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Re: Who currently owns the rights
« on: November 13, 2004, 04:31:51 PM »
I think the Amiga is still too complex to cheaply emulate in a single chip.  But, with the Sega Mega Drive PlayTV out it looks like they're getting closer (I haven't seen if there's a real 68000 and/or Z80 in there or if they've shrunk it down to a single custom chip).

But, since the C64DTV is released on 11/26 that will keep me happy for some time.  There's already talk of hacking on mass storage devices, pc keyboards, etc. to make it a super C64.

Edit:  I found pics of the inside of the Mega Drive PlayTV and it is in fact a single chip.  The only two chips on the board are the 32Mb ROM for the games and the MD guts (assumably the 68000 + Z80 + whatever other custom chips were needed).  Unfortunately, it only has 6 games.  
Time to move on.  Bye Amiga.org.  :(
 

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Re: Who currently owns the rights
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2004, 05:05:47 PM »
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You can get one with an SIS 2GHz processor and integrated everything for about $70.00 and most measure 5in by 5in.


Can you tell me where I can find this?  Everything I can find is ~1GHz and costs well above $70.  I'd love to get one of these things as a project board.
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Re: Who currently owns the rights
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2004, 03:10:52 AM »
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http://www.mini-itx.com


That's where I looked.  I can't find anything near 2GHz or $70 as quoted.  The cheapest motherboard and processor is $113 for a 533MHz (with 1.2GHz at over $230).

Or am I missing something.
Time to move on.  Bye Amiga.org.  :(