potential PPC Amiga REAL CHEAP

[Tripitaka]

Mac? Did someone say Mac? I hate Mac's and as for a Gamecube Amiga...."sigh" more chance of a Coldfire board for the CD32   :lol: :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

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lou_dias wrote:
ok how about on PS3 then....

IBM has 2 other cell customers, so far then..... 1 making the PS3 (Sony of course), 1 using cell for military targeting systems and finally 1 using cell for medical applications. As yet no details on who the non Sony customers are seem to be forthcomming from IBM.
If cell is versatile enough for these applications, who knows? PS3 Amiga? If you consider that sony are OCPA members too it could make some sense I guess. :-?

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Wow! I can't believe this thread is still going. I think I would rather see OS4 on an XBOX 360. Anyone willing to give it a go? I would be willing to do graphics for that free. I'm an artist however, not a programmer, so I couldn't code it myself. Of course, the 360's not out yet, but not long to wait. :inquisitive:

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lou_dias wrote:
after a bit of searching:

http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3833

http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3532

Nintendo's claims of a system that is 3-4 times more powerful than the Gamecube not seem reasonable and possibly better than the PS3 and XBOX 360.  If they stay with a dual-core OoO executing cpu and provide a dedicated sound processor (unlike the 360 and PS3 who will use a thread or dedicate an SPE), you may be surprsied afterall on who has the most powerful system.

From the desktop OS perspective, an in-order cpu (360) is far from ideal.

I am always open minded with new consoles. I will give it a read.
Any chance of Amiga DE on the DS to go with the OS4 Gamecube? That would kick ass!

[Tripitaka]

I read the article above. :inquisitive: Interestng stuff indeed :inquisitive:. Being the owner of quite a few consoles at the momment I wonder what to do with them when they get replaced by newer stuff. So far my N64(with V64) and Dreamcast still get used but with 2 gamecubes, XBOX and GBA things could get a bit silly come yet another generation. I have 2 NES, a powermac and 2 CD32's in my loft as it is. It's not a space issue with me, I just need to find a role for my hardware to make it worth keeping.
The Mac I intend fixing up for video (it has the cards but needs a new hard drive or two) and I may have a role for one of my CD32s soon .
So what's my point?
Well I guess what I am saying is that 2 Amiga OS Gamecubes would find a place alongside my A1200 very nicely when the revolution comes out......just one question:

ARE WE ALL JUST TALKING OR IS SOMEONE GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY? :huh:

[Tripitaka]

Nice to see someone thinking about how to make this work. Forgive my ignorance here but what's the situation as far as AmigaDE on the DS?

[Tripitaka]

I was asking a serious question. Is there a way to run DE on a DS? :hammer:

[Tripitaka]

I see, I take it that's not happening then.

Doobrey wrote:

 Why do you want DE anyway?

Just Curious. You see, many years ago (about 16) I knew pretty much everything anyone (save developers) could know about the Amiga at the time. However, my little 'miggy sat dorment for about 9 of those years (shame on me). Now, after years of hibernation I return to my old friend and learn anew. In short, I wont know if I don't ask.....but as you mentioned it, what is the point of DE? I know what it does and understand what it could be (elate is pretty cool), however, it seems to me Fleecy is happy selling very average puzzle games to mobile/pocket pc users. This adds nothing to the Amiga as I see it so I guess the question is: Why would any Amigan want DE anyway?

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billt wrote:
 but I'm just trying to be realistic, considering the business environment involved.

So only the lawyers get rich, mmm..any lawyers out there prepared to chew the legal issues over for thier love of the Amiga? thought not.

[Tripitaka]

$200, :-o you jest sir. This is the Amiga marketplace after all. would you pay more? The chances are it would cost more than that if OS4 was bundled with it,maybe even without. I'd pay about £250 UK for such a product if it ever happens.

[Tripitaka]

This thread still going?
Well as the subjects of homebrew PDA's, consoles and Linux have all come up perhaps this might provoke some more debate: http://www.gbax.com/main.pl
A dual 200Mhz portable Amiga?  :inquisitive:

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Piru wrote:
And no, I won't take the bait. Artificially bumping the thread to top of the forum is {bleep}ing lame.

OOhh Stressed! ...Just relax a little... ..computers are fun after all. If this thread is making you feel angry then do something else.

Ditto on the Mac comment Koaftder.

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koaftder wrote:
I'd say why bother with aros or AOS 4 on gamecube. You already have linux on there, and with linux you have software avaiable to you to do almost anything. With AOS4 or aros you will be able to do a lot less...

True. Stack a ton of GC's in a rack and with the right software you could make a nice rendering farm. Having said that I would like OS4 on my GC if it was capable... ..just because I could. No logic I know but that's Amiga fandom for you.

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_ThEcRoW wrote:
And for the other question, how many GC's would be needed to make up a rendering farm?. Wouldn't be cheaper using a Indy or similar workstation, because you would need a copy of os4 for each gamecube, and that imply if you have 50 gc's you would need 50 os4 licences. Mmmmm.. not so cheap i think.
Just my two cents.

I never said anything about doing the render farm with OS4. Try Linux, that would keep the cost down. As I said OS4 on GC isn't logical, but if it's capable I would install it just beause I could.

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lou_dias wrote:
good luck finding a descent video card with that "miniPCI" interface, did you add that to the cost?

That's an interesting point. Mini PCI graphics cards are normally OEM only. However, I would presume ACK would choose to stock them for the PV boards.
Power wise it's easy to find out what chipsets are available on these cards as they are used in a lot of laptops. Nvidia go and ATI Mobility are used often enough.
As to price...I don't have a clue. :-D