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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: sim085 on October 30, 2009, 09:57:14 AM
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After a year in this amiga world I never heard of such a device and therefore I do not believe there is one out there - however I thought of asking to see if maybe there where / or are some experimental projects like this one.
If there is nothing like this then what is the main limitation to the development of such a device? (apart from lack of interest, time and money :) )
Regards,
Sim085
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After a year in this amiga world I never heard of such a device and therefore I do not believe there is one out there - however I thought of asking to see if maybe there where / or are some experimental projects like this one.
If there is nothing like this then what is the main limitation to the development of such a device? (apart from lack of interest, time and money :) )
Regards,
Sim085
I dont think there ever was one and i dont think its possible because the A500 has a 16 bit bus and the A1200/CD32/A4000 AGA amigas are 32 bit .
You could always try and stuff an A1200 motherboard into the A500 i guess , dont know if thats been done before .
Nice to see another Amiga user from Malta BTW ..
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There were a few items such as the Graffiti by Individual Computers which helped with new graphics modes but I don't know of any AGA type card for the old OCS/ECS based computers ever being released.
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I dont think there ever was one and i dont think its possible because the A500 has a 16 bit bus and the A1200/CD32/A4000 AGA amigas are 32 bit.
I understand :)
You could always try and stuff an A1200 motherboard into the A500 i guess , dont know if thats been done before.
Yes buying an A1200 would be nice. However I would never change the A500+ I have. This is the system I used to play with when I still was in primary and therefore I am more interested in upgrading it as much as possible rather then replace it.
Nice to see another Amiga user from Malta BTW ..
Yes same here :) Wonder if there are any other Maltese Amiga Users around here! :)
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I understand :)
Yes buying an A1200 would be nice. However I would never change the A500+ I have. This is the system I used to play with when I still was in primary and therefore I am more interested in upgrading it as much as possible rather then replace it.
Yes same here :) Wonder if there are any other Maltese Amiga Users around here! :)
I am sure there are other Maltese Amiga users .. We should create a thread and find out .
Who said anything about replacing your Amiga ? Just get more like i have LOL See my list of Amigas below :P
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There was a prototype of an AGA upgrade for the A500 by Phase 5 (who else?) that was shown at Amiga shows but never actually was released due to Phase 5 going out of business. It had the AGA chips and a 68020 or 68030 and Simms on a PCB. There are photos on the web somewhere!
Edit: it was from DCE and has PPC in addition to AGA. A photo is in the amiga.org gallery http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1242
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Yes buying an A1200 would be nice. However I would never change the A500+ I have. This is the system I used to play with when I still was in primary and therefore I am more interested in upgrading it as much as possible rather then replace it.
This is about the ultimate you can do - except if you find a Cyberstorm PPC developer board which could be added into the Blizzard2060 accelerator (not been done afaik)
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1801 (pics 1800-1807). Insane and hard to find parts.
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This is about the ultimate you can do - except if you find a Cyberstorm PPC developer board which could be added into the Blizzard2060 accelerator (not been done afaik)
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1801 (pics 1800-1807). Insane and hard to find parts.
Well have a look here, A2000 Blizzard 2060 running PPC on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWfXhmi1wY
Weed
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I am sure there are other Maltese Amiga users .. We should create a thread and find out.
Yes it is a good idea ... On this map server there is at least another one :) http://map.minimig.net/ (I am still not there however).
Who said anything about replacing your Amiga ? Just get more like i have LOL See my list of Amigas below :P
Yes I can see your list :) I have been thinking of buying an A1200 for a long time but so far I decided not to do so - until I have my A500+ fully upgraded at least!
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Edit: it was from DCE and has PPC in addition to AGA. A photo is in the amiga.org gallery http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1242
I wonder if that would fit in the case :D
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Well have a look here, A2000 Blizzard 2060 running PPC on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWfXhmi1wY
Yes, I know - but those cards are rare as hen's teeth. Probably just only a couple left.
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I do not remember where exactly have I read this (was some thread over here or English Amiga Board) - but I remember that someone mentioned some software solution to use AGA on ECI boards which where not so good. I will try to find that thread!
Edit: Nop, I remembered wrongly. I was referring to this thread but here they discuss a graphics card not software.
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Yes, I know - but those cards are rare as hen's teeth. Probably just only a couple left.
The developer PPC boards don't look that complicated. http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/photo2.pl?id=powerup&pg=3&res=med&lang=en
What would it take to reproduce one? itd be alot easier than tryignto reproduce a Cyberstom PPC.
Weed
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You could always try and stuff an A1200 motherboard into the A500 i guess , dont know if thats been done before .
I think I know the answer, eheh (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30723) :afro:
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In a word NO
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The Retina Z2 had some sort of AGA compatibility... I doubt it was very good though.