TiNA - Another A500 FPGA Project

[alphadec]

is this also dead. ?

[alphadec]

Dead as a Dodo.

anyone know why . ?

[alphadec]

Anyhow the whole Tina site and forum smacked greatly of bull%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! from the get go. :laughing:

the site is stil up.

btw: thanks for the info.

Extremly sad no one cannot produce a working amiga clone.

[alphadec]

this project was dead to start with. there are working clones, just to name minimig and other devices that can run this core, mist - which has aga support by now, fpgaarcade - not widely available but also aga compatible afaik, the few existing units of natami and fpga acceleartorls like vampire and others still being worked on.

I want a standalone clone.

My amiga a500 is very holly to me! that means I will not modify it in any way. So accelerators that replace the original hardware is not something I want to do.

Minimig is not something I want.

I want a natami type amiga clone.

[alphadec]

you mean holy? perfectly understandable, im not advocating modifying aor replacing parts,

hehe yes HOLY!, would never modify it or cut in the a500 to make room for anyhting

but accelerators that fit into expansion ports should do? okay vampire fits upon the genuine processor in a600 and the planned phoenix/apollo accelerator replaces the original cpu in an 500/2000, but those sit in the sockets i guess. it is expected to be a minimal modification, which can be reverted every time.

Yes if it makes use of the memory port (replace the A501) thats something I like but like I say no cutting or modifying of the case.

[alphadec]

A CPU is hard to make and few people actually finish them.  There are also the demands of life like family, health, and job which ebb and flow.

The Amiga is not as simple as you think.  It took guys from Atari years and then guys from Commodore years to get anywhere with the Amiga.  It took them years so why does everyone think that it can just be done with no budget and a handful of people overnight?

Commodore employed hundreds of people and then there were updates to everything they made.  They made it look simple but just because they made it work doesn't mean that people today understand what they did.  Some of the people Commodore hired had a math background.  What kind of math background does the hobbyists re-creating Amiga have?

The fact that hobbyists in this endeavor aren't consulting past engineers from Commodore should tell you something.

Unless you have a college background in electronics, there are few people who will teach you everything.  I know hobbyists who won't teach because they don't want competition from others.

Thats why it was so far ahead of everything. Like you say Amiga and later commodore used years of making these machines.

But let's hope they can prove us wrong and can put together a amiga clone, but the task his huge.

Wounder what Dave Haynie is thinking!.