I didn't mean to lurk, I was just rarely moved to comment. On rare occasions I'd start to make a comment but would then always have forgotten my password. I've become very platform and software agnostic over the years and it was too tempting to revert back to my old ways... Not that I was ever particularly argumentative but I loved preaching to the choir and very quixotic in my thinking that niche computing in general would always be as common as driving an odd car or having an unusual stomp pedal.
I have a 4k desktop, CSPPC 060@50+604@200, Picasso IV, and I can't remember how much RAM... I used to quote a number that added the 4MB on the video card to the RAM on the CyberStorm. I think, if I plugged it in right now I might be able to get it to boot. The HD was going out when I retired it, and it takes a good slap on the side to get it to boot. I don't want to lose that data, the bulk of which is software, old emails and anything too large to fit on a single floppy. So it just sits there waiting for me to hit the lottery and invest in some solution to transferring 1GB of data to my PC... Well, I'd love to have it working again with a new drive as well, but I'd never be able to get the specific mix of 060 libraries and P96 versions and PowerUp libraries and startup sequence to get it to boot. I was lucky to get it all working once, and that was when I knew it like the back of my hand.
I've also got a 2K with a VXL 030@40, DCTV, 11MB, 2MB Agnus, WB 2.1 and a Live! 2000 framegrabber, 44MB Syquest. As far as I know it should still boot. There is leakage from the battery, though I had put something under it ages ago when I learned about the issue. I wanted to have someone pull the battery, but time just kinda ticked by. There's evidence of damage, but it appears to be very superficial.
I've got a nice looking A1000 that may or may not work, and a A500 that I know does not. The 1000 has an odd side memory expansion that is housed in a large metal case and contains a replaceable fuse.
So yeah, I registered back in 2011, I think, and made just one post until a few weeks ago. I'm mostly interested in small, low power, FPGA based Classic Amiga like devices. I followed NaTami, I'm very impressed by the Vampire boards and think Mist looks nice, too. But I don't know what it would take for me to invest in any of these. I want to see the evolution of the Classic Amiga, the Amiga Commodore would have made in 2000 or even 2005 if they'd simply stayed the course. I don't necessarily mean an AAA or Hombre machine, but something like SAGA with mixed chunky and planar, HW alpha/genlocking, and some kind of unusual 3D co-processor... I'd like to see an Amiga design incorporating other chips of that era, as those are what Commodore would have likely copied. Maybe an FPGA Amiga with the SuperFX chip used in the SNES, or even the Tom and Jerry from the Jaguar. Some say that the Amiga doesn't need a GPU, as it's a retro machine and it never properly had one before. But the Amiga's 3D is what got me hooked on 3D in the firstplace... Games like FA-18, Stunt Racer, ZeeWolf... Demos like Lapsuus and a few from TBL... I'd like to see an Amiga that could handle the best graphics the Amiga ever produced with ease, while offering a new set of tricks based on modern designs. Things like screen-space ambient occlusion, and bloom, HDRI color...
