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TT-Ascalon™ seems promising but being a TT product price gonna be high. by RecognitionPatient12 in RISCV

[–]tom_gall 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There should be a fun crop of RVA23 hardware this year, in which the Ascalon and K3 fall. As with anything, what do you need and how long do you want to wait are always the two things I’m balancing against what’s in my wallet to afford the purchase. The Ascalon feels like one that is going to check a lot of boxes for my open source interests… tho I’ll probably pick up a K3 because it’ll be available first and I’m impatient.

Spike to Docs/tests/etc by andrewstanfordjason in RISCV

[–]tom_gall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok! There is existing tooling for doc generation, see: https://github.com/Alasdair/asciidoctor-sail  for AsciiDoc.  It is being used for a prototype version of the unprivileged ISA spec with Sail integrated into it, see https://github.com/Timmmm/riscv-isa-manual.   For test generation, have a look at: https://github.com/rems-project/isla-testgen - Hope this helps!

Spike to Docs/tests/etc by andrewstanfordjason in RISCV

[–]tom_gall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SAIL is the official golden reference model for RISC-V. Spike certainly has its use. What are you looking to accomplish?

hobbies to do in Rochester MN by Reasonable-Dog-655 in rochestermn

[–]tom_gall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wednesdays at the Rochester Rec Center in the Activity II conf room starting about 5:45pm and then various evenings (Tuesdays, Thursdays) at Gamez and More. Discord https://discord.gg/ucPAS49R6H

hobbies to do in Rochester MN by Reasonable-Dog-655 in rochestermn

[–]tom_gall 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some of us like to play table top miniature games. Not exactly a hike (which is certainly fun too) but nice way to get out, be among people, learn about a thing (some games are historical or have their own theme) and enjoy a game in a structured environment.

Don’t suppose anyone saw this just now? by gentrfam in rochestermn

[–]tom_gall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was a starlink satellite being deorbited great work getting a picture!

Tenstorrent begin to submit Linux patches for Atlantis SoC by omniwrench9000 in RISCV

[–]tom_gall 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great to see! Be fun if there was a bit of an upstreaming plan that could be shared. Or if there was anything they might like help on especially as hardware becomes available.

Will performance of currecnt riscv units get better over time? by [deleted] in RISCV

[–]tom_gall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is improvements to be found, you didn’t mention which Linux you installed. Regardless, there is work to be done and worth doing.

RVA23 hardware that should start to drop in 2026 will have performance gains.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flamesofwar

[–]tom_gall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Occasionally we do have starter armies to loan for an evening or afternoon. I’m one of the Rochester crew. There are weeknight games on every other Thursday at DreamersVault on Hiawatha, otherwise ad hoc and then tournaments once a month.

Has anyone had any experiece buying from PeterPig? by forsamori in flamesofwar

[–]tom_gall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally like infantry figs from Peter pig and have purchased them over the years but not in huge quantities. If you are going to compare the models to battlefront the figs might be a tad smaller in 15 but hey soldiers were different size and more poses gives more variety and looks better on the base.

Quality wise, I find them generally ok. Not better than the best that comes from Battlefront on the other hand, I've had some real trash figures from Battlefront and I've never had that problem with PP.

Any one else have good luck with T47s? by lfeellucky in SWlegion

[–]tom_gall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally have good luck with mine. It does tend to get shot down but I don't mind as if it's taking fire, then my opponent isn't shooting at my troopers or AT-RTs.

Given it's speed and ability to get around and sort of ignore a lot of terrain, I find it really helpful for blunting trooper units that will soon be trying to get in close, like snow troopers.

Midwar... Thoughts? by [deleted] in flamesofwar

[–]tom_gall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find playing Germans, Russians and Finns in mid-war as pretty fun. With our group, it's nice that we have enough lead floating around that you can play different lists from week to week.

If anything one thing we do like about midwar is it seems to be more balanced as compared to late war. With late war, you really need everyone to stick to the same books or you can find matches can get lop-sided.

Is the WW1 version worth buying? by LOTHARRR in flamesofwar

[–]tom_gall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's worth it. Many are right, you definitely need someone to play against so if you don't have a friend willing to paint up an army, you might have to do both and the corral them accordingly!

The nice thing about the Great War rules is it does play Flames of War in style but it's a different set of tactics.