12 Upgrades

[AmiXDel]

I've won a 1200 on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8170996367&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

How much is the PCI expansion (what's it called)

and when will new affordable G4 CPU upgrades be out, how much will they be, and will they work with the PCI slots?

Also, when is Coldfire supposed to be out, will it work with the PCI slots, and how much?

Lastly, are there cases designed for MODed 1200's?

[AmiXDel]

Ok I found the Mediator PCI for A1200, but it says there are two version.

One for use with the ZIV Board, and one that doesn't need the ZIV apparently? Am I right, do I not need to ZIV board to use PCI slots?

[AmiXDel]

That's what I'm wondering.
I've looked around at the current CPU upgrades, and they all seem to be WAAAAAYYYYYYYYY "etc" over priced for hardware that was considered fast back in 1992 or what ever.

I've heard of the ColdFire which sounds like a dream come true (so long as the price stays decent), but then you would not have PPC comptability.

On the other hand there don't seem to be any available PPC add ons for the 1200. I've heard of promises of things to come, but no delivery.
Besides, if one comes out finally, would that then mean that my compatability with old 68k apps would be broken, or would some of them work and some not, and for those that work, what speeds would they run? Slower or faster than what a ColdFire could run them at?

I'm stuck between choices because I'm not certain there is going to be any OS4 PPC future for the Amiga, in which case, I'm better off with a COld Fire and OS 3.9.


Now that I've got an Amiga again, I'm quickly realizing why the world of Amiga also pisses me off so much...


...just imagine paying $800 plus for a 486 DX in this day and age...

...that's what it makes me feel like I'm doing.

As for this AmigaOne thing. I heard you can plug in a 1200 into it like a card for backwards compatability. Is this true? And if so, how well does it work? I'd hope it would run PERFECT at the price they are charging. Almost $1000 for a motherboard with out dated GFX, and SLOOOWWWW 800Mhz CPU.
 Assuming the Media OS actually gets some freaking multi-media apps, it would take forever to work with large MPEG files and what not. I don't see there logic.

If anyone can provide me with some good links to good buys, good reading material, good informatoin on what is in store for the 1200, etc. It would really help a LOT!

[AmiXDel]

What?!

Is the "emulation" layer that good in OS4?

[AmiXDel]

800Mhz to run Amiga OS is GREAT, but like I was saying, when you get down to working with MPEG files, cuttting, them, converting them, mastering DVD's, capturing video, etc.

It's going to SUCK! But alas, there is no media software for the Media OS, so I guess we don't have to worry about any of that now do we? :/

Anyhow, I just got an E-mail from Elbox, and they say they are working on the 1st batch of 1200 Coldfire boards, and they will be about $455.00.

Now that sounds like a good deal, that is if the Coldfire comes with all it says it will.

[AmiXDel]

Well...

...no one has made any mention of a price worthyG4 upgrade fot he 1200 yet, and you can't plug a 1200 into the Amiga ONe anymore so....

...looks like my only choice is a Coldfire, then if I want OS 4 I apparently need to bend over and take it in the butt, and fork out MAD cash for some classic AmigaOne hardware.

Speaking of which, how come the new MicroAmiga is over $1000!?!?!

I was expecting it to be around or under $500. :/

[AmiXDel]

Hmm, how good is the backwards compatability on your AmigaOne?

I thought maybe I'd upgrade the 1200 for nestalgia and backwards compatability, then maybe later get an up to date Amiga when, or if they ever realize that we are all not superficial Mac owners with fat wads of cash falling out of our pockets left and right.

We're poor hobbyists.

[AmiXDel]

I think that currently in the Amiga world (I've been a user on and off now since about 92), you can't be much more than a Hobbyist.
Sure we got a new OS being worked on, but is there any serious software for it? Nope. Not even Firefox, which even BeOS and SkyOS already have.
 I know Amiga said that they were not trying to market to the Wal-Mart consumer, so I wonder what market they are going for beyond RICH Hobbyists? There are no competative Server apps. T
here are NO media apps as far as being able to edit and create media in ANY of the popular formats such as MPEG 1 and 2, DIVX, XVID, VOB, etc. Besides if we did, I don't think it would be much fun working with those files...


...unless of course the PPC is just that much better than the Intel clone, and can somehow cut hours off the work, otherwise I think one DVD would take about 18 hours to create or edit.

 No Firefox = old out dated Web Browsers which seem REALLY slow to me. We've no games (no biggy), no modern Office Suites that I'm aware of...

...what market are we shooting at again?

 If there is software of these or other forms that I'm not aware of, then why aren't they being advertised as heavily as the over priced hardware, and the OS you need to run them on? That's what Apple is doing, that's what iLife and all that jazz is about. Creating a good OS with professional easy to use apps, that will appeal to the masses, unlike out old out dated PPaint and the like.