What Amiga product do *YOU* would want. Please read.

[McTrinsic]

I'm after two things.

First would mean NEW Amiga stuff ... and since the AmigaOne Sports the most standard-interfaces, this is more a problem of software.

"VINTAGE" things:
I have been after a Viper 530 / 50 MHz for some time now, without avail. It does not really fir my needs anyway, too much things on the one side (interfaces), too little on the other.

I dream about the final 68k-socket *accelerator*.

- 68030 or 68040 @ 50 MHz (maybe 68060, but I doubt that it would fit in an A500 or A1000)
- Using standard SIMMS (up to 128 or so)
- FlashROM, like the Blizzard TurboMemory board had, but it should either keep the ROM image after power-off or use the actual KickROM of the Amiga. Would save lots of money for 3.1 ROMs or would maybe even enable a 3.5 ROM?? Main advantage would be to have the KickROM accelerated!?
-68000 fallback mode with memory still enabled
-clockport (like the adaptor from Katodev was going to offer).
- an AGA option??

And of course, it should all fit into a A500 AND A1000

Thats it basically

Oh, and by the way: I am not after a PPC accelerator for the classics. I'd be rather after the coldfire accelerator... if only one was made to fit in the Sidecar!!

Thats what I am after.

Good luck,
McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

Hi Redrumloa:

if you REALLY have access and the option to do hardware, youmight start out with an already designed turbocard for the A500(+) / A1000 / A2000. You could sell them CPU-less, for a better price.

The German c't magazine has, in 1994, published the layout and all necessary things and documentation for a PAK, a ProZessor-Austausch-Karte, meaning "CPU-exchange-card". It offered up to an 68030@50, plus 68k-fallback mode and a kickstart-rom.

You can find some info here:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?product=PAK&company=

Even more interestingly, it offered the option of adding a small RAM-daughterboard for using SIMMs up to 64MB.

Considering how much accelerators bring on eBay these days (easily 125+ Euro), you might make a start there.

Tell me if youd like to contact the team of the c't, I can find you some email-addys.


McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

Oh, and while we are at it (it = dreaming)...

I would LOVE a sexy case. Especially a mix of the CDTV (black! LCDs!) and the A1000 (keyboard garage!)....


McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

And another thing, to start with something "simple":

http://www.katodev.de/deutsch/melodycdtv.html
(page in German only, have a look at the downloadable http://www.katodev.de/down/cdtvclock.ps layout).

A clockport for Amiga A500(+), A1000, A2000 and CDTV!!

Id buy one - you could connect LOTS of stuff; imagine USB!



McTrinsic