UltimatePPC and everything else

[Hattig]

What I'd really like is an accelerator with a 68060 at 90 or 100mhz with a 2ghz power pc processor for morph/os4. That would be something I wouldn't even think about buying, I would just click buy it now. The fact that no one has realized thats what many amiga fans want/need is kind of sad...

The problem is that decent 68060s are rarer than an honest politician these days.

Best bet for this board is to put on a 68040/68060 socket, so people can use their own 68060s if they have them, otherwise provide a 68040.

In reality, this is another piece of modern hardware 100x more capable than the computer it is attaching to. I hope that there is a market for this device and that it does well, but in reality is there a market? IMO with the 500 new A1200s discovered, they would be better off making an A1200 PowerPC card. Or an entirely new PowerPC computer with a 'compatibility slot' that lets you slot in an FPGA Amiga implementation.

[Hattig]

My collection goes back to when Napster was in its prime. I have never paid for an mp3 because i will not pay for a substandard quality recording.

You could buy the CDs and rip, or buy higher-quality AACs/MP3s/FLACs instead.

But on the other hand, digital piracy is not theft (you do not deny somebody else the product), it's merely copyright infringement. And it appears that people who buy music are also the ones most likely to pirate (presumably once their music funds run out).

[Hattig]

http://moobunny.dreamhosters.com/cgi/mbmessage.pl/amiga/219881.shtml

Interesting read. And pretty much states outright the foolishness of using the e500 core when you need a standard PowerPC with FPU. I hope that the UltimatePPC people take this on board and maybe take a look at SoCs from AMCC or better Freescale SoCs instead.