Hmm, lets see, let me make some tall orders.
...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that! :)
why ? If it's a software for classic then Paula is present so why use AHI instead? Kamelito
...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that! :)
This year we are looking to do the same. What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed? If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.
Quote from: XDelusion;755941Hmm, lets see, let me make some tall orders.
...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that! :)
why ? If it's a software for classic then Paula is present so why use AHI instead? Kamelito
For MorphOS running on non-classic hardware. All four of my classic systems need work... work is not cheap nor easy to come by. Matter of fact my last A600 took 3 freaking years to get back only to find it had something else wrong that needed fixed. So I'm looking for alternatives big time right now and don't have the cash (or desire) for an OS 4 system. Thus far Amithlon seems to be the best solution for me till MorphOS gets something like this, then the Efika, Mac Mini, G5, etc. All will be classic Amigas minus the AGA.
I still have not gotten the IDE adapter I ordered working, and now my kickstart socket it damaged, Hurray!
How about helping Jens to finish his A1200 SATA controller, that would be cool :)
They could port to x86 or arm for zero investment through a kickstarter campaign. Instead, they want to keep their heads buried in the sand and continue to rob and rape the remaining amiga fans for 10+ year old spec hardware at ridiculous prices.
There are no good apps for os4, only linux ports. Hey dummy, I can run linux and linux apps for free!
Os4 is dead or dying a slow death still. DEAD DEAD DEAD.
Look to MorphOS or AROS for the future of amiga...
I know this is an even bigger ask, but Amiga motherboards aren't getting any younger. Would it be possible to have a new Amiga motherboard?
I don't have one Amiga at this point that doesn't have some kind of hardware quirk. It is time for a FPGA board solution to offer:
A) full AGA and classic chipset emulation
B) 32 bit capability
C) Upgrade path-
somekind of upgrade path so that we can move away from vintage hardware and offer a reasonable amount of compatibility.
I know this is an even bigger ask, but Amiga motherboards aren't getting any younger. Would it be possible to have a new Amiga motherboard?
I don't have one Amiga at this point that doesn't have some kind of hardware quirk. It is time for a FPGA board solution to offer:
A) full AGA and classic chipset emulation
B) 32 bit capability
C) Upgrade path-
somekind of upgrade path so that we can move away from vintage hardware and offer a reasonable amount of compatibility.
!
As you know, AmigaKit.com has been reinvesting revenue back into the Classic Amiga hardware market for some years. In previous years we have produced/financed projects such as AmigaOS 4.1 Classic, ZorRAM, MAS Player Evolution, Automatic Joystick Switcher, Arcade Evolution Joystick and others. We also have helped A-EON Technology with the new Prisma Megamix Sound Card.my a1200 almost full inside ..would hopefully be able to get a new sound card ..though i guess ill settle for a mas player ...what id really like is a cpu upgrade to a new model of a ppc board with a back up 040/060 ..these chips should be a lot cheaper now so it may be feasible ..if still expensive ..to suggest a totally wild idea ..how about a updated version of the classic operating system that runs on 68k chips ..3.9 is not that much of a jump from 3.1 ..a 68k version of os4 be nice ..with all the networking included ..just a thought
This year we are looking to do the same. What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed? If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.
Commercial-level distribution of one of those automatic RTG/native video switchers that some of the a1k.org folks have developed would be great, essentially offering passthrough for all those RTG boards that don't support it (CVPPC, Mediator, etc)
Natami was a dream, Minimig is great...
Definitely a zorro 3 usb card. More denebs ?
This year we are looking to do the same. What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed? If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.
There are new ethernet cards available and over at amibay there is a guy selling new and updated thylacine usb cards.
What I think we really need, is a new zorroII/III RTG graphics card.
Well bring him over here! I don't have an account there because I do not agree with their terms of service.
I would like to see some new Tower cases for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.And a black case to put the A500 in as well?
And a black case for the ACA 500 card.
Perhaps some zorro card that interfaces a RaspberryPi to get ethernet, usb, audio and video decoder :-) a high end fpga accelerator would be nice too but I guess that as long as fpga m68k emulation is slower than 060 and doesn't provide FPU it won't make much sense.
As you know, AmigaKit.com has been reinvesting revenue back into the Classic Amiga hardware market for some years. In previous years we have produced/financed projects such as AmigaOS 4.1 Classic, ZorRAM, MAS Player Evolution, Automatic Joystick Switcher, Arcade Evolution Joystick and others. We also have helped A-EON Technology with the new Prisma Megamix Sound Card.
This year we are looking to do the same. What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed? If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.
How about financing a large production run of the FPGA Replay and 060 addons for it?
I would like to see some new Tower cases for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.
And a black case for the ACA 500 card.
I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.
I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.
Financing isn't the problem, it's currently production quality and test time.
