>>This thread is so silly.
Agreed! :-)
>>The original Amiga boards were huge as doors before they were shrinked and fabricated.
Correct.
>>1) This shrinkage changed the speed of the original chips by laws of physics.
This equals not cycle exact.
Correct.
>>2) from OCS to AGA the design changed again, speeds changed again, design changed for 32 bit support.
This equals cycle change again.
Correct.
>>3) Every Amiga model that has different cpu is not cycle exact, this is by design.
Correct and let me add to this that if we wanted to consider the Minimig/Natami NOT REAL Amigas then becasue of the difference between the various Amiga models (500, 500+, 1200 etc...) they should also NOT be called real Amigas, this is madness! :-)
>>There is no such thing as cycle exact, its just marketing hype. IF hardware can run Amiga OS and Amiga programs the same way as Commodore Amiga then its Amiga. Simple as that.
The voice of reason! :-)
>>Software, hardware, simulation, emulation its all Amiga.
Agree. Hardware purism would be wonderful but it is not practical/economical and probably it won't happen, ever.
>>Work together and build or work against and destroy.
I also would like to say:" Thank (put your favourite god in this space) that we have people like Dennis, mikej, The Natami Team, I won't include myself I am just a designer not a hardware engineer :-) for giving us more new hardware, something to play with, a hope, keep a dream alive and most important spending/wasting your precious time on this community. Thank you guys! :-)
>>Simply put, do you actually think a normal user cares what hardware it is ?
No! No one, apart from the purists hardcore ones, gives a crap, look at the Mac users, it looked like the world was at an end when Apple switched to Intel chips, a couple of years later everyone is happier than ever!
:-)