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1. Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings (linuxjedi@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:40:18 JST Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings

   A whole bunch of upgrades for my #Amiga 3000.
   https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2023/07/31/amiga-3000-major-upgrades/

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:40:08 JST minute

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     @ij @LinuxJedi hmm, we do ship microbatches of ZZ9000 around every three months at the moment...

   • ij (ij@nerdculture.de)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:40:10 JST ij

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     @LinuxJedi @mntmn Speaking of... I think I still have a PicassoII in repair at the guy that releases Picasso96 (a friend back then when I had many contacts at VillageTronic and he and Klaus came for some BBQs over). For years now! ;)

     Anyway, I do have enough replacement cards that are faster, though... :)

   • Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings (linuxjedi@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:40:15 JST Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings

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     @ij @mntmn money and availability. Of all the ones you listed I could only get hold of CyberVision 64, and there was a lot of risk in buying that due to the seller.
     Picasso II+ is all I could get hold of (note that the II+ is much better than the original II).
     I also didn't fancy building the SD64 clone.

   • ij (ij@nerdculture.de)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:40:17 JST ij

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     @LinuxJedi Why a PicassoII graphic card? I do have one or two of them myself, but when I would buy a graphic card today, I would either go with a PicassoIV or CyberVision 64 for old cards or with ZZ9000 by @mntmn for a brand new card.

     Was the PicassoII the best option in regards of price and availability or was there another reason?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:43:10 JST minute

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     @LinuxJedi @ij in any case enjoy your upgraded amiga!

   • Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings (linuxjedi@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:43:11 JST Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings

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     • ij

     @mntmn @ij unfortunately timescales to get this finished to move on to the next machine were too tight for that. Maybe one day. I have two A4000s coming up to restore, I might consider it for one of them.