A1200NG Updates

[Boing-ball]

Looking good. So this board can fit inside a standard A1200 case then?
If this does fit a standard Commodore, ESCOM or A1200.net case. Any reason why the NIC module sits where you would find the Amiga 1200 expansion port?

[Boing-ball]

Looks daft. Most of the A1200 port expansions and their outputs usually are found on the expansion port next to the Mouse port. So unless there is a breakout board to go with it, will mean an untidy solution for the cables to be protruding from underneath the Expansion trap door 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Boing-ball]

Looks good inside the A1200 case. I take it, there will be a different port cover option for the RJ-45 network port as well as the HDMI?

[Boing-ball]

I think more cash grab. 🙄

Just started a thread about what you commented over here to see what the consensus is:

https://www.amibay.com/threads/is-the-amiga-retro-community-as-a-whole-becoming-less-community-and-more-cash-grab-these-days.2451605/

Bear in mind that that forum is more for buying and selling anyways. 👍🏻

To keep this thread on topic:

The A1200NG looking good. But proof will be in the pudding as they say. Just to also add, yes a big missed opportunity on merging old tech with new. Maybe later revisions will allow for some sort of PiStorm add on?

[Boing-ball]

Why not have a choice between the 2? Unless you are saying the original pi orange module is better than a PiStorm with a Pi4 or CM4? Then can understand your scepticism.

[Boing-ball]

Because the connectors on the A1200NG only fit the Orange Pi Zero 3

A big missed opportunity me thinks. Oh well, be interesting to see how this one goes.

[Boing-ball]

It doesn't make sense as they are orthogonal technologies.

Errrrrr……🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️… What!?

Orthogonal Technology is Based on Environmentally Friendly Fluorinated Chemistry. Fluorosolvents and fluoropolymers are non-reactive and non-damaging to organic electronic materials, including OLED. Fluorosolvents do not mix with polar or non-polar materials.

What’s that got to do with the A1200NG?

I think ChatGPT let you down there Bud 😆🤣

[Boing-ball]

Just FYI, what you ask for doesn't make any sense. PiStorm is specifically a board to interface a _raspberry pi_ with _actual_ amiga hardware, or at least a real 68k CPU bus and either real amiga chipset or chipset on FPGA. This board isn't raspberry pi, doesn't have a 68k CPU bus, and also doesn't have any Amiga chipset hardware.

FYI. No one has properly explained how this board works. So how do I know. Who is to say that someone comes up with a new PiStorm solution that will work in this board? Stop thinking in 2 dimensions.

Besides it’s a: Orthogonal Technology is Based on Environmentally Friendly Fluorinated Chemistry. Fluorosolvents and fluoropolymers are non-reactive and non-damaging to organic electronic materials, including OLED. Fluorosolvents do not mix with polar or non-polar materials.

According to someone else who used ChatGPT to answer this thread 🙄🤔😆 But I ain’t being a D!Ck about it…

What have we discussed on here in the past… Play nice with others 😉