freqmax wrote:
@bloodline:
"No way could anyone justify a run of a 1000 FPGA boards for the Amiga community..."
You'r proberbly right. That's why one can make use of standard developer boards. Having an Amiga specific board isn't absolutely necessary.
This also why TobiFlex m68k cpu is so important. It's the key component besides Dennis chipset. That completly eliminates the need for a custom made board.
I disagree that 1000 Minimig2 boards could not be sold. Too many here assume that the market is limited to only a part of the remaining Amiga community. If packaged and marketed correctly to the general computer public, specially those feeling nostalgic at this time, I believe that many more than 1000 complete game machines (not just the bare boards or chip populated boards) could be sold. Shink it as far as is practical, fit it into a joystick with multiple output ports, including composite NTSC & PAL switchable, VGA, stereo audio RCA jacks, and if practical and possible, HDMI. Add a second joystick port, keyboard and mouse ports and expansion capability to possibly add ethernet and/or wifi if it can not be included in the original Minimig2 design.
I mean it could be a mainstream product if done right. I know it is not going to compete directly against XBox or PS3 or Wii, but it is a different niche machine and can be successful if marketed to the right segment of society. Yeah, not hundreds of thousands, but certainly a few thousands instead of a couple of hundred.
My 2 cents
