What about an A1200 accelerator with built-in USB 2.0?

[Khephren]

@Phipscube

And if I had a dozen hering, I could make a bowl of fish-soup ....

a) there no way to get all that stuff functional on a PCB sized for the A1200-trapdoor slot

b) there is no way you can keep it cool enough or supply enough power to it without serious modifications to the A1200
c) since you've replaced allmost everything why bother with having an A1200-mobo dangling on it's side ?
d) there might be some level of AGA-compability in OS4.x, but it's surely not enough to run those games and apps that make still having classic worthwhile.
e) given it's small size and special need to connect to the A1200 this board would create greater costs both in development and production as the X1000
d) that price would decrease the market to a 2 figure number (at best)
f) such a small production-run will blow pricing completly out of the water


Just a reminder, there is a reason why the new ACA-board are 030-only and that price vs. marketsize. Making it an 060-board would have increased pricing so much that it would be out of the impulse-buy range and as such it wouldn't be cost-effective.

a)The ACA cards are tiny, there's plenty of room for other stuff on them.
b) USB2 does not draw much power, if it did, every phone and it's dad would not have it.
c) why bother upgrading these fiddly old computers at all?
Also, there is spare blanking slot on the back of the A1200 where the USB ports could go.
d-f) Not a OS4 guy so I can't comment.
f) All current accelerators are fairly small production runs. USB 2 chips cost peanuts.

The ACA cards are so well priced, i'm sure many people would pay a premium for extra functionality, as Amigans already pay stupid money for a lot of their kit.

[Khephren]

My mistake Kronos. yeah, that post wants a lot of stuff in the trapdoor slot.

@Phipscube:
With the total OS4 market being small, the classic OS4 market would be smaller still, amd the A1200 market even smaller (i'm guessing most OS4 classic users will be using bigbox & RTG?)
doubtfull this would be cost effective.

Now a cost reduced wedge X1000 a couple of years down the line, that i'd buy into (still like the wedge home computers, call me old fashioned!).

[Khephren]

No offense meant but in classic amiga-land what does USB2 get you?

Most amiga apps clock in at a few megs, at most.  
Would it "be nice"?  Of course it would!  About the only real "need" would be if you wanted to do USB ethernet.  

USB cup warmer and christmas tree?

Seriously though, I would just like to see ANY extras on future accelerators (USB1 would do me), we know the ACA's are tiny, there's space there for extra abilities, rather than squeezing umpteen different expansion boards at extra cost into various Amiga orifices.
As for USB2, maybe your right. I still render large anims and bulk copy MODS -but I have the PCMCIA for this, and it's fast enough.