Hobby Computer Kit

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Here are the basic choices:
ARM SoC Based
ColdFire SoC Based
68K Family (68000 or 68020/EC020)
8-Bit CPU (Z80 or 6502)
Interested, but no idea which to choose

I think it would make sense to use the ARM SoC. That should be the cheapest part.

I would prefer a lot of integrated toys (timers, DRAM controllers, ethernet, etc) so that one could get it up and running quickly. A Serial interface is vital for getting the thing running without having to worry about gfx and TCP/IP stacks :-) These SoC's tend to provide a normal Address/Data bus as well, so it would be easy enough to add a VGA controler and other fun stuff as well.

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TheDaddy wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I don't know if this fits into this topic but I have had this idea for months and I would like you guys to post any advice or contact me if you want to discuss it. I have already emailed Amiga Inc. but I have had no reply yet.

This is the idea and please take into account the fact that is a draft and all the concepts are still in the early stages.

I have been thinking that producing a portable Amiga (classic games) console could be an interesting proposition. Something in between one of those C64/Atari joysticks and a PSP (less multimedia oriented though).
 
I have been sketching a few proposals for a Portable Classic Amiga Game Console and it would be nice to know of
any ideas, advice on hardware, software, possible problems, costs, obstacles and so on.

Hardware wise, emulation or native...all suggestions are welcome.

Cheers

This topic hase been disscussed at length, just search the Fourms :-)

The idea is not really feasable. But it is certainly possible to run UAE on some small XScale based platform (as many here already do including myself on an HP iPAQ 4150). But it's unlikely that you could bring any system in (no matter how you implement it) for under $200.