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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: LawlessPPC on August 09, 2006, 10:20:51 PM

Title: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: LawlessPPC on August 09, 2006, 10:20:51 PM

Ok I may be way of par because I am no hardware designer.
But someone please tell me if this is feasable

Take a well established via chipset motherboard (pc) usually all the same spound chips ethernet I/O etc and design a PGA type adapter to take PPC's G5 etc


Is this feasable with all the accelerators and proposed motherboards that have been built from the ground up this will require less effort.


Then reflash bios with new firmware

I know its not that simple but surely it would envolve less work!!!!


Or am I just nuts???

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: motorollin on August 09, 2006, 10:28:04 PM

It might be possible... but what would you run on it? And for the financial investment required to get it working, you might as well just buy an existing PPC board.

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moto

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: Wayne on August 09, 2006, 10:29:50 PM

Lawlessppc,

back to the reality
things are not as easy like yu think

bye

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: LawlessPPC on August 09, 2006, 10:35:24 PM

i certainly dont think its easy i dont quite see how you can design or copy the existing ppc motherboards or the powervixxen, coldfire, dragon etc and this be easier than trying to do what i have mentioned.


Then again without the necessary know I suppose i will never know why a full motherboard design from scratch is easier than  this advanced hack

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: Piru on August 09, 2006, 10:44:38 PM

Déjà vu (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23615)

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: LawlessPPC on August 09, 2006, 11:51:53 PM

i'll considered that answered and utterly smashed *8O(

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: bloodline on August 10, 2006, 01:40:20 PM

The obvious solution is to run a nice powerful cheap x86 and then pop a PPC emualtor on it... ther are several free ones around and "PearPC" is really good!

Title: Re: Possible Cheap PPC Solution!!!!
Post by: humppa on August 10, 2006, 01:49:35 PM

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I know its not that simple but surely it would envolve less work!!!!

"Less work" for running what? OS4? Hardware is not the problem. There is plenty of hardware OS4 could run on that is even reasonably priced. "No friggin license", that's the real problem.
So even if your funny adaptor would work, it wouldn't help at all. It wouldn't change anything.