Have you seen this?? (Coldfire accelerator from elbox!)

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Well...the specs look impressive, but even if it does come out (in 1 month?), who would provide support for it other than Elbox? Are we to expect that the existing 68k stuff would simply work and run at 266Mhz (supposing that they make the Coldfire cpu run with no errors)?

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It also seems to be compatible with A1200 only, for now. :-)

If it does come out, it would be a classic Amiga dream come true. It would also be bad for AmigaOne/OS4.0 sales, and would most definitely discourage some people from migrating to AmigaOne from the classics.

I personally don't think we'll ever see this thing, just like the SharkPPC cards. Realistic expectations from Elbox on future products would be to release FastATA1200 Mk.4, of course still with no sign of any DMA operations, however we will have a complete logic and pcb redesign! :lol:

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@smithy:

If indeed released, this thing would be capable of running 68k environment on steroids, and would not be able to run OS4.0 which is a PPC operating system.

In other words, you would still need either a BPPC/CSPPC card for your classic Amiga, or an AmigaOne, if you wish to run OS4.0.

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@CU_AMiGA:

Del: These are not ordinary lawn-mower engines.
Rodney: Yeah?
Del: Yeah. They are broken lawn-mower engines.

:-)

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Del, I've got executive qualifications.
Oh leave it out Rodney. You couldn't even sell a black cat to a witch!

:-)