 060 66mhz, 66mb ram, Ide Fix Express with 160Gb HD and WLAN
A500 OS2.1, GVP+HD8 with 4mb ram, 1mb chip ram and 4gb HD
Commodore CDTV KS3.1, 1mb chip, 4mb fast ram and IDE HD