I "think" I have a deal to get testing/rework done at the factory now which will speed things up hugely. Let's face it, I'm the bottle-neck in this.
/MikeJ
I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.
I think the only thing that gets me that excited is being able to pimp out an old Amiga with all the modern amenities (ethernet, audio, video, usb, faster CPU, etc). I'd love to be able to sidecar something like an FPGA Replay or UltimatePPC to my Amiga 1000, just for the pure giggles of being able to have a 1985 computer still be kicking butt. Ideally it would be available for any Amiga model. You have 11 months and 29 days, better get crackin' :P.
I've got an old one boxed up in the spare room that's not getting any use. I could part with it for a reasonable sum. :)
A proper tested and verified on as many as possible cards as possible: SCSI<->SATA bridge. What is out there today is scary and messy. If my motherboards were alive I'd really want an SSD... Or just a new scsi controller that really is a SATA controller.
A proper in-place programmable and externally reset-able 1M ROM ($F00000-$FFFFFF). Possibly as a Z2 programming device, or a clockport thing, or serial? Or something memory mapped. Needs many models as all Amigas are pretty different.
A SATA Zorro2/3 card would be good to use new hardrives and it is more reality then a 68060/FPGA accelerator or even an PPC accelerator.
This year we are looking to do the same. What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed? If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.I am a great fan of A500/+ computer.
I am a great fan of A500/+ computer.
I do however miss the ability to enjoy ide controller with my derringer...something like the AdIDE 40 (http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=552), or the budda flash card...
Or a remake of the derringer with integrated ide controller.
just my two cents....
(http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=552)
I was thinking along the same lines as you but then I saw this (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1168).
I've placed a pre-order. Unfortunately I think it sticks on the side of the A500, and I'd prefer it to be internal like the Derringer you mentioned. But it satisfies your requirements by the sound of it.
I don't have one Amiga at this point that doesn't have some kind of hardware quirk. It is time for a FPGA board solution to offer:
A) full AGA and classic chipset emulation
B) 32 bit capability
C) Upgrade path-
somekind of upgrade path so that we can move away from vintage hardware and offer a reasonable amount of compatibility.
Natami was a dream, Minimig is great...
FPGA arcade seems to be it but that project moves at the pace that it moves.
I don't think Amiga OS4 is it, way to expensive for hardware and software. Port it to X86 and arm, run it on everything lower the price and it will take off as a cool retro hobbyist platform. A Kickstarter to get OS4 ported to X86 and ARM commodity hardware makes the most sense to me.
Call me crazy and thanks for your work on supporting AMIGA!
I would like custom backplates for wedge Amigas (mainly A1200) for easier tower builds, pre-cut plates would rock, make a hole in the back of any ATX case then people can pick how they want to put it in place.
I would also want a flexible Riser for the expansion ports on wedge Amigas, so you can mount accelerators a lill more where you want it also it would rock to be able to flip the card around, some cards get's more space if you where able to turn it around!
Edit: I would also like a custom keyboard case for wedge Amiga keyboards, so you can use a Wedge keyboard for tower builds or for bigbox Amigas, it's quite easy to get hold of spare keyboards.
That thing is a kludge, sticks out the side of the case where it could be damaged and needs you to make your own case for it. A new internal A500 accelerator would hit the biggest market.
That thing is a kludge, sticks out the side of the case where it could be damaged and needs you to make your own case for it. A new internal A500 accelerator would hit the biggest market. Closest thing to that requirement is currently Kipper2K's board now in production, but it doesn't include a faster processor (unless you stick a 68010 or something else on top of it, I suppose an AdSpeed might work...).
Here's a pic for people unfamiliar with this board:
I'd love to see more graphics cards for classic big-box systems. Recent prices even for "low end" Picasso II-level graphics cards have been fetching over $200 USD, and Cybervision64/Picasso IV-level cards over $500 on Ebay. I'm no hardware engineer but would think for that kind of money wouldn't it be possible to design some kind of bridge for a PC video chipset to Zorro, and write CGX/Picasso96 drivers for it?
Lots of good ideas in here. The common theme is more cards for USB, Video, RAM and acceleration.That is sort of my point with a new revision of a derringer.
I no longer have an Amiga Im willing to part out and hack up. The one I have left is a prototype A3000+ that works and is restored. Its sealed and on display in my office.
What I think the best solution for all of us would be a total rebuild of a classic system like the Minimeg or FPGA. PCI slots and all are great, but you need drivers and support for far to many cards when going this way. Id like to see a board with everything we need on it. RAM upgrades being the only thing I can think of to have open for adding things on. Not including it on the board saves money and allows those on a budget to add what they can, when they can.
