Who's getting the Tabor?

[wawrzon]

@thread

hyperion has posted on their blog a new entry on the game tower 57 running on an A1222. of course this is an alpha build of the game running on an alpha build of the operating system, but it's already quite a bit faster than a SAM460ex at this point, and should be much better in future. there's also a youtube video as well. check it out!

-- eliyahu

btw. this is paricularly compiled native binary for that hardware target, as daniel himself writes, so this isnt representative for regular os4 software unfortunately.

[Rob]

Well there are those new A1200 cases being made... :idea:
However fitting a video card in that without using some kind of PCI-E raiser and doing some custom work is going to be tricky.

The A1200 case needs to be deeper of the Tabor simply wont fit let alone the video card.  Found this project on EAB.  

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=724498&postcount=8

[wawrzon]

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=724498&postcount=8

scarry.. must put some encyclopedia in front of it while typing.

[blakespot]

That is a huge difference, I would not have expected such a big difference.

That type of speed increase can be seen with games like that one in particular where compositing is used heavily, but not overall, it was explained to me when I was about to go down this road with my SAM440ep-Flex. The series of recent games built like this by same author all benefit, but traditional games and apps don't benefit greatly.



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[yssing]

That is indeed usefull information.

[Rob]

scarry.. must put some encyclopedia in front of it while typing.

I don't know if the case that was on Indiegogo is going to happen or not but that is a deeper design with an alternative back plate for mounting a thin ITX motherboard, Keyrah and Raspberry Pi.  Tabor might go in with a small amount of case butchery at the rear since some of the audio connectors and the second network port would be obscured otherwise.  

It all depends on whether the case gets made or not now.  I think it was the case Jens mentioned at Amiga 30 in Amsterdam, he said it was better thought out than the Kickstarter case and I'm inclined to agree.

[Iggy]

The A1200 case needs to be deeper of the Tabor simply wont fit let alone the video card.  Found this project on EAB.  

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=724498&postcount=8

Nice design. Is he actually moving forward to make these?

[Rob]

Nice design. Is he actually moving forward to make these?

If you're asking about the case on EAB then it was just a private project the user made years before and shown to help the OP in that thread who was considering doing something similar.

As for the Indiegogo case the last update from 8 months ago might offer a glimmer of hope.

Dear Supporters, AMIGA CASE enthusiasts,

First of all I like to thank all the people who supported me the last two months and not to forget, the official supporters of AMIGA CASE. Special thanks goes to Vesalia, Imagine3D, KCS, Amiga Inc. and Individual Computers.

AMIGA CASE has been, is discussed on several famous Amiga forums. This makes me very proud and gives me very important feedback and useful information. As a result it becomes clearer what to do better and how to prepare my next steps. I see the last period, running the campaign on Indiegogo, as a learning period, for me it doesn’t end here!

What does that mean? I go forward, make changes and come back. I have a license from Amiga Inc. and it encourages me to go forward with AMIGA CASE.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me!

Kind Regards,

Jarno Smit

[blakespot]

I am likely to get one. I have a SAM440ep-Flex now, on the desk in my DC office here, but I may go for the Tabor. I was so enamored of Epsilon's micro-ATX thin, red tower case that I went to great effort and secured one from the only place on earth that I found it in stock, a retailer in Australia where Epsilon got his. It's sitting here in its box on the floor under my desk. If Tabor ends up being too expensive or otherwise something I don't go for, I will still likely end up with a use for this lovely InWin case. :-)

http://amigax1000.blogspot.com/2016/02/new-case-for-amigaone-a1222.html

[eliyahu]

@thread

a few more comments on the state of the A1222 from trevor in his latest blog post. enjoy.

-- eliyahu

[AmigaNut08]

This is who is getting Tabor thread, not a "who is NOT getting Tabor" thread. You are free start one yourself.

This sounds like a two way question, not just opened for those wanting a Tabor. If it was a one way question, it should have been described that way. eg. "Who's getting the Tabor? Reply to this thread only if you are getting one."

I for one wont be getting a Tabor. Although my interest in OS 4 grows by the day, so you never know?

[darkage]

the journey to October is getting longer for me the more I  look at this thread..

[slaapliedje]

I apologize for going completely off topic here...

@Iggy, I coincidentally got an email stating that Big Trouble In Little China Vol. 5 had been released!  Had no idea it was even being released as comic books!  Saw your sig at the same time...

Back on topic, and maybe this has already been answered, But since the Tabor project is meant to be just a motherboard, would we have to purchase a specific version of OS4 for it?  I have the version for classics, but I think it only works on UAE or Original 68k Amigas with a PPC accelerator, right?  I always thought that was a terrible move on Hyperion's part..

[wawrzon]

i think this is understandable that they want to sell you a copy of their operating system on a per machine basis?

[cha05e90]

Back on topic, and maybe this has already been answered, But since the Tabor project is meant to be just a motherboard, would we have to purchase a specific version of OS4 for it?

Yes, you have to.

[SACC-guy]

How about this one... from Trevor's blog

Go daddy - X500 plus style

"You may recall that Loriano 'The Daddy' Pagni ran a Kickstarter campaign to create the X500 Plus, a special computer-in-a-keyboard case design inspired by the Amiga 500.

X500 Plus

I supported the campaign and had my X500 Plus case sent to Amigakit where it has remained for the best part of a year while I decided what to do with it. When I was in England attending the LAG 10th anniversary show, I made side trip to Amigakit's offices in Cardiff and while there I decided to unpack my X500 Plus case which was still sealed in the original shipping box. I managed to persuade Christopher Follett, AmigaKit's technician, to test a Tabor motherboard with the X500 Plus case.

To be honest it did not take much persuasion and in a very short time Christopher had installed the motherboard and had Tabor booting to to the early startup screen. I was impressed by the quality of the X500 Plus keyboard which had a very Amiga-like feel. The case also included a flexible PCIe cable which allowed the RadeonHD graphics card to be installed horizontally. The case is designed for a Pico PSU and as we did not have one we powered the Tabor with a tradition desktop PSU.

Tabor System Info Screen

The X500 Plus is also overloaded with case fans which I don't think will be needed for the Tabor board but better safe than sorry I suppose.

So was it a success? Are the Tabor motherboard and the X500 Plus a good match? Most decidedly yes and I can't wait to get AmigaOS 4.1 running on my AmigaOne A1222/Tabor system. :-)"