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terriblefire wrote: 07 Dec 2019 15:08
I get errors about graphics modes then crashes. I'm pretty sure it really needs a RTG card.

It doesn't require RTG, it is 100% sure. But (hups) requires also Reaction classes from OS3.5/9 installation. It uses Reaction GUI system, just like OS4 version. Wich it is back ported from.

utri007 wrote: 07 Dec 2019 19:42 It doesn't require RTG, it is 100% sure. But (hups) requires also Reaction classes from OS3.5/9 installation. It uses Reaction GUI system, just like OS4 version. Wich it is back ported from.

Ok. Honestly if the software setup is that hard I dont care to try and use it.

I want apt-get install netsurf basically. anything else is operating system fail IMHO. Software is easy and repeatable .. why do Amiga users enjoy making it hard.

But when I asked about interest in this in Amigaland i got told i was stupid.

Most of us who have had Amiga hobby since 1990 has a Amiga OS3.9 installed. I bought it december 2000 few days after it was released.

So it is not a difficult for us. Problem is that there is a lots of "newborn" amiga hobbyists, who doesn't have or use Amiga OS 3.9. Usually they started to getting Amiga 500 computer, so they don't have possibility to use OS3.9 when they start their new hobby, because lack of CPU. Often they don't even know Amiga OS3.5/9 or 4.X.

utri007 wrote: 07 Dec 2019 22:37 Most of us who have had Amiga hobby since 1990 has a Amiga OS3.9 installed. I bought it december 2000 few days after it was released.

So it is not a difficult for us. Problem is that there is a lots of "newborn" amiga hobbyists, who doesn't have or use Amiga OS 3.9. Usually they started to getting Amiga 500 computer, so they don't have possibility to use OS3.9 when they start their new hobby, because lack of CPU. Often they don't even know Amiga OS3.5/9 or 4.X.

I had an Amiga in 1993.. and one since.. But for me if its not installed in the machines I dont care about it. Because not everyone has it.

I really find Amiga awful to install all these dependencies.. Software should come with the dependencies it needs. I have worked as a software engineer or manager thereof since 2002. If i have to spent more than 20 mins installing software i give up and do it a different way.

EDIT: i dont think its smart to know how to do things manually. Computers were invented to automate our tasks for us and to reduce repetition.

First Contact !

The second TF1260 in existence on the planet lives :)

supaduper wrote: 09 Dec 2019 13:50 First Contact !

The second TF1260 in existence on the planet lives :)

Or third ? John Hertell... @chucky ?

arkadiusz.makarenko wrote: 09 Dec 2019 15:14

supaduper wrote: 09 Dec 2019 13:50 First Contact !

The second TF1260 in existence on the planet lives :)

Or third ? John Hertell... @chucky ?

Lol hopefully when Swedish post get their rears in gear and get the PCB to him :)

supaduper wrote: 09 Dec 2019 16:00

arkadiusz.makarenko wrote: 09 Dec 2019 15:14
Or third ? John Hertell... @chucky ?

Lol hopefully when Norway post get their rears in gear and get the PCB to him :)

Does it mean that this is your board or Chucky?

Dribble dribble. In green the board looks just like part of the A1200 PCB. Factory fit. So minimalistic looking compared to 90's accelerators. But packed with goodness.
Let us hope they are asexual and more appear ;)

Just to update : Steve has been working hard and updating the firmwares on the TF1260

on my setup I have the 1260 running on my 2B and 1D4 revison motherboards, Steve struggles at the moment to get it to run on his 1D4 but it`s ok on his 2B mobo

He has actually got one firmware using his multiplier method on the 1260 to run at 75mhz and this was rock steady and I ran the Quake demo on loop for 24 hours solid with no crashes no problem and heat was more than acceptable on the chip side without heatsinks or cooling:)

Although Quake ran no problem we found that WHDload games are on the whole crashing so Steve will look at this next, so don`t bug him :)

As we Amigans know most crashes with the A1200 and accerators were timing errors like the ACA range and some Apollo accelerators

So basically its AWESOME !!