Trying to decide between buying an X5000 and an A1222+

My main application would be MIDI but the quote I'm getting for an X5000 is well over 3000 Euros whereas the A1222+ is advertised for half that.

I'm not a gamer, so I don't need a high-speed Amiga. What does the X5000 have that the A1222+ doesn't that I might need?

However, I'm told that the A1222+ doesn't support MIDI

Anyone have an experience to share?

@mdcatdad

I don’t see why it can’t support MIDI, can’t it be connected using USB, perhaps rs232,
if rs232 you can use a adapter.

(you can't buy anthing that needs a windows driver)

Even if you not a gamer, 3d developer or anything of that sort: x5000 with no doubts. And the main issue even not about slower cpu, but an incompatibly fpu, causing making an emulator in the kernel, which in some, not that rare cases, at best slow things down, and at worse simple crashes. With x5000 -everything- will runs, while with a1222 many apps will works, but some will uber slow, some will crash. A good example are amigaamp on a12222 - taken up so much cpu, that this made me cry. Yes, if special version for a12222 will be done, it will be ok, but.. there no guaranties that developers who still here will ever create a1222 build of their apps, taking aside old apps out of question if they refuse to work or slow like hell. Even some MIDI app can give you bad surprises on a1222 if usage of incompatible fpu will be involved.

X5000 cost more, but its faster amigang ever, and have no such problems

@LiveForIt

By "it" did you mean the A1222+

On this subject I was told this about it by AmigaKit.fr:


- [the X5000 has] A better sound card Audigy FX, compatible with USB midi interface and CAMD.library instead of the integrated sound chipset on the A1222 motherboard (not compatible with CAMD.library for Midi usage for the moment),

Yeah, I'd recommend getting an X5000 if you can afford it.

Counterpoint - get a new SAM instead of the A1222+.

X5000 for sure. MIDI will also benefit from faster speed. Additionally if you need to encode or decode mpeg streams, the speed will come very handy.

Please note with target midi
if you require rs232 the system to go
for (if you can get it anywhere) would
be x1000. The rs232 versions of camd
all only support x1000, not x5000 or a1222.

If you can use usb for the midi hardware you
have then x5000 will be fine too.

As to a1222 in this regards principially with
Usb should be fine too but you should get
verification that the midi software actually runs on
A1222 (the problems kas mentioned).

@mdcatdad

There is a driver for USB MIDI devices here.

I've never used it myself, so I can't tell you if it does or doesn't work on the A1222 (or any other machine, for that matter).

Hans

@kas1e

Спасибо большое за Ваше суждение

Gary (ex-ATO Russian section)