Accelerator hardware theory

[alexh]

On the net there is also the PAK68k which was a DIY 030 (?) accelerator for the Atari which went into production (and also worked with the Amiga).

[alexh]

Olecranon wrote:
On the subject of the Schoenfeld A600 accelerator.  My question is why bother?  Why not do an A500 accelerator instead?

The size of the A600 is it's best feature. It is small, easily tidied away, wife "acceptable".

Couple that with it's built-in IDE interface (for WHDLoad), PCMCIA interface (for networking) and video modulator for direct hookup to the TV makes the A600 better than an A500 hands down.

you dont have to build something that is going to pop off the top of the chip everytime the system is moved.

The Schoenfeld A600 accelerator screws in place, no "popping off" when moved.

I would think a nice 020/030 accelerator with simm module socket and simple IDE controller would sell pretty well I would think.

If you made one, you'd never make your money back.

A500's are cheap to buy.

A600's are cheap to buy.

[alexh]

Olecranon wrote:

Alexh wrote:
If you made one, you'd never make your money back.

So your saying an A600 accelerator would be profitable but an A500 (with it's vastly superior unit count) accelerator would not be profitable?

Nope. What I am saying is that neither would make their money back ;-)

Jens did an A600 accelerator, because he wanted to do an A600 accelerator. It interested him, he probably liked the quirkyness of the smallest Amiga and was inspired by Christian Krenner http://www.amiga600.de

Jens did not do it because it was going to make any money because (when you factor in his time) there is no way he would a profit.

[alexh]

kolla wrote:
SIMMS are getting hard and expencive to get hold of

Have you tried? You can get them all over the place for almost nothing.

I keep dreaming of "modern" amiga acc-cards

Keep dreaming.

[alexh]

pyrre wrote:
Really?
Do you have en example website?
I am looking for simm modules

http://www.scan.co.uk 64Mbyte single sided = £8.99
http://www.microdirect.co.uk 32Mbyte single sided 72-pin SIMM = £5.29

These were the first two I looked at. I am sure you can find more elsewhere.

Availability of 128Mbyte FPM 72-pin SIMMS has gone down and so price has gone up amazingly. Roughly 10x the price of a 64Mbyte EDO SIMM.

128Mbyte EDO SIMMS are also going up, about 3x the price of a 64Mbyte one.

[alexh]

AFAIK they never made single sided, or low profile 128Mbyte SIMMS.

I remember using an elastic band to hold bigger ones in place.

[alexh]

Nice. Very slim, a bit taller than normal but nothing too bad.

[alexh]

Methanoid wrote:
I'd have thought he'd have no trouble selling it and if he has done the dev work surely why not recoup that cost by selling some?

1) He would have to finance the production. ( say a minimum production run of 200 units each €100 thats €20,000!!)
2) He would have to devote time, source the parts, arrange the manufacture, work out the testing, sort shipping etc.

He's very busy with non Amiga related work and the free time and money he told me is to be devoted to Clone-A development.