Hardware I would like

[QuikSanz]

This is a good point.  It would be nice to see accelerators that allow the use of legacy SCSI peripherals/drives, as well as modern SATA standard.  Would hate to see only one or the other.  Sort of a "bridging the past with the future" kind of thing.  And SCSI chips cost what, $5?  Would hardly push it over the limit in terms of cost, LOL.  :lol:

Still not gonna happen, but hey, why not, right?  

And if FPGA is the only way we're gonna get accelerators for big box systems, then ones that fully implement '040 or '060 instruction codes with FPU & MMU would be nice.  Say how about a 100MHz '060 card with built in X-Surf 100, RapidRoad, compatibility with modern RAM, SCSI & SATA.  How much would you pay for such a thing?  I'd plunk down at last $500, but I suspect it would cost a lot more than that, and that's not even counting the "Super AGA" that I'm sure people are going to ask for in this thread soon!  :laughing:

I would be more ambitious. Lets make that minimum 100mhz 060 and add a PCI expansion port.

Now you can maybe stash a small PCI board expansion over the ISA slots and run a cable, or, lets say you can't get the Zorro board you wanted or you original MB is failing, you can get a replacement with PCI slots that fits your original case.

Of course if you crap in one hand and wish in the other what do you really have. lol

Chris

[QuikSanz]

I have been thinking many times that it should be possible to build an FPGA based board that together with some break-out boards should be able to replace all amiga mother boards. One replacement break-out board for A500/A600/A1200/CD32 cases (with all relevant keyboard connectors), and one for boxed Amiga systems with Zorro and PCI bus board options. Both using the very same FPGA based mother board.

A modular approach to what I was thinking.

Chri

[QuikSanz]

Well GVP did make another run for Software Hut Before SH closed down. Someone call them?

Chris