It should include:
Fast Ethernet
Hi resolution video with at least 512MB dedicated to it. (Video slot would also be ok but not the only way to get video out)
USB 2.0 at a minimum
IDE and SATA
SD Card slots
Ports to add new additions as they are made.
Classic hardware s getting old, and very hard to replace. Modern stuff is cheap now and able to emulate to near perfection a classic system far more capable than we ever could do on the real thing.
That thing is a kludge, sticks out the side of the case where it could be damaged and needs you to make your own case for it. A new internal A500 accelerator would hit the biggest market. Closest thing to that requirement is currently Kipper2K's board now in production, but it doesn't include a faster processor (unless you stick a 68010 or something else on top of it, I suppose an AdSpeed might work...).could you place a derringer on top of that?
Here's a pic for people unfamiliar with this board:
Such a solution already exists for big-box Amigas (with A2000 being the exception), and it's called the Mediator bus board. Yes it may cost a lot, but I think it gives better value for the money than old Amiga graphics cards at insane prices (like you mention here).
could you place a derringer on top of that?
Amigakit,
Would really like to see a modern 060 accelerator maybe 80+ Mhz with a nice fast bus and memory, SATA on-board would be excellent. I'll take one for an A2k and an A4Kt.
Chris
Such a solution already exists for big-box Amigas (with A2000 being the exception), and it's called the Mediator bus board. Yes it may cost a lot, but I think it gives better value for the money than old Amiga graphics cards at insane prices (like you mention here).
Matey Prometheus - new batch for A3000/4000..colaboration (licence) and version for A1200
Ultimate PPC board for A3000/4000 also in colaboration with AmigaKit/A-Eon and Ultimate PPC developers, later A1200 version
Cheapest possible Zorro II / III graphics card. It would any way be much faster than any other zorro graphics card produced to zorro. As a reference GVP-M sold all Spectrum board they produced couble years ago.
Something like the Natami would meet all my requirements and expectations of a modern Amiga. I guess a larger minimig or similar FPGA solution would cover most of this; The ability to output modern graphics resolutions, faster memory bandwidth, network, USB etc.
Ah, a realist.
Although further faith placed in a Natami related product is probably a mistake.
On a new motherboard, an ATX form bare motherboard is not that unrealistic.
We could strip AGA based systems to build those.
Sorry to redirect the subject of the thread a little bit, but what ever happened to the Natami project?
Sorry to redirect the subject of the thread a little bit, but what ever happened to the Natami project?
@ Iggy & SamuraiCrow:
Thanks for the update. Good to know.
It's a shame that things didn't work out.
PSU replacement for A500/600/1200. Standard connector but at least 5 amps or more (no fans).
PSU replacement for A500/600/1200. Standard connector but at least 5 amps or more (no fans).
A1200 desktop chassis replacement:
- Using external PC-keyboard via Lyra 2-adapter (avoiding the problem with aging keyboards and broken flat cables)
- Slot for slim fit DVD
- Slot for VGA/DVI-connector (Indivision AGA)
- Slot for two USB ports
- Slot for optional case fan (for those with 040/060)
- Slots for all existing A1200 ports
With no internal keyboard it should take slightly less space than the standard chassis. Something like http://oldcomputers.net/pics/c128d.jpg or A1000.
What about a run of Amiga desktop cases? A500/A600/A1200 and perhaps C64 as well.
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I agree 100%
This would make extending the wedge Amigas a lot easier. And I don't like the tower solutions; I had one in the late '90s / early 2000s and they are overkill.
The price of slim laptop/notebook drives (HDD and optical) is much more affordable these days.
I am happy as long as we can get backplates for various Amiga models so simplify desktop/tower case builds, ive sent a inquiry to a company that laser cuts metal to see how much it would cost.
A desktop case for let's say the A1200 would be a bit awkward if it also is built to fit a mediator since you don't want the desktop to be as thick as a tower, some trickery with flexible risers would be needed, but a desktop without mediator would be possible to make quite slim and that I would want since I have no Mediator :)
On the PSU note I don't mind since it's easy to use a mATX/flex PSU for your Amiga but sure some people might like it who do not want to build their own :)
PSU replacement for A500/600/1200. Standard connector but at least 5 amps or more (no fans).
A1200 desktop chassis replacement:
- Using external PC-keyboard via Lyra 2-adapter (avoiding the problem with aging keyboards and broken flat cables)
- Slot for slim fit DVD
- Slot for VGA/DVI-connector (Indivision AGA)
- Slot for two USB ports
- Slot for optional case fan (for those with 040/060)
- Slots for all existing A1200 ports
With no internal keyboard it should take slightly less space than the standard chassis. Something like http://oldcomputers.net/pics/c128d.jpg or A1000.
Dunno why you'd want to move a 1200 out of its original case. Considering the size of electronics these days. You could fit a tablet in the expansion port. Viva la originale!