A better PPC accelerator poll

[orb85750]

OK, we can do better than that AW poll.  I don't like their ambiguity of "reasonable price."  (What does that mean?)

THE NEW QUESTION:
How much would you pay for a new PPC accelerator for classic Amiga so that you could run OS 4.1?

[Varthall]

I chose "I'll run OS 4.1 with other hardware (SAM, etc.)" although I'm already running it

Varthall

[wawrzon]

yet again. what is the use of all these polls, same question has been asked last year already.

[orb85750]

yet again. what is the use of all these polls, same question has been asked last year already.

I was not aware.  Where is the thread for that poll from last year?

[Heiroglyph]

I'm not really interested in encouraging PPC.

A new 060 equivalent or faster, sure.
x86 or Arm, maybe with an OS.

But PPC is a dead end I've been lucky enough to avoid so far.

[orb85750]

I'm not really interested in encouraging PPC.

A new 060 equivalent or faster, sure.
x86 or Arm, maybe with an OS.

But PPC is a dead end I've been lucky enough to avoid so far.

I do really love the Natami idea of pushing the "native" architecture.  Hope it happens.

[wawrzon]

I was not aware.  Where is the thread for that poll from last year?

dont know. might be it was on aw.net. but this question surfaces regularly and then gets forgotten till the next time. i see no point in it.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I say PPC is a dead end. It could easily be emulated on a modern multi-GHz PC. Why not just take a software approach?

[Franko]

Kinda difficult to answer this one, I've got my mind set on upgrading my main Amiga to a mediator set up which is going to cost me around £400 all in, just to get some use out of my BPPC board that cost me £467 a few years ago.

But now I'm starting to wonder if I should, with all these polls kicking around about buying a PPC board. First off, how often do you see one that you can buy on ebay or wherever and are you willing to pay the kind of silly money I did.

Now if I do go ahead with the mediator set up, what happens if my BPPC goes kaputt, I don't really fancy having to wait for one to come up on ebay again and paying over the top prices again.

I reckon myself that PPC is dead and if my one goes it doesn't seem worth the hassle and money trying to get hold of another one.

Looks like it's back to waiting for the X1000 or my preferred choice the Natami to appear (if ever)...

[SamuraiCrow]

I posted not interested although I have a MicroA1-c on loan to DiscreetFX that he'd send back to me if I asked.  I don't have room for another computer right now but if I did, i'd concentrate on the NatAmi like Franko.

[kolla]

I could have answered the poll if it wasn't for the "to run OS 4.1" bit

[yssing]

I would be interested-- and I for one, don't think PPC is a dead end. But its religion, and its fruitless to get in to that debate again.

[orb85750]

I'm not really interested in encouraging PPC.

A new 060 equivalent or faster, sure.

You mean like these?

http://www.gvp-m.com/pricejapan.html

[Franko]

You mean like these?

http://www.gvp-m.com/pricejapan.html

Wish that site was for real, at those prices I'd buy a couple of 040 & 030 boards for some of my old miggies...

(It's a lot cheaper than Ebay...)

[guest7146]

I'd buy a new classic PPC accelerator for sure.  Not because I think classics are the future, but just because I enjoy keeping my classics going.  Just for the fun of it.

AH.