Is the Amiga architecture still relevant today?

[shoggoth]

I have been wondering about this question for a long time now. What I mean about this question is this; in todays world, the differences between the Amiga architecure and the x86 architure still make sense? In other words if a new machine based on the Amiga architecture gets out, then is it really needed? Or?

Regards,
Sim085

The Amiga was neither the first nor the last machine to use dedicated graphics coprocessors and nifty DMA solutions. The concepts are very well alive today, though much more sophisticated.

[shoggoth]

No Amiga architecture is no more relevant today...
But if you enjoy your pC today remeber that in PC world they were very inspired by Amiga technology.

No, not really no.

Check diagrams of A3000 motherboards and how buses were conceived. It inspired all modern PC architecture diagrams...

No, not really no.

Check diagram blocks of CD32... It is the same of Playstation1...

Sony copied the same technology of CD32 but wisely added in Playstation vector graphics and a first 3d engine...

These platforms have absolutely nothing in common no.

PCI BUS technology of PCs was inspired by Amiga Zorro BUS

Not really, no.

Audio section of DirectX engine in Windows was taken directly by Bars&Pipes Amiga software technology.

HAHA No, not at all, no.

There is still an Amiga technology up to date and still unsurpassed:

AUTOCONFIG!

Still unsurpassed? Do you know how PCI works? There have been autoconfig-capable busses both before and after Zorro, you know..

Plug and Play on PCs is nowadays a very stable and relying technology but in its early days it was called PLUG AND PRAY due to its instability...

You're talking about ISA Plug and Play, which has *nothing* to do with the autoconfiguration capabilities of the PCI bus (and later incarnations of it).

Recognizing hardware peripherals it is the only modern techology were Amiga can teach a lesson to Peecees, because our Autoconfig System for recognizing and install on the fly hardware peripherals is still amazingly perfect... You can look at any ancient classic Amigas and take a look on how beautiful our system was....

The Amiga was a beautiful solution, but it doesn't cure cancer.

PC engineers should take a look on Autoconfig so then they could improve Plug and Play technology more than usual and reach a new era even in hardware peripherals.

You seem to be stuck in 1995.

(edit: fixed quotes + typo)

[shoggoth]

Oh dear...

People disinformed of their own platforms and adoption of its technology into other platforms...

What sobbying pitiful people...

What a sad case of wanting to believe.

What you claimed was (I quote): "Audio section of DirectX engine in Windows was taken directly by Bars&Pipes Amiga software technology.".

This is funny, because Bars and Pipes does not even have an audio engine (MIDI != audio). It's a MIDI sequencer, and unlike e.g. Cubase/Logic etc. it's MIDI only, i.e. the audio engine you refer to doesn't even exist.

(btw - the patents (and the other stuff) you referred to is related to Algorithmic Composing, which is not the same thing as an audio engine at all. It's a fact that Blue Ribbon and their patents were purchased by Microsoft, but that's about it).

[shoggoth]

But can it sample a joystick at 1 KHz?

LOL * 65536! Oh noes, the horror, why did you do that!!!

[shoggoth]

Bars and Pipes was it that was, i.e. nothing than a MIDI sequencer... But the method it used for passing data and dialoguing between its modules is the key feature used into direct music and then DirectX Audio Api.

Ok. Then we can agree on the fact that "Audio section of DirectX engine in Windows was taken directly by Bars&Pipes Amiga software technology." is a false statement.

Even if you replaced "Audio section of DirectX engine" with "DirectMusic", the statement would still be false, since it's not "taken directly by Bars & Pipes". It's based on similar concepts, inspired by Bars & Pipes, partly written by the same developer - but "taken directly" is a wild exaggeration.