Make a custom-chip based pci card instead...

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ple3003 wrote:
Just thougt i check the interest of an custom-chip based pci card for your Aone/Pegasos,  instead of building a new, and third new-school amiga platform. The pci card, with custom chip on it  is what i want. nothing else.
Must be hell of a lot easier to design and build. And time saving i guess. So...

1. Would you prefer the ak5/ak6 or a pci card design?
2. Why?

UAE = Cheaper and better (more comaptible with software than real Amiga Chips).

The custom chips are not made any more! They CAN'T be made anymore.

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seer wrote:
The custom chips are not made any more! They CAN'T be made anymore

Well "can't be made" is a bit strong, it could be done when you have lots and lots and even more then lots of money..

 :-D

They process use to make them isn't used any more, even if the masks still existed...

So you would have to design and make the chips from new!!!

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that_punk_guy wrote:
Is it International Pipe-Dream week?

:-?

Actually it's the 7th National Australian Boycott Amiga.org week :-)

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Also, is it true that the original blueprints for the AGA chipset were lost/stolen/destroyed somehow?

Well, even if they were not, they would be useless now.

UAE is simply better at it :-)

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downix wrote:

bloodline wrote:

seer wrote:
The custom chips are not made any more! They CAN'T be made anymore

Well "can't be made" is a bit strong, it could be done when you have lots and lots and even more then lots of money..

 :-D

They process use to make them isn't used any more, even if the masks still existed...

So you would have to design and make the chips from new!!!

Untrue, there are still 14 founderys worldwide capable of producing the proper NMOS silicon used in the Amiga chips.

Then all you need are the masks and a really nice bank manager ;-)