What is the real power of Akiko chip in cd32 ?

[Pat the Cat]

does any talented amiga dev fancy making a CD32 (with fast) version of doom (either 4mb fast/8mb fast dont mind) ... that has CD Audio (eg. Doom 3DO music) optimised best possible for CD32/akkiko?

Happy to fund this project.

Woah - hang on a minute. I think Kolla's ratings were based on accelerators and Akiko, not just Akiko on its own.

You are looking at an accelerated CD32 for that, I reckon. Not common to find for sale.

[Pat the Cat]

I guess sooner or later somebody will come up with a suitable accelerator, or maybe complete console that is CD32/accelerator friendly... dev costs just keep coming down, and it's not likely the internet archives are going to start shrinking.

OK. I see...... actually to be totally truthful, I don't, never really been a fan of Doom.

(slowly backs out of thread in shame).:flak:

[Pat the Cat]

It's even easier for the CD32 as it's practically an A1200 slot on the back.

Disagree with your there. CD32 accelerators have a big problem - volume available, and airflow.

SX-64 was a hot little bugger - literally. Needed to put a fan on it in the summertime. Don't get me wrong, it packed a lot of Amiga goodness into a very small area. Lovely little machine. But, it was using tech from 20 years ago.

Anyway, that's hopefully where the TerribleFire is headed one day. Developer is feeling his way, setting size limits on board size, thinking about designing them properly. He wants to do a video breakout board first for the CD32, after getting some reliable A500/A2000 accelerator designs under his belt.

If you think about it, that's where the real lack is for Amiga accelerators - more A500/A2000s were sold than the others. CBM did make quite a few CD32s, didn't sell many, and there are still some quantities around.

Looking ahead even way further, maybe even chip replication will become available - not just for developers, but at the local library/college level. Want some custom silicon? Just upload it and wait for the chips to be delivered to your door. Now THAT would be cool. Custom design your own Amiga. With Akiko and a cherry on top.

[Pat the Cat]

A1200 acc boards are shrinking, there are AFAIK no technical obstacles preventing something similar as ACA500 for CD32, "ACA32" if you like, that would let you use A1200 acc boards on CD32.

Well, apart from the volume issue, that's true. A1200 is probably the most "developed" for aMIGA these days. There is a software base to work from, people want the hardware to run the software.

Arguable, really, as some people just want the 68K based Amigas to all expire from natural causes, and just develop around PPC.

I guess the most "tolerant" approach is to look at slaving any old processors to an Amiga bus, and let them choose which processor architecture they're going to use... which is kind of how WinAAE and the other emulators do it.

It boils down to how attached you are to the original hardware, I guess. Seduction. Love at first sight. That kind of issue. Very personal, of course. Very human.

EDIT: I know no shame. Never did.

Having a NEED to run Amiga software is different. Some of it kicks ass, even today.