Poll, new accelerator for A500/A600.

[leirbag28]

@hhpacito

 Hi there!

 Would definitely Definitely Definitely be interested............but Why ColdFire?  theres no Software for it on the Amiga.

 I really think it would be beter if it was a 68060 or 68040 with some sort of Extra ChipRam and 16 Million colors still via RGB port and in NTSC or PAL video OUT (Not RTG)  kinda like a souped up Graffiti Card but internally on the board your designing with Workbench drivers of course......this would make a Super High powered Amiga ready for Desktop Video as it was meant to be.....Maybe as Good as a Toaster?  thats what mattes most....as everythig else wll fall through............Games would look awesome..........Apllications will look awesome and run smooth.........imagine running DVD video on such a board.........its all possible and I think you could do it. There is ways of Cheating bigtime and saving tons of cash...............for instance............how does a company manage to make DVD players (With obviously DVD decoding hardware) and sell the DVD players for $39.00?  Ive seen even cheaper than that............so all one has to do is add these same cheap chips to the A600/A500 upgrade board and walla! I would be willing to pay an extra $39.00 just for that!.........its kinda like what Dirk Conrad did with the MASPlayer MP3 decoder for the parrallel port.........supposedly these are the same chips found in portable MP3 players..............

It can be Done! Dont follow what every one else says....plus negative comments saying "Its Impossible"  it is not!

 I believe one can accomplish such a board including all the Features I said plus 256Mb RAM minimum and release it for $95.00...................nevertheless, I would be willing to pay double that for such a board.

Think of it as a Graffiti with 8Mb chipram, CD32 FMV card with MP3 and MPEG2, and 68060 board all rolled into one.

Good Luck!

[leirbag28]

@hppacito

Hmmm Im not sure what everyone her is talking about saying the A600 is limited to 4Mb....thats NOT true.........the A600 can have 256Mb and still use the PCMCIA slot for 4Mb, at the very least 32mb.

I had an Apolo 630 with 32mb ram and PCMCIA Ram card.they both worked simultaneously......so if you were to creat a 68030 or better...it would definitely read more than 4MB...if your just gonna make a board that adds 4MB, that is a waste as there are plenty of 4Mb PCMCIA cards availble..people here just dont know where to look for them.


Please dont settle for a measly 4mb.  We need 128Mb in that thing minimum. and at least a 68030 @50mhz, and also dont put RAM on it.....make a slot for up to 1GB of ram, or at least 256........and dont make 2 versions ( like a light version and a high end version)  just make one!   a top of the line version..it will be easier, and save money....its what we need............and we can compete in todays market with a 68060 Amiga with Wireless (Yes they have that) and MP3 decoding and all. Chatting on Yahoo, AIM, MSN, IRC.

I want to take my machine to Starbucks Darn it! :-)

Get together with whoever you must to accomplish this................like Jens Shoenfeld, he is palnning on creating the Apollo 630 line again.he also gave us the A600 clockport for USB upgrades.......I am a proud owner of one :-)

[leirbag28]

@alexh


by alexh on 2005/11/17 4:44:34
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@leirbag28
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    Hmmm Im not sure what everyone her is talking about saying the A600 is limited to 4Mb....thats NOT true.
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Yes it is, if you only have a stock 68000.
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REPLY: Nobody is talking about a Stock A600, obviously witth a 68030 its possible............so the point being, it IS possible to add over 256mb to the A600. WHo wouldnt want that here?


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    I had an Apollo 630 with 32mb ram and PCMCIA Ram card...they both worked simultaneously
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But you added a processor with 32-bit address lines instead of a 24-bit!

As long as you dont use anything below a 68020 (excluding EC020 cos they are still 24-bit) you can have more RAM.
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REPLY:  I was talking about  the fact that adding a Processor to the A600 will NOT disable the Memory o the PCMCIA port if done right, like the Apollo ( at least in that area)

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    if your just gonna make a board that adds 4MB, that is a waste as there are plenty of 4Mb PCMCIA cards availble..people here just dont know where to look for them
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For people who have a PCMCIA hard drive / flash drive it's not a waste. If you are going to add a CPU above EC020 then 4mb isnt a limit.
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REPLY:  Thats true, but I would tell those people to get rid of their PCMCIA harddrives and get an internal IDE one.......having the PCMCIA port free is valuable.


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    Please dont settle for a measly 4mb. We need 128Mb in that thing minimum. and at least a 68030 @50mhz, and also dont put RAM on it.....make a slot for up to 1GB of ram, or at least 256........
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You power hungry maniac! A spec like that would make it difficult and expensive.
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REPLY: It would make it more expesive indeed............but arent we all willing to pay for it?  so the money will be made back.......so it doesnt matter!  arent we all awaiting that 68030 from Jens Shoenfeld? Im sure we all want ot get our hands on that!
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    Jens Shoenfeld, he is palnning on creating the Apollo 630 line again

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Jens Schoenfeld is thinking of making a NEW 68030 accelerator for the A600, NOT the Apollo a630 cos their design is too unstable.
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REPLY: If I am not mistaken, he originally wanted to just reprduce the Apollo line..............and many suggested he make some modifications.............in my opinion, the only modification it needs is for the upside down socket to be seperated by cables so that the whole board doesnt have to balance on the 68000, and also removable 68030 and possibility for more than 32mb.
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    he also gave us the A600 clockport for USB upgrades.......I am a proud owner of one
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He sure did, but without a CPU upgrade, it's useless

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REPLY:  No it is NOT useless...........one can add a fast serial port to the clockport instead.........or a Sound card!.......and I just love knowing there is a clockport on my A600 :-D

I dont think any clockport should be addd to any new accelerators.but instead focus on getting Jens to keep producing these.............we dont need to reinvent the wheel.  We should all work together for succes. although unfortunately because of the rarity of these things..........absolutely any internal upgrade for the A600 is welcome..........I dont care what it is.

[leirbag28]

@Doppie1200

Haha..you want those WHDLoad games working badly he?

I hear ya...........Love WHDLoad

Heres a link for ya.......Apple Newton Cards work on the A600

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Newton-8MB-Linear-Flash-memory-cards-x3_W0QQitemZ5830803856QQcategoryZ27966QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I dont know if those will work, as they might not work on some Newtons.

Dont mind that they are 8 MB, I know A600 only read 4mb, but it wont matter, it will only read 4 out of the 8 is my guess, the price is still good.

I have an origianl Apple Newton 1Mb PCMCIA and that works for sure.

[leirbag28]

@Doppie1200

As for newton flash; how can flash memory be turned into random access memory?

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Don't ask me.............all I know is that it works!

it has a removable battery if that helps.  But anyway.kep in mind that these cards were meant to be used as RAM or to be written to as flash...........thats what the PrepCard software that came with your A600 does..it gives the option for both!  to use it as a disk (Flash) or as RAM.