Popular Mechanics reports "The Cult of Amiga..."

[EugeneNine]

The magazine,  Popular Mechanics, has a new article on the "rise, fall, and possible resurrection" of the Amiga.  See

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=100417

Writing from Cardiff, Wales,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

I don't know about resurrection.  The current selling 'Amiga's' just look like overpriced PC's.  A-Eon needs to make a mini-itx form factor board in a small case and sell it for under $500.

What I'd love to see though is taking Uae4Arm and re-write it to run bare metal on a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone rather than on top of a Linux kernel.  Then compile OS4 and Aros for Arm as well.  One of the original selling points of the Amiga was the lower cost.

[EugeneNine]

Well the plan for Tabor is close to that, but I've already stated and restated my objections to that.
Although I could see how it might appeal to someone that wanted to be more economical.
Frankly, at the lower end I'd just wait for the new A1200 boards or the Vampire2.

What tabor plan?

I saw a post where someone made some new 1200 boards but they were talking about them in a non-english forum so I couldn't tell if they are available or not.

I've been redrawing the schematics in KiCad to see if I could eventually make one.

[EugeneNine]

I see someone remembers buying an A500 in a discount bin in a big box retail store but some of us remember the cost of Amiga 1000, 2000, 3000 & 4000 when new and 'low cost' is not why we (at least I) bought one

That was always one of Commodore's selling points that they cost less than the PC or Apple.  granted PC prices dropped after that but it was one of the original selling points.