@Nlandas
>I still like running actual hardware.
You could try to:
-find A1200+030+fastRAM+HDD for ok 68k experience.
-or get a minimig HW (or something more capable FPGA board for AGA)
> I'd be interested in running the latest AmigaOS if the hardware could be made for less. However, since it still runs over RISC chips the cost of a motherboard is too high for me to dedicate currently.
1) the cost is not because the RISC CPU
2) cost is because a complex design of motherboard + small target market to cover R&D cost
AOS4.1 compatible new computers start from EUR1000 or so.
MorphOS is similarly amigalike os, and it runs on affordable old PPC apple HW. (my MorphOS laptop cost EUR50)
AROS/icaros and AEROS are also worth a try. It runs on ARM, x86 etc...
(but not with every x86 HW setup)
>I the OS could be ported to AMD/Intel that would be amazing but the money is likely not there.
It is not possible to target all motherboards, so that is not easy solution either.
But it should be possible to do good support for some selected motherboard that are in production and available for longer than some typical 3...6 months.
(If custom board needs to be made, x86 is not cheaper, just more powerfull.)
etc. etc.
>Am I really alone in wanting a retro Amiga AGA compatible clone system that would be as close to 100% compatible with the A1200/A4000 series?
You are not.
I personally want more than AGA capability.
It is not sane, but it would be fun to follow (+donate) to a development of AAA+ chipset implemented via FPGA.
I would consider using/playing with such HW on a PCIe slot of a cheap PPC motherboard.
But I also have real classic Amigas that will not last forever.
To replace them one day, I would be interested in a solution where FPGA based CPU and FPGA based chipset are used via PCIe backplane/busboard.
(a little bit like shown in my avatar